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Getting to Know: Ronald J. Taylor ’15

Tuesday, April 30, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Ronald J. Taylor ’15 took to the stage at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Carrier Dome and issued a challenge to students in a searing monologue based on King’s “Mountaintop” speech. Taylor encouraged students to find…

Veterans

Jan Fletcher Joins IVMF Administrative Team

Monday, April 29, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has appointed Jan Fletcher as an office assistant. As a member of the institute’s administrative team, Fletcher will be responsible in helping manage day-to-day operations, including a variety of…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Student Wins National Writing Award

Friday, April 26, 2013, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The academic board of the Burton Awards for Legal Achievement selected Zachary West, a third-year law student and first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, to receive the 2013 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. His work, “Young Fella, If…

2013-14 Remembrance Scholars Chosen

Thursday, April 25, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2013-14 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Announces Samantha Power as Graduate Convocation Speaker

Wednesday, April 24, 2013, By News Staff

Pulitzer-Prize winning author and foreign policy scholar Samantha Power will deliver the Maxwell School’s graduate convocation address on Friday, May 10, at Hendricks Chapel. The convocation  at 10 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel is open to all members of the Syracuse…

Whitman M.B.A.s Win Annual Duke MBA Games for Second Year

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Fifteen M.B.A. students from the Whitman School of Management took first place at the annual Duke MBA Games at Duke University in Durham, N.C., repeating their 2012 victory. The annual competition, which raises money for Special Olympics, culminates in a…

New Meredith Professors to Be Named During Faculty Recognition Event

Saturday, April 20, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Seven nontenured faculty to be recognized for teaching excellence On Monday, April 22, Associate Professor Barbara Fought of the Department of Broadcast and Digital Journalism Communications in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Professor John Western of the…

Arts & Culture

‘Good People’ a Funny, Compelling Play for Our Times

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

In this 2011 Tony-nominated play set in Boston, Margie is a single mom who just lost her job, is behind on her rent, and like many today, has zero prospects.

SU Professor George Saunders Named One of TIME Magazine’s TIME 100

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

TIME named George Saunders G’88, professor of English in Syracuse University’sCollege of Arts and Sciences, to the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Orange Circle Awards to Be Presented April 19

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will recognize four individuals with the Orange Circle Award, honoring members of the SU community who have done extraordinary things in the service of others. The awards will be given following the second annual Phanstiel Lecture on Friday,…