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Scott Samson to receive 2012 Wasserstrom Prize

Monday, April 30, 2012, By News Staff

Scott Samson, professor of earth sciences in The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2012 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented during the 2012 Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and…

SU and SUNY-ESF student entrepreneurs shine in NYS Business Plan Competition

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

On April 26, 15 teams from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry competed in the 2012 New York State Business Plan Competition (NYSBPC). Student startups from around the state competed for more than $150,000 in…

2012-13 Remembrance Scholars chosen

Friday, April 27, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2012-13 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…

MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 to Maxwell School for housing affordability research

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $500,000 to Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study how housing affordability affects decisions made by older adults about their health care, living arrangements and well-being. The…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, April 26

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

College of Law’s Kevin Maillard discusses the myth of traditional families in New York Times

Campus & Community

‘TenK Talk’ on Online Security

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

The second in a new series of user-friendly, tech-topic “Ten K Talks” is planned this Friday at the School of Information Studies.

Campus & Community

Students, organizations recognized at 44 Stars event

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Student Activities, within the Division of Student Affairs, honored individual students and recognized student organizations for their hard work and dedication at the 44 Stars of Excellence Awards and Gala Celebration on April 17. Sponsored by Macy’s…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…

Posse students welcomed during Spring Reception

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By Daeya Malboeuf

From April 16-18, Syracuse University hosted 33 admitted students from Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles for the first ever Posse Spring Reception. Accompanied by directors from each city’s program, the inaugural cadres traveled to SU for an introduction to the…

White House Young America Series comes to CNY Wednesday night with live event at Syracuse University

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, By Kevin Morrow

Central New Yorkers will have an opportunity Wednesday to discuss with White House and U.S. Department of Education officials matters of concern to young Americans and see examples of successful civic engagement by young people in the community. The White…