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Q and A: Humanities Center’s Gregg Lambert speaks on peace
Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and Founding Director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, answers questions on the topic of world peace. What is your perspective on world peace and how it can be achieved? In her filmed…
New study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople
As athletes and fans celebrated new world records, international milestones and personal bests during the 2012 London Olympic Games, one story that repeated itself was the prominent role female athletes played in fueling U.S. Olympic success and medal count. The…
Mindset, Happiness and Law School
Law professor Peter H. Huang found out about the pressures of academic life at a young age. He was 14 when he enrolled at Princeton, and began Ph.D. studies in mathematics just three years later. His mother, who he affectionately…
SU in the News: Monday, August 20
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University graduate and Commencement speaker Stephen Barton ‘12 is mentioned in a USA Today article about the aftermath of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., one month later. A blog post by Milton Mueller,…
Jewish bioethicist headlines Anbar lectures at SU, Temple Adath Yeshurun Sept. 5-6
Laurie Zoloth, a pioneer in medical and research ethics, is delivering the fifth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Syracuse University and Temple Adath Yeshurun. Her SU lecture, titled “The Second Text: Tradition, Narrative and Translation in Jewish Bioethics,” is Wednesday,…
SU in the News: Monday, August 13
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Tacoma Weekly reported on Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs. The pilot program was launched by the Institute for Veterans and…
For sperm, faster isn’t always better
New study by Syracuse University scientists uncovers a reproduction conundrum When it comes to sperm meeting eggs in sexual reproduction, conventional wisdom holds that the fastest swimming sperm are most likely to succeed in their quest to fertilize eggs. That…
Young CNY entrepreneurs to learn, test business mettle at entrepreneurial bootcamp
Local high school students will have the opportunity to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit at the Student Entrepreneurial Experience (SEE) hosted by the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. The weeklong event, held at the South Side Innovation…
IBM publishes Sawyer’s collaborative networks research report
The IBM Center for The Business of Government has published research findings by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Steven Sawyer regarding how multi-organizational networks can collaborate to address complex public challenges. The report is entitled “Designing Collaborative Networks: Lessons…
Project Advance 2012 Teachers of the Year ignite passion in the classroom
What qualities should a Teacher of the Year have? Should he or she be memorable, or well-liked, or have students who regularly achieve outstanding test scores? Certainly, all these are necessary to be an effective teacher, says Maria Zeitlin Trinkle….