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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…

College of Law Welcomes Hon. Judith S. Kaye as Commencement Speaker

Tuesday, April 23, 2013, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Hon. Judith S. Kaye will serve as Commencement speaker as the Syracuse University College of Law celebrates its Commencement on Friday, May 10, at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.  Kaye will receive a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from…

Veterans

IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…

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…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2013 Mirror Awards Competition

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2013 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 5 in New York City. The finalists,…

Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…

Veterans

IVMF Report Cites Decrease in Unemployment Rates for All Vets and Post-9/11 Generation for 2012

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) released its Annual Employment Situation of Veterans for 2012. This report details and deconstructs the employment situation of veterans based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual…

VPA Seniors Present Fifth-Year Thesis Work at XL Projects

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By Erica Blust

The industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design is presenting the degree-culminating thesis work of 17 fifth-year seniors through March 24 at XL Projects, 307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The…

Science and Dalai Lama Focus of 2013 Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By News Staff

Physicist Arthur Zajonc, president of the Mind and Life Institute in Hadley, Mass., will present “Conversing with the Dalai Lama: 25 Years of Dialogue with Science” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in Gifford Auditorium. The lecture is free and…