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Campus & Community

SU Libraries Seeking Volunteers for Second Human Library Event

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries are seeking volunteer “human books” for the second annual Human Library event on Wednesday, April 1, from 2-5 p.m. in Bird Library. The purpose of a human library is to promote tolerance, challenge assumptions and celebrate…

Veterans

IVMF Receives Walmart Foundation Grant to Support Veteran Reintegration

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By News Staff

The Walmart Foundation today announced a $1 million grant to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to help kick off the Welcome Home North Carolina (WHNC) initiative to support a three-year pilot to identify new ways in which…

Campus & Community

Survey to Assess Faculty Satisfaction

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University is joining peer institutions in this year’s administration of a national survey on faculty job satisfaction in order to assess and, where necessary, make improvements in the faculty experience. The survey was created and is administered by the…

Campus & Community

2015 SATSA Conference

Friday, February 13, 2015, By News Staff

Please join us on Feb. 27-28 at Syracuse University for the 2015 SATSA Conference. Our conference, “The Global Threat: Emerging Issues in National Security,” will take place at the College of Law and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs….

Campus & Community

Progress Continues on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education, Advocacy

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Shannon Andre

In January, the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy met with Chancellor Kent Syverud and Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz to share their findings, recommendations and emerging themes as outlined in…

Media, Law & Policy

National Wildlife Federation President and CEO to Speak at Maxwell

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and a 2006 M.P.A. graduate of the Maxwell School, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in Maxwell…

Campus & Community

Working Group to Assess SA, GSO Concerns on Free Speech

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

In response to resolutions passed last fall by Syracuse University’s Student Association and Graduate Student Organization, Chancellor Syverud has created a working group to consider revisions to the University’s Computer and Electronic Policy that will address concerns regarding free speech…

Campus & Community

Q & A with Special Assistant to the Chancellor Bea González

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Chancellor Syverud recently named University College Dean Bea González and Barry L. Wells special assistants to the Chancellor. Syracuse University News sat down with González to discuss her expanded role and to check in on the progress being made to…

Campus & Community

Once Upon a Crime

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Forensic analysis is nothing like it appears on TV, says FNSSI scientist Michael Marciano.

STEM

Mueller’s Internet Governance Advisory Efforts Recognized

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Most people turn on their computers and log on to the Internet every day without a second thought. For one faculty member at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), though, how the Internet is governed, the intricacies of its infrastructure…