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Holocaust Survivor to Be Honored with Tolley Medal

Thursday, March 28, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Holocaust survivor Naomi Warren of Houston will be honored with the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Life Long Learning at a private gathering on April 7 at Syracuse University. Naomi Warren is the inspiration for the Syracuse…

New Racism and the Myth of Universalism in Higher Ed

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Duke University, will present “New Racism, Color Blindness and the Sweet (but Wrong) Myth of Universalism in HWCUs,” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture…

Veterans

IVMF Report Cites Decrease in Unemployment Rates for All Vets and Post-9/11 Generation for 2012

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) released its Annual Employment Situation of Veterans for 2012. This report details and deconstructs the employment situation of veterans based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual…

Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone Fashion Show to Be Held April 5

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, By News Staff

Students from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present the fashion show “9 to 5: Work, Fashion & Communications” on Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in the Newhouse 1…

Campus & Community

‘Learning and the Massive Open Online Course’ to Be Presented April 3 and 4

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, By News Staff

Over the past year, the massive open online course (MOOC) has emerged as a significantly different course model. But how robust is the MOOC as a vehicle for learning? Join us April 3 and 4 for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative…

SU Poet, Playwright, Activist Garners International Spotlight

Monday, March 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Micere Githae Mugo earns literary award, speaks at U.N. March has been a busy month for a Kenyan professor in The College of Arts and Sciences. Micere Githae Mugo, a Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence in the Department of African…

SUArt Galleries Opens ‘The eNTH Degree: MFA 2013’

Friday, March 22, 2013, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries has announced the opening of “The eNth Degree: MFA 2013.” The annual Syracuse University Masters of Fine Arts exhibition includes 21 artists working in a variety of media, including painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, film, site-specific installation and performance.

Nationally Acclaimed Poet Next Guest in Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, March 22, 2013, By News Staff

The Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series continues at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, with critically acclaimed poet Dean Young, the William S. Livingston Chair of Poetry at the University of Texas. The reading will take place in Gifford Auditorium…

Student’s Venture One of Inc. Magazine’s ‘Coolest College Startups’

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Celeste Currie might be a lot like many of the information management and technology students at Syracuse University. Then again, she might not. A junior at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), she’s enrolled in the same range of coursework…

Veterans

Nicholas J. Armstrong Named IVMF Fellow

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By News Staff

Further building on its commitment to leverage the resources of higher education in service to those who have served, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has appointed Nicholas J. Armstrong, a research fellow at the…