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Maxwell School to establish Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced that it has received a major gift from Robert B. Menschel to establish the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the school, in recognition of Volcker’s exceptional accomplishments and…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families announces inaugural fellows
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, an academic center committed to leveraging the national resources of higher education in service to our country’s veteran and military family communities, has announced its inaugural cadre of institute…
Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on ‘International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange’
The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will host a seminar on “International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.”…
SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…
SU in the News: Wednesday, September 14
Yahoo quotes William J. Ward of the Newhouse School on the role social media might have played in 9/11
Taishoff Center hosts PHOTOVOICE exhibit to spread voices of disabled community
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education is hosting the photography exhibit “PHOTOVOICE Changing the Image of Disabilities: Reflections and Resolutions,” a national project that gives community groups a voice through photography and poetry. PHOTOVOICE is free and…
SU in the News: Tuesday, September 13
Money Magazine notes SU programs that help make community college transfers more seamless
‘Haitian Education Mission Project’ at Sept. 15 IRP
Karen Dross, a retired Syracuse City School District teacher and volunteer in Haiti, will present the “Haitian Education Mission Project” at the Sept. 15 session of Institute for Retired People (IRP). Meetings are held on every first and third Thursday of…
SU United Way campaign set to launch Sept. 23
Syracuse University is preparing to launch its 2011 United Way campaign, “Live United,” which will begin Sept. 23 and run through Dec. 9. Volunteering to lead SU’s 2011 campaign efforts are Chief Tony Callisto, director of the Department of Public…
Syracuse University’s Sept. 11 Service of Remembrance and Hope to be webcast
A Service of Remembrance and Hope will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States. The event will be webcast…