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Department of Health & Human Services Awards Graduate Student Grant to Study Paternal Engagement
Child and family studies Ph.D. student Elif Dede Yildirim, working with Jaipaul Roopnarine, the Jack Reilly Endowed Professor of Child and Family Studies, has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children…
Maj. Gen. John Batiste Honors Veterans, Encourages Others to Commit to a Cause
Before his keynote address during the Veterans Day Ceremony, retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste called upon fellow veterans and their families to be recognized for their service. “You’re the heartbeat of America,” he said.
Zephyr Teachout to Speak on ‘Can American Democracy Survive Corruption?’
Zephyr Teachout, professor of law at Fordham University, will visit the Maxwell School on Friday, Nov. 14, to deliver a lecture titled “Can American Democracy Survive Corruption?” The event will be held at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, with a…
Alejandro Garcia receives 2014 Advocate for Older Adults Award
Alejandro Garcia was honored recently with the State Society on Aging of New York’s (SSANY) 2014 Advocate for Older Adults Award. The Advocate for Older Adults Award recognizes a record of planning, policy development and advocacy work. Garcia, who currently…
‘Elect Her’ Preparing Women for Leadership and Political Office
In student leadership roles and in political office across the country, more women are needed to represent. An upcoming conference is giving University students the opportunity to find their voice and build confidence to pursue an elected leadership position.
Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Wins Annual ASIS&T Book Award
A faculty member whose research and writing regarding the components and characteristics of virality in the online media space is having that scholarship recognized with one of two best book awards at the annual meeting of the Association of Information Science…
Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides
A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…
Campaign Data Collection and Analysis is First Project in iSchool’s New BITS Lab
As Election Day approaches, candidate advertisements and campaign messages consume the broadcast airwaves. But it’s another kind of political chatter—social in nature, occurring in bits and bytes, by and between candidates and among voters online—that several faculty members at the…
Q&A: Political Communication Expert Guy Golan Talks about Polls
Guy J. Golan, associate professor of public relations at the Newhouse School, is a former political campaign professional who specializes in international political communications. With midterm elections coming up in less than a week, we asked him about the state…
‘Beat the Blame Game’ Performance on Nov. 3
On Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., Catharsis Productions will present “Beat the Blame Game,” a lively, yet serious, interactive program, as part of a year-long, campus-wide campaign to promote awareness about sexual consent. This event will take place in…