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Long-term research reveals causes, consequences of environmental change
As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.“The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is striking,”…
Two anthropology Ph.D. students receive major NSF fellowships
Melinda Gurr and Lauren Hosek, both second-year doctoral students in anthropology, have received highly prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards support advanced graduate study for three years, at $30,000 per year. In selecting Gurr and Hosek, the…
SU in the News: Tuesday, April 10
Southern California Public Radio interviews College of Law’s David Cay Johnston on elimination of universal service obligation for landlines
SU, Cornell Student Assembly host White House Young America Series event April 18 to discuss the critical issues facing young Americans
Organizers welcome area college students, young adults to SU campus to explore civic engagement ideas and models The White House Young America Series (WHYAS) offers a special forum in which issues critical to young Americans in the 21st century can…
TRAC: IRS audit program on ‘global high wealth’ individuals not effective
According to an analysis of very timely court data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the special government effort to target “global high wealth” individuals—including those with assets or incomes in the tens of millions of dollars—completed audits on…
Inaugural EBV-Families at FSU begins April 10
The first national expansion of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veteran’s Families (EBV-F) will be held at Florida State University (FSU) beginning April 10 and running through April 18. Founded in 2010 at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, and operated by the…
IVMF’s Tihic attends Veteran Symposium for New Jersey Employers
Mirza Tihic, director of employment programs at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, attended the Veteran Symposium for New Jersey Employers at Prudential Financial Corporate Headquarters in Newark. The event was hosted by Prudential Financial…
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…
Verbal Blend hosts citywide college poetry slam
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University, will host its citywide “Take the Mic” poetry slam on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center Underground. Doors will…
iSchool adviser/SU Trustee creates new summer Ph.D. fellowships
Believing that “the research from the Ph.D. program is fundamental to what the School of Information Studies is and what it becomes,” iSchool Board of Advisors member and Syracuse University Trustee Christine Larsen has established a summer fellowship to support…