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Japanese Student Association holds commemorative activities this week
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast and the subsequent tsunami devastated the island country. In the following months, Syracuse University’s Japanese Student Association (JSA) worked hard to raise funds and awareness to help Japan in…
Memorial service for John Walker Briggs to be held March 21
John Walker Briggs of Syracuse, professor emeritus of history and education in the School of Education and The College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 10. He was 74. A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held…
Burton Blatt Institute staff members to present at national ADA Symposium
William Myhill, director of legal research and writing; Kelly Bunch L’09, law and policy research associate; and L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu, assistant director of BBI’s Southeast ADA Center, will present four workshops at the 2012 Orlando ADA Symposium. The symposium,…
Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist to present Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture
Syracuse University’s 29th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture will feature syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., of The Miami Herald, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Pitts will present “The Beloved Community” at 7 p.m….
WAER’s Spring membership drive
If WAER has won your heart, let us know with a pledge of financial support during our Spring membership drive, Feb. 12-18.
Feb. 16 campus memorial service to celebrate the life of Cindy Reynolds
A memorial service will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel to celebrate the life of Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds.
SU community members can make a difference at Feb. 13 blood drive and Better Together food packaging event
Members of the SU community will have the opportunity to make an impact both locally and globally on Monday, Feb. 13, leading up to the men’s basketball showdown between SU and Louisville. Individuals can donate blood as part of the…
Maxwell Advisory Board member publishes book on Puerto Rico
A new book by Ángel Collado-Schwarz, a long-time Maxwell School Advisory Board member and SU Trustee, has been published by Syracuse University Press. In “Decolonization Models for America’s Last Colony: Puerto Rico,” Collado-Schwarz examines the more than century-old relationship between…
Public art and memory scholar James E. Young to speak Feb. 9
Scholar James E. Young, a distinguished university professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has written widely on public art, memorials and national memory, will speak at Syracuse University on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. as part of…
IVMF adds communications and admissions team members to better serve stakeholders
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced the appointment of Shannon P. Meehan as media relations and communications specialist and the transition of current team member Katherine Frontino to the newly created role of…