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Entrepreneurial Engineering Students Improve Ambiance on Huckster Hill
What if engineering students from different majors had an opportunity to develop a solution for an actual company in a single semester? That is exactly what students in Professor of Practice Mark Povinelli’s “Introduction to Entrepreneurial Engineering” did last fall….
Lankes Receives ALA’s Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
R. David Lankes, professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has been selected to receive the 2016 American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. This honor is given annually…
HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane
An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…
Syracuse University Law Professor Says Governors Lack Legal Right to Deny Entry to Syrian Refugees
Syracuse University Professor William Banks, who serves as director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, offers his thoughts on news that more than half of U.S. governors oppose allowing Syrian refugees into their states. “The governors lack the…
Syracuse Symposium Presents Renowned Harvard Art Historian Nov. 17-18
Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with back-to-back events in Bird Library, exploring the relationship between social networks and American print culture. Jennifer Roberts, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, will present a lecture titled “Matrix,…
La Casita, Smithsonian Team up for ‘Latinos and Baseball’ Initiative
La Casita Cultural Center has been selected to participate in “Latinos and Baseball: In the Barrios and the Big Leagues,” a national community collecting initiative at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Comedian Mike Epps to Appear at Theta Xi Fundraiser
The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. presents its fifth annual fall comedy show, “Laugh Till You Turn Blu,” on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:00 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium (doors open at 6 p.m.). This year will…
Mark Wheeler Appointed Director of Athletic Compliance
Syracuse University’s Office of the University General Counsel today announced that Mark Wheeler has been appointed the University’s next director of athletic compliance. Today’s announcement comes after a comprehensive nationwide search. Wheeler, who most recently served as director of compliance…
Supply Chain Management Critical in Syrian Refugee Crisis
Burak Kazaz, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, is an expert in global supply chains and managing uncertainty and risk. He is also “intimately familiar” with the terrain that the refugees currently fleeing Syria…
Architecture Student to Receive Scholarship Award at AIANY Heritage Ball
Architects and industry professionals will gather at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Oct. 22 for their annual black tie event supporting the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY). Each year at the ball, honorees select a…