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Over the last several decades, the emphasis on economics at the high school level has drastically increased; however teacher preparation for the subject has lagged behind.

To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday April 12, the Judaic Studies Program in partnership with the University Library is presenting “Holocaust Voices: Excerpts from the (Steven Spielberg) Visual History Archive at the University Library.”

The Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center will host a series of events, including workshops, speakers and gatherings, for Take Back the Night 2010.

When School of Information Studies (iSchool) senior Gerald Decelian ’10 decided to enroll in the interdisciplinary course, “What’s the Big Idea,” last fall, he had no idea that it would end up being one of the most useful courses he took at SU.

On Tuesday, April 6, Syracuse University will name Helen M. Doerr, dual professor of teaching and leadership programs and mathematics in The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, and Margaret Himley, professor of writing and rhetoric, and co-director of the LGBT Studies Program and minor in Arts and Sciences, as this year’s Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professors. Additionally, SU will recognize the 2010 recipients of the Teaching Recognition Awards, and Theodore L. Brown, associate professor in the School of Architecture, will receive the 2010 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award.

This year’s SU Showcase is restructured and focused around the theme of sustainability.

Vamik Djemal Volkan, emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia and a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will be the keynote speaker for “Translating Peace: Multicultural Responses to Conflict and Disaster,” a panel to be held Thursday, April 1 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Public Events Room, 220 Eggers Hall.

Syracuse University Library Associates will present noted political pollster John Zogby at its annual Spring Luncheon, April 30 at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center.

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), Syracuse University public radio station WAER-FM throughout April will air special programming celebrating jazz as an American art form.

College of Arts and Sciences’ Kevin Masters quoted on NPR about French TV quiz show experiment