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Nominating Judge Merrick Garland and Calling the Senate’s Bluff

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Associate Professor Thomas Keck, the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics at the Maxwell School, offers analysis of the new Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garlan. “D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland is a distinguished jurist, eminently qualified to serve on…

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project to Reveal Groundbreaking Analysis of Rape

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP) at the College of Law will release a groundbreaking report documenting and analyzing incidents of rape during the Syrian conflict. The report will be released during a special event on March 24 at Maxwell. Compiled…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Ranked #1 Graduate School of Public Affairs for 8th Consecutive Time

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Jessica Smith

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs once again received top honors in U.S. News & World Report’s reputational survey of graduate schools of public affairs. Maxwell has been ranked #1 since the category was created in 1995. “We…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Named among Best Colleges for Start-Ups by bestcolleges.com

Monday, March 14, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management recently was ranked #18 on bestcolleges.com’s list of the Best Colleges for Start-Ups. According to the site, “Nearly all of these entrepreneurial powerhouses are large research universities, as big schools often have the…

STEM

Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets

Friday, March 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment. A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director…

Health & Society

School of Education Doctoral Students Present at United Nations in Vienna

Thursday, March 10, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Two School of Education special education doctoral students, Brent Elder and Michelle Damiani, presented at the 2016 Zero Project Conference, convened by the Essl Foundation, the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre at the United Nations Office in…

Health & Society

Professor Examines Struggle for Racial Justice in Brazil

Thursday, March 10, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Kwame Dixon was fascinated by the rich culture and political activism of Afro-Brazilians during his first visit to the city of Salvador da Bahia in 1999. However, it didn’t take long to see the contradictions. Many of the same people…

Arts & Culture

Architecture to Host Lectures by NVRC Design Finalists Dykers, Sharples, Adjaye

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

As part of its spring 2016 lecture lineup, the School of Architecture will host a series of lectures by principals and founders of the three firms recently chosen as finalists to design the future National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC) at…

STEM

Professor Creates Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund

Monday, March 7, 2016, By News Staff

A recent donation from Distinguished Professor H. Ezzat Khalifa to the College of Engineering and Computer Science establishes the Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund. This award will recognize the achievement of a graduating senior in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,…

Arts & Culture

‘Father of Posthumanism’ to Serve as CNY Humanities Corridor Visiting Collaborator

Monday, March 7, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Cary Wolfe, a leading cultural theorist at Rice University, will serve as the Central New York Humanities Corridor Mellon Distinguished Visiting Collaborator at Syracuse University. A pioneer of posthumanist thought and animal studies, he will headline three local events, March…