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Grant Reeher

Professor of Political Science, Director and Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Arts & Culture

Exhibition in Shenzhen, China, Features Syracuse Architecture Research

Wednesday, July 27, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

The Syracuse Architecture exhibit, “From Guest to Host: Hakka Villages and the Pingdi Low Carbon City,” focuses on ways in which current efforts to transform Pingdi—a subdistrict in northeastern Shenzhen—into a “Low Carbon City” pilot zone builds on the knowledge and daily practices of traditional Hakka families.

Campus & Community

SU Libraries’ Staff Members Make Suggestions for a Great Summertime Read

Wednesday, July 27, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

As members of the University community share what books they’re taking on their summer vacation, staff members of SU Libraries offer some interesting summertime picks to add to readers’ lists. Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin, director of communications and external relations: “I…

Media, Law & Policy

What Hillary Clinton Needs to Accomplish at the DNC (Q&A)

Tuesday, July 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Hillary Clinton has a long road ahead. The Democratic presidential nominee (as of today’s nominating roll call vote at the Democratic National Convention) is running even with Republican candidate Donald Trump in some polls, and some supporters of former rival…

Arts & Culture

James Karman G’76 Devotes Career to Studying One of America’s Great Poets

Monday, July 25, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

James Karman G’76 found his passion as an undergraduate at Augustana College, and it has never left him. It is a passion for the poet Robinson Jeffers, not so well known today but hugely famous in the 1920s, ’30s, and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Focus on Millennial Perspective at Party Conventions

Friday, July 22, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Recent Newhouse graduates are capturing the politics, personalities and controversies at the Republican and Democratic conventions through a partnership with the Newhouse School and Skype in Media.

STEM

Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is…

STEM

Kingma Hosts Group from China’s Tsinghua University

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor of Entreprenurship Bruce Kingma hosted a group of visiting scholars from China’s Tsinghua University this week, bringing them to campus as part of a tour of East Coast colleges and universities to study how entrepreneurship…

Veterans

Values Based Leadership: Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Speaks to Maxwell Students, Faculty, Staff

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Jessica Smith

The Maxwell Auditorium was standing room only on Wednesday for remarks by Robert A. McDonald, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The former CEO of Procter & Gamble and U.S. Army veteran discussed “Values Based Leadership,” applying the…

STEM

LIS Student Selected for ALA Spectrum Scholarship

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Maria Provini, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a recipient of the 2016-17 American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarship. Provini is one of 61 recipients of the competitive…