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Conference Marking 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Movement Takes Place This Weekend

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“Looking Back, Moving Forward: 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement 1964-2014,” a conference spearheaded by the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law, will be held Friday, March 21, through Sunday, March 23, on the…

SU Supports White Ribbon Campaign on Campus March 24-April 9

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, By News Staff

On Monday, March 24, the Division of Student Affairs begins its on-campus efforts to support the 20th annual Vera House White Ribbon Campaign.

Making an Impact for Children’s Education

Wednesday, March 19, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Aysha A. Seedat ’16 has always been interested in public policy and politics but it was the required first-year writing course that decided her future.

Campus & Community

Participate in a Hearing Research Study

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By News Staff

The Hearing Lab at Syracuse University is looking for participants 46-65 years of age who are having trouble hearing and may or may not have a hearing loss. The purpose of this study is to learn more about the effects…

Fifty Staff Members to Walk for SU in Saturday’s Heart Walk

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By News Staff

Fifty SU staff members have signed up to walk for the SU team in this Saturday’s Heart Walk. The walk will take place at the SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College at 10 a.m. Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Names Prominent Public Policy Scholar to Moynihan Chair

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By News Staff

Amy Ellen Schwartz, an internationally renowned scholar of education policy, public finance and urban economics, will join the Maxwell School this fall as Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. Schwartz, a professor of public policy, education, and economics at…

SU Campus Now Deemed HEARTSafe

Monday, March 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

You feel a tightness in your chest. You’re sweating. Your pulse is racing, and you’re short of breath. You could be having a heart attack. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly 1.5 million heart attacks are suffered yearly…

Mũgo Earns Kenyan Award of Order, Mounts Play at UC Irvine

Friday, March 14, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, a preeminent African American studies scholar in The College of Arts and Sciences, is taking center stage, literally and figuratively. Recently, she was cited by The Kenya Gazette, the official newspaper of the African republic, as the…

Saunders Wins More Hardware, Prepares to Launch ‘Kindness’ Book

Thursday, March 13, 2014, By Rob Enslin

This spring is shaping up to be another busy one for George Saunders G’88, acclaimed author and professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences. This past weekend, the Oneonta, N.Y., resident traveled to London to receive the…

Media, Law & Policy

Four Maxwell Professors Named O’Hanley Scholars

Monday, March 10, 2014, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is honoring four inspirational teachers and scholars as the first O’Hanley Faculty Scholars. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science; Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology; Junko Takeda, associate professor of history;…