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Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award
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…
Switching subject categories could improve test scores
New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…
Recipients of Imagining America grants announced
Seven faculty members have received grants from Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life to develop courses and projects that encourage significant community-campus collaboration around a relevant issue and further disciplinary and public knowledge. The chosen courses and projects…
Award-winning ecologist to present 2012 Life Sciences Lecture ‘Is Mother Nature Short Sighted?’
Hanna Kokko, laureate fellow at Australian National University, will present “Is Mother Nature Shortsighted?” for the 2012 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, in the…
Finalists announced for sixth annual Mirror Awards
Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the sixth annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew more than 300 entries. Winners will be announced at a June 13 awards ceremony in…
SU humanities panel explores ‘cultural politics of images’ April 18
The cultural politics of images is the subject of the next installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a lecture series organized by Mark Linder, inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities, as part of the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s new Transdisciplinary Humanities Project….
Paul Roberts to deliver SU Showcase keynote on realities of a sustainable future
How do we build a sustainable future, especially when much of the present seems so unsustainable? Journalist and author Paul Roberts will tackle this issue during his SU Showcase keynote presentation, “The Real Cost of Change: The Economic and Political…
SU in the News: Thursday, April 12
Accounting Today reports on TRAC information about IRS program to audit ultrawealthy
Syracuse Poster Project to celebrate 11th series April 19
Each year since 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters.
Syracuse University Libraries external review planned for fall 2012
Given the rapidly changing environment for academic libraries on campuses across the nation, the investments being made in the SU Libraries and the range of discussion on campus about desired library investments and services, the University is planning to conduct…