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Annual Jerry Miner Lecture to Be Held April 27

Monday, April 24, 2017, By News Staff

The annual Jerry Miner Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 27, from 2-3:30 p.m. in 426 Eggers Hall. Scott Imberman, of Michigan State University, will present this year’s lecture, titled “The Roles of Neonatal Health and Race in Special Education…

STEM

SyracuseCoE Invites Proposals for Seed Projects to Support Faculty Research in Environmental and Energy Systems

Thursday, April 20, 2017, By News Staff

SyracuseCoE—New York State’s Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems—is offering funding to support seed projects that strengthen faculty scholarship in clean and renewable energy, indoor environmental quality and water resources. Successful applicants will participate in the SyracuseCoE Faculty…

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project Releases New Report on April 4 Chemical Attack in Khan Sheikhoun

Wednesday, April 19, 2017, By News Staff

The Syrian Accountability Project, an initiative at Syracuse College of Law, is unveiling new evidence that the catastrophic gas attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was a crime against humanity and a war crime. The 45-member organization, staffed…

Campus & Community

‘Paving the Way’ Connects Alumni and Students for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Tuesday, April 11, 2017, By Justin Kim

As part of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, members of the campus community are invited to an insightful discussion with Syracuse University alumni on Friday, April 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 500 of the…

Campus & Community

2017 University Scholars Selected

Monday, April 10, 2017, By News Staff

Twelve graduating seniors have been named as the 2017 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The University Scholars will represent the entire graduating class at the May 14 Commencement ceremony. On Wednesday, May 10, the…

Media, Law & Policy

Christine Jolls to Deliver the Third Annual Paul Volcker Lecture

Monday, April 10, 2017, By News Staff

Christine Jolls will deliver the Third Annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture, “Lawmaking in a Behavioral Economics World: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Present and Future,” is free…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Awards 2017-18 Boghosian Fellowship to Linda Zhang

Thursday, April 6, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

Syracuse Architecture has selected architectural designer and educator Linda Zhang as the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2017-18. She will succeed Assistant Professor Maya Alam, the school’s inaugural Boghosian Fellow. Zhang is currently a Fellow in Residence at the Center…

STEM

Undergraduate Research Project Takes IM&T Student to China

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By J.D. Ross

How immigrants use social media, digital communications technologies and mobile applications to interact with their communities and families is the subject of an undergraduate research project that brought School of Information Studies (iSchool) junior Alexis Ho-Liu to China last week,…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and activist Sonia Nazario closes out the 2016-17 University Lectures series at Syracuse University on Wednesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Her presentation is free and open to the public. American Sign Language…

Arts & Culture

Environmentalist and Political Activist Winona LaDuke Speaking Wednesday for Democratizing Knowledge Project

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By Liam Sullivan

The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Project in the College of Arts and Sciences is presenting “An Evening with Winona LaDuke” on Wednesday, March 29, at 5 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium. A leading environmentalist and political activist, LaDuke is revered for her…