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2012-13 Remembrance Scholars chosen

Friday, April 27, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2012-13 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…

MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 to Maxwell School for housing affordability research

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $500,000 to Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study how housing affordability affects decisions made by older adults about their health care, living arrangements and well-being. The…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, April 26

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

College of Law’s Kevin Maillard discusses the myth of traditional families in New York Times

Campus & Community

SU Ph.D. student Jessica Kuskey wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Jessica Kuskey, a Ph.D. student in the English Department in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received the Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award at the Syracuse University Library Associates annual spring luncheon on April 26. Her essay is titled…

Annual conflict of interest reporting process begins April 30 for SU faculty and staff

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

In the interest of transparency and accountability in Syracuse University’s business transactions, employment practices and relationships with external parties, SU is continuing its annual process whereby disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) can be reported. Beginning Monday, April 30,…

Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

SU’s Bruce Smith wins Poetry Society of America award

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Bruce Smith, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won the William Carlos Williams Award, presented by the Poetry Society of America (PSA). The critically acclaimed poet was nominated on the merit of his latest…

Artwork by VPA faculty Jude Lewis, Kevin Larmon opens in new Ortwine Gallery

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The SU Library is celebrating the opening of the new Robert G. Ortwine Gallery on the sixth floor of Bird Library with a showing of works by College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) faculty members Kevin Larmon and Jude…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…

Campus & Community

Lubin House having phone problems

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Lubin House continues to have phone issues with their provider, Verizon.