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Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States
Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…
Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award
Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…
SU in the News: Tuesday, April 17
Associated Press highlights sustainability of SU/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement gowns
Book talk to chronicle Marcellus Shale gas rush
Upstate New York journalist Tom Wilber will speak Monday, April 16, at 3 p.m. at 146 Baker Laboratory on the ESF campus about his new book, “Under the Surface.”
Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees
At Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 13, four honorary degrees will be presented to individuals of outstanding achievement who have made a difference in the world and in the lives of others. The four 2012 honorary degree…
Harvard’s David Carrasco to lecture April 6 on storytelling in 16th century Mexico
David Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard Divinity School and Harvard’s Department of Anthropology, will give a lecture “An Indigenous American Pictorial Epic: Storytelling from the 16th Century Mexican Codex-Mapa de Cuauhtinchan (Place…
SU in the News: Tuesday, March 13
Maxwell School’s Catherine Bertini quoted in Business Wire on HelpAge winning 2012 Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Cornel West to speak on campus March 6
The Delta Zeta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc., in conjunction with the Student African American Society, is bringing Cornel West to the Syracuse University campus on Tuesday, March 6. A world-renowned lecturer, author, theologist and civil rights activist,…
Foster discusses practical engaged scholarship within the academy in ‘Seamless Pursuits’ lecture
The School of Education and its Cultural Foundations of Education Department will present Kevin Michael Foster, professor from the University of Texas at Austin, and his lecture “Seamless Pursuits: Leadership and Community to Improve Student Lives and Academic Outcomes” on Monday,…
SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…