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Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

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…

Marilyn Higgins one of five newly appointed to Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement & economic development  at Syracuse University, is one of five newly appointed to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. Higgins, nominated by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25), will be sworn in Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, April 17

Friday, April 20, 2012, By News Staff

Associated Press highlights sustainability of SU/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement gowns

Student-run businesses win $50,000 at 2012 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By Lindsay Wickham

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has announced the winners of its $50,000 Panasci Business Plan Competition, hosted annually by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE). The competition…

SU’s Chandra Mohanty to earn honorary doctorate from College of Wooster

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Chandra Talpade Mohanty—an internationally recognized scholar of post-colonial and transnational feminist theory and a celebrated professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences—will receive an honorary doctorate from the College of Wooster (Ohio) at its 142nd commencement ceremony on…

White House Young America Series comes to CNY Wednesday night with live event at Syracuse University

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, By Kevin Morrow

Central New Yorkers will have an opportunity Wednesday to discuss with White House and U.S. Department of Education officials matters of concern to young Americans and see examples of successful civic engagement by young people in the community. The White…

Recipients of Imagining America grants announced

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, By Jamie Haft

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…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 16

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

New York Post highlights EBV in stories about “vetrepreneur” programs

IVMF, Whitman School awarded $854,525 grant to implement management certificate and degree programs for veterans

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), owner of the GMAT® exam and the leading membership organization of graduate business and management schools worldwide, today awarded the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Whitman School of Management a $854,525…