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Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates
It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.
A Video in Courage
Kevin Gendron ’17 has given a voice to the most vulnerable of victims in society—as part of a project that doesn’t say a word.
Climate Change Garden Mixes the Future with the Present
Scientists expect Central New York’s climate to more closely resemble that of South Carolina by the end of this century, and ecologists have long warned that our local forests of sugar maple and basswood may gradually change to the drier oak-hickory forests of the U.S. South and Midwest.
Seniors Can Apply to Be Engagement Scholars
Undergraduate students graduating in December 2013 or May 2014 can apply to be Imagining America Engagement Scholars or Entrepreneurship Engagement Scholars. The yearlong program supports recent graduates with a strong academic record to become civic-minded professionals or entrepreneurs in Central New…
Philip Kaplan ’97 to Speak at iSchool Convocation
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) announced that San Francisco entrepreneur Philip Kaplan, a 1997 graduate of the school’s information management and technology program, will deliver the convocation speech at the Class of 2014 ceremony in May. His selection was…
Lemon Elefant to Perform Nov. 21
The Community Folk Art Center will host a concert featuring dynamic rhythm and blues ensemble Lemon Elefant on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held as part of the center’s music series, A Journey through Music…
Stern Caps off Fall 2013 Mower Forum Speaker Series
Greg Stern, CEO of Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners (BSSP), will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Dec. 4, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak on “My Inadvertent Career: The BSSP Story” at 6:30…
Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act
David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….
Thwarting a Devastating Disease
Assistant Professor David Larsen saw the damaging effects of the lack of health care and clean water in the favelas of Belem, Brazil, while working among the people ten years ago. Impacted by the work, he now conducts research to halt the impact of deadly—yet preventable—infectious diseases.
Littlejohn Honored With ‘Be the Change You Wish to See’ Award
Linda Littlejohn, associate vice president for academic affairs at SU and director of the South Side Initiative (SSI), received the Student African American Society’s “Be the Change You Wish to See” award at the organization’s annual banquet on Nov. 10….