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Business & Economy

Economist Publishes Readers Guide to ‘Wealth of Nations’

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Jerry Evensky G’84, professor of economics and a Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, is the author of the new book “The Wealth of Nations: A Reader’s Guide” (Cambridge University…

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Isaac Kfir on the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Isaac Kfir, a visiting assistant professor of law at the College of Law, a research associate with the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism and a co-director of the Mapping Global Insecurities project at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Receive Grant for Promoting Children’s Creative Thinking

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors who have worked on several library resources projects before will begin another innovative one soon, aimed at school librarians and the students they serve, thanks to funding from a National Leadership Grant for…

Campus & Community

Advocate of Liberal Arts Education to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

William Deresiewicz, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning essayist and critic, and frequent college lecturer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Titled “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education,” Deresiewicz’s presentation…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Assistant Professor Isaac Kfir on the Refugee Situation in Europe

Thursday, September 10, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Refugees from several countries, including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, are fleeing violence in their homelands and seeking asylum by the tens of thousands in Europe. Such a large population movement is creating problems for Turkey, the Eastern European states and…

Four Alumni Receiving Prestigious Arents Award for Excellence

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The recipients are: Emmy Award-winning media executive Erica Branch-Ridley ’87; advertising agency principal Eric Mower ’66, G’68; scholar, teacher and administrator Donna Shalala G’70, H’87; and sports marketing guru Brandon Steiner ’81.

Campus & Community

Am I Hungry? Eight-Week Mindful Eating Webinar

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By News Staff

New for Syracuse University faculty and staff! Mindful eating is eating with attention and intention with an awareness of your physical and emotional cues. Although it is a deceptively simple title, the question “Am I hungry?” opens the door to understanding…

STEM

Mathematicians Sweep NSF Grant Awards

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Three mathematicians in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded major grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling more than $518,400. Each grant is for a three-year period. Professor Lixin Shen has received a collaborative research grant…

STEM

Scientist Receives CAREER Award to Study Ice Chemistry

Friday, September 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to study ice’s role as a chemical reactor. Tara Kahan, assistant professor of chemistry, will use…

Health & Society

Taishoff Family Foundation Gives $3 Million to School of Education to Support Expansion of InclusiveU

Thursday, September 3, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

It is the largest single gift in the School of Education’s history.