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Former NY State Lieutenant Governor to Deliver Tanner Lecture at Maxwell School

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.  His talk is titled “Public Responsibility and the Federal-State Disconnect.” Ravitch is a…

Campus & Community

iSchool Offering PMI Exam Study Workshop

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be offering an Exam Study Workshop for the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification exam. Classes will begin on Thursday, Oct. 2, and will meet weekly through Nov….

Health & Society

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Power plant standards to cut climate-changing carbon emissions will reduce other harmful air pollution and provide substantial human health benefits, according to a new study released Sept. 30 by scientists from Syracuse, Harvard and Boston universities. The research shows that,…

Arts & Culture

Two Time Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Parade’ Starts SU Drama’s Season

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Daring, innovative, and bold, “Parade” won two well-earned Tony Awards in 2000. The tragic, true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man wrongly accused of murder in 1913 Georgia, serves as the basis for a tender love story.

Media, Law & Policy

Bretschneider Wins NASPAA Award

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Professor Stuart Bretschneider has been awarded the William Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education Award by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for his outstanding contribution to doctoral student success, going above and beyond expected performance….

Arts & Culture

Religion Professors Publish New Books

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating new books by two of its professors. Gustav Niebuhr is the author of “Lincoln’s Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors”…

Newhouse School, Oprah Winfrey Celebrate New Studio and Innovation Center

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Thousands gathered outside the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as Oprah Winfrey charged the students to live up to the high standards that come with such an impressive new facility.

Campus & Community

16th Annual Dollar Day at the Dome Is Set for Oct. 3

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Before the Syracuse University football team kicks off against Louisville on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m., more than 180 student volunteers from SU’s fraternities and sororities will be stationed at Carrier Dome entrances, near the Quad, in parking lots…

SU MakerSpace Is Open for Business, Will Host Open House Oct. 10

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

After more than a year of development and collaboration with students and faculty, Information Technology and Services (ITS) officially launched the SU MakerSpace with the opening of the fall semester. MakerSpaces, also known as fablabs, hackerspaces and techshops, are spaces…

‘Never Forget: Public Memory & 9/11’ to be Screened Oct. 1

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University will present a screening of the documentary film “Never Forget: Public Memory & 9/11” on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Watson Theatre in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. The screening is free and open to…