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Akerlof to Deliver Volcker Lecture on Wednesday
George Arthur Akerlof will deliver the 2016 Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics, titled “Phishing for Phools,” on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public; RSVP is strongly recommended…
United Way Campaign Aims to Be a ‘Game Changer’
Following the most successful United Way campaign in campus history in 2015, Peter Sala, vice president and chief campus facilities officer, and Dr. Ruth Chen, professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, will again co-chair the…
Syracuse University Dialogue to Examine the Roles of Media, Law and Politics in Syrian Conflict
Accountability in the Syrian conflict will be the focus of a daylong event hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications next month.
University Council on Diversity and Inclusion Members Announced
New University-wide council among 18 short-term recommendations made by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion At the recommendation of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion, Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the creation of a new University-wide Council on…
Free Bike Share Program Puts Students Behind the Wheel
If you need to get further faster—around campus or off—or maybe just do some exploring, there’s a new transportation service on campus that can help you get there. The Student Association, in collaboration with several administrative units on campus, has…
Carver Series Mourns Loss of SU Alumna, Announces Additional Author
The Sept. 28 Raymond Carver Reading Series appearance of noted poet/journalist Ilyse Kusnetz G’92 has been canceled. Kusnetz, an alumna of Syracuse’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, died Sept. 13, succumbing to cancer. Kusnetz was the Sue Luzadder Chair in…
J.R. Martinez Named as Keynote Speaker at 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Best-selling author, actor, U.S. Army veteran and motivational speaker J.R. Martinez will provide the keynote address at the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
Meet and Greet with Courtney Young, former President of the American Library Association
The Syracuse University Libraries and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host a “meet and greet” with Courtney Young, former president of the American Library Association, on Monday, Oct. 3, from 3:30- 5 p.m. in Bird Library’s Peter Graham…
Acclaimed Novelist Dana Spiotta to Read at YMCA Arts Branch Sept. 30
Dana Spiotta, a highly acclaimed novelist and an associate professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, will present a reading on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the YMCA’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC)’s visiting author series. The free event…
Passive Liquid Flow Can Aid Nanotechnology Development, Study Suggests
A new study, inspired by water’s movement from roots to leaves in tall trees, shows that a certain kind of passive liquid flow, where liquids naturally move in response to surface atomic interactions instead of being driven by external forces like pumps,…