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Business & Economy

MBA@Syracuse Named to Princeton Review’s 2018 ‘Top 25 Online MBA Programs’

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

MBA@Syracuse has earned a #23 ranking on The Princeton Review’s list naming the top 25 online MBA programs for 2018, accessible at www.princetonreview.com/best-business-schools. The online MBA program, delivered in partnership with 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU), includes live weekly classes taught by Martin J. Whitman School of Management award-winning…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Living Proof’: Syrian Accountability Project Publishes White Paper on the Yazidi Genocide

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Martin Walls

Crimes committed against civilians during war can be especially heinous, but when those crimes are committed with planned intent to destroy an ethnic or religious community, international law applies the unique label of “genocide.” It is not a charge used…

Campus & Community

New Lighting around Women’s Building to Enhance Visibility and Safety

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

The Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) and the team in Physical Plant say they will perform lighting work near the Women’s Building that will result in enhanced visibility and safety for pedestrians. As a result of those…

Arts & Culture

University Lectures Welcomes Historian and ‘The Secret History of Wonder Woman’ Author Jill Lepore

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Accomplished author, Harvard historian and The New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore concludes the fall portion of the 2017-18 University Lectures season on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Lepore has been in the news frequently over…

Media, Law & Policy

Public Policy Fellowship Puts Senior on Path to Graduate School

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Chizobam Nwagwu ’18 spent an intensive seven weeks as a Public Policy and International Affairs Program fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The summer institute program—with its three graduate courses, networking opportunities and site visits…

The Nation

The Nation Reviews Yaffe’s Reckless Child Biography

Friday, October 27, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Yet another review is in on Humanities Professor David Yaffe’s new Joni Mitchell biography, Reckless Child. This time The Nation takes a look at the work, adding to an extensive list of publications that have reviewed the book. “He is…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to be Held Friday

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.

Media, Law & Policy

Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones to Speak at Newhouse Nov. 2

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Nov. 2. She will present “The Work We Have Before Us: Confronting America’s Racial Divide through Reporting on Education” at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3….

STEM

American Physical Society to Honor Professor Lisa Manning

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is receiving a major early-career award from the American Physical Society (APS). Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is the 2018 recipient of the APS’ Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. This…

Health & Society

Remembrance Scholar’s Passion for Medicine Leads Her to Public Health at Falk

Monday, October 23, 2017, By Valerie Pietra

There are few things more difficult than walking a loved one through illness. For the caregiver, the challenges can magnify their strength to love, advocate and serve. In the process, some discover a new calling both unexpected and beautiful: the…