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Media, Law & Policy

Strasser Professorship Deepens Alumnus’s Philanthropic Legacy at Maxwell

Thursday, June 21, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A new, $3-million philanthropic commitment from alumnus Joseph Strasser ’53 B.A. (History)/’58 M.P.A. will create a permanently endowed and named professorship in public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, while also building on a legacy of…

Campus & Community

Director Named to Head University’s New Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Thursday, June 21, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University’s Office of Academic Affairs has hired a director for the University’s new Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Martha A. Kalnin Diede, who comes to Syracuse from Western Carolina University, has been appointed to the new post effective…

Media, Law & Policy

Presenting the 2018 Mirror Award Winners

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Winners in the 12th annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting were announced June 12 at a ceremony in New York City hosted by the Newhouse School. Kimberly Brooks, anchor and correspondent at Fusion TV, was master of ceremonies at…

STEM

Syracuse Awarded $1 Million Grant to Support Diversity, Inclusion in STEM

Wednesday, June 20, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University is a 2018 recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence grant, supporting diversity and inclusion in science education. The five-year, $1 million grant will fund the University’s Collaborative High-Impact Activities in Natural Science Education (CHANcE)…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Announces New Director of Community Engagement and Education

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Joanna Penalva

Joann Maria Yarrow has been appointed to the newly created position of director of community engagement and education at Syracuse Stage. Yarrow is scheduled to begin shortly before the start of the 2018/2019 season. With more than 30 years’ experience…

Arts & Culture

Museum Studies Graduate Student Selected for Baseball Hall of Fame Summer Internship

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Erica Blust

Lily Brandt G’19, a graduate museum studies student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, is one of 19 college students interning at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, this summer as part…

Media, Law & Policy

All Five First Ladies Condemn Family Separation At Border, But What Will That Do?

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

First Lady Melania Trump and the four First Ladies before her have all come out condemning the family-separation immigration policy. In addition to issuing statements, the First Ladies have relied on traditional and social media to share their perspectives –…

Media, Law & Policy

Creation of ‘Space Force’ Is a Solution In Search of a Problem

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of establishing a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the armed forces. Sean O’Keefe is a University Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…

STEM

Aspiring Researcher in Ruhlandt’s Research Lab Attends International STEM Fair

Monday, June 18, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

A high school student working in the lab of College of Arts and Sciences Dean Karin Ruhlandt participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May. Marina Cousins, a senior at Manlius-Pebble Hill School, was…

Metropolis Magazine

Activist Architects Plan to Reform

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Essence Britt

When thinking of architects, the automatic thought goes to designers – those who design buildings, facilities, houses, parks, etc. Do you ever think that architects are also activists in the process of reforming how architecture is taught? This is true….