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Sport Clubs Student-Athletes Achieve Significant Success
More than 1,400 students dedicate countless hours to practice, travel and games through their involvement in sport club teams during the academic just completed. This year, 49 registered teams with the Department of Recreation Services competed across the country, with…
Campbell Conversations Wins NYS Associated Press Association Award
The Campbell Conversations, a public affairs interview radio program hosted by Grant Reeher, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was awarded first place from the New York State Associated Press Association in the Radio II/Public Service category for…
Vera House Recognizes Barry L. Wells with 2017 Sister Mary Vera Award
Recognizing his long-standing advocacy and commitment to the work of Vera House, Barry L. Wells, special assistant to Chancellor Kent Syverud, will be presented the 2017 Sister Mary Vera Award at Vera House’s annual summer luncheon. The Sister Mary Vera…
Nicholas Armstrong is Interviewed on Veterans’ Role in Volunteering
Nicholas Armstrong, IVMF Senior Director of Research and Policy, was quoted by CNBC in the story “Veterans are joining an army of volunteers to provide service and relief to battered communities.”
Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?
When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…
Light Work Announces Recipients of 43rd Annual Light Work Grants in Photography
Light Work has announced the 43rd annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2017 recipients are Mary Helena Clark, Joe Librandi-Cowan and Stephanie Mercedes. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to…
In Syracuse, Plans to Renew Forgotten Promise at Deeply Moving World War I Monument
Bill Orzell understands the promise. It is reinforced for him by the sheer power of a statue in Billings Park in downtown Syracuse, across the street from the abandoned grandeur of the old Central High School. The statue portrays an…
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Delivers 2017 Commencement Address (Video)
The 2017 Commencement Address was delivered by Vernon E. Jordan Jr., who urged graduates to continue the battle for equality for all.
As the Centennial of JFK’s Birth Nears, Recalling His Stirring Commencement Address in Syracuse
By 1957, a young United States senator from Massachusetts named John F. Kennedy already had a long working relationship with Ted Sorensen, who served at the time as his aide and counselor. Kennedy grew into greatness as an orator, and…
New Books by Syracuse Professor Examine Post-Secular Politics, Religion, Philosophy
Politics, religion and philosophy in the post-secular world underlie two new books by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Gregg Lambert, director and principal investigator of the Central New York Humanities Corridor and Dean’s Professor of the…