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Media, Law & Policy

Strasser Professorship Deepens Alumnus’s Philanthropic Legacy at Maxwell

Thursday, June 21, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A new, $3-million philanthropic commitment from alumnus Joseph Strasser ’53 B.A. (History)/’58 M.P.A. will create a permanently endowed and named professorship in public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, while also building on a legacy of…

Campus & Community

Director Named to Head University’s New Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Thursday, June 21, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University’s Office of Academic Affairs has hired a director for the University’s new Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Martha A. Kalnin Diede, who comes to Syracuse from Western Carolina University, has been appointed to the new post effective…

Media, Law & Policy

Presenting the 2018 Mirror Award Winners

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Winners in the 12th annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting were announced June 12 at a ceremony in New York City hosted by the Newhouse School. Kimberly Brooks, anchor and correspondent at Fusion TV, was master of ceremonies at…

STEM

Syracuse Awarded $1 Million Grant to Support Diversity, Inclusion in STEM

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University is a 2018 recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence grant, supporting diversity and inclusion in science education. The five-year, $1 million grant will fund the University’s Collaborative High-Impact Activities in Natural Science Education (CHANcE)…

Veterans

Syracuse University Employee Selected for Bush Institute’s Inaugural Class of Stand-To Veteran Leadership Initiative

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

The George W. Bush Institute has announced the first class selected to participate in the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Initiative, a first-of-its-kind program aimed at individuals serving our nation’s veterans who are motivated to broaden their skillsets, knowledge and influence across…

Media, Law & Policy

All Five First Ladies Condemn Family Separation At Border, But What Will That Do?

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

First Lady Melania Trump and the four First Ladies before her have all come out condemning the family-separation immigration policy. In addition to issuing statements, the First Ladies have relied on traditional and social media to share their perspectives –…

Media, Law & Policy

Creation of ‘Space Force’ Is a Solution In Search of a Problem

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of establishing a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the armed forces. Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…

STEM

Aspiring Researcher in Ruhlandt’s Research Lab Attends International STEM Fair

Monday, June 18, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

A high school student working in the lab of College of Arts and Sciences Dean Karin Ruhlandt participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May. Marina Cousins, a senior at Manlius-Pebble Hill School, was…

Spectrum News

Say Goodbye to Sears and Shoppingtown Mall?

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Essence Britt

Announced in late May, Sears reports it will be closing the Shoppingtown Mall location by the end of July 2018. The company has struggled to keep up with the current changes of the world, experiencing great difficulty with the transition from…

Arts & Culture

Minna Citron Exhibition at Palitz Gallery Includes Works Never Before Exhibited

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Scott McDowell

The Palitz Gallery presents “Accidental, Elemental, Abstraction: Minna Citron” now on view at the Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University’s Lubin House at 11 E. 61st St., New York City. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with…