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University Community Mourns Passing of Professor Emerita Sari Knopp Biklen

Thursday, September 18, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Sari Knopp Biklen, professor emerita of cultural foundations of education and women’s studies, passed away on Sept. 16. “I know that I speak for all of her colleagues in expressing deep sadness over Sari’s passing,” says Eric F. Spina, Syracuse…

ITS Continues to Implement New Information Security Measures

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

Security threats to higher education are on the increase. In the last year alone, more than 3 million data records have been reported exposed at colleges and universities nationwide, and millions more have been exposed at other organizations and businesses….

Fiction Writer Anthony Marra Opens Carver Reading Series

Tuesday, September 16, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

The fiction writer Anthony Marra kicks off Syracuse University’s Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series with a reading Wednesday, September 17, at Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. A question-and-answer session is from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m., followed by…

Angela Woods ‘05 to Host U.S. State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship Program Seminar

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Angela Woods ’05, a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Education and a program officer for the U.S. State Department’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, will present a two-part seminar to undergraduate and graduate students interested in applying to the…

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Global Security Challenges for U.S. at Sept. 11 Thursday Morning Roundtable

Monday, September 8, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

The Sept. 11 session of TMR will feature Vice Admiral Robert Murrett (ret.), deputy director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University. Murrett, currently a professor of practice at SU’s Maxwell School and a member…

Campus & Community

University, South Side Initiative Help Local Youth ‘Write Their Lives’

Wednesday, September 3, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

School may not have been in session, but learning was happening at the South Side Communication Center this summer.

Campus & Community

Professor Emeritus William Meyer Dies; Funeral Monday

Monday, June 30, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A funeral service for William Meyer, professor emeritus of psychology, will be held Monday, June 30, at 11 a.m. at Temple Concord, 910 Madison St., Syracuse. Friends may visit with the family prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. Meyer…

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Writer Publishes Book on Iconic Arts Leader, Music Educator

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By News Staff

One of today’s leading arts leaders is the subject of a new book by a member of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Rob Enslin, The College’s communications manager, has co-written the Ned Corman memoir, Now’s the Time: A Story of Music, Education, and Advocacy (Epigraph, 2014). A resident of Rochester, N.Y., Corman is best known as founder of the Penfield Music Commission Project (PMCP) and its national successor, The Commission Project (TCP). He also is closely associated with several major festivals, including the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF).

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William C. Stinchcombe, Professor Emeritus of History, Dies

Friday, June 13, 2014, By News Staff

William C. Stinchcombe, professor emeritus of history at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, passed away on Wednesday, June 11. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1967, and was named associate professor in 1971, full…

Emeritus Faculty 2013-2014

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The University Senate has recommended to the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University that the following retiring faculty members be honored with the title Emeritus, to be added to the rank at which they retired: Janine M. Bernard, professor of…