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History Department to Host Lecture Honoring Long-time Faculty Member Otey Scruggs

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A lecture in honor of the late Otey Scruggs, a distinguished historian who served on the Maxwell School faculty for more than 35 years, will be held on Monday, Oct. 6.  Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, associate professor of American culture and history,…

African American Studies to Commemorate 50th Year of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Arrow of God’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s landmark book “Arrow of God.” The event, which is free and open to…

Imagining America Journal Releases Volume on Career Paths

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Holly Zahn

Public: A Journal of Imagining America has announced that Vol. 2 No. 2, “Hybrid, Evolving, and Integrative Career Paths,” is now available at http://public.imaginingamerica.org. Submissions address alternatives to siloed, static, linear job trajectories that public scholars, designers and artists find…

Victor Rios to Speak on Youth Control Complex Sept. 24

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Punitive…

Bullet Tooth Founder Josh Grabelle Delivers Soyars Lecture Sept. 25

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Erica Blust

Josh Grabelle ’96, L’01, founder and president of Bullet Tooth, a heavy music record label and publishing company, will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level…

Maxwell Awarded $1 Million for Programs Connecting Academics, Policy Makers

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The Carnegie Corp. of New York has named the Maxwell School as one of five institutional recipients of $1 million, two-year grants through its initiative “Rigor and Relevance: Bridging the Academic-Policy Gap.”

Business & Economy

Whitman School Introduces Online M.S. in Accounting

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The new program offering from the Whitman School and 2U will combine the University’s established reputation and robust accounting curriculum with 2U’s advanced learning platform and technology-enabled services.

STEM

New Cooling System Heats up Physics Research

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support ongoing work in quantum information science. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is the recipient of a $230,000 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award…

‘The Image of the Black in Western Art: The Final Stages’ Subject of Sept. 25 Lecture

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

David Bindman, professor emeritus of art history at University College London and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center, will present a lecture titled “The Image of the Black in Western Art: The Final Stages” on Thursday, Sept. 25,…

Campus & Community

‘Changing Channels’ Art Exhibition Explores Effects of Television on Visual Art

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

The Michael Sickler Gallery at Syracuse University is exhibiting artwork from student artists whose childhoods were impacted by days in front of cable TV screens. Curated by Edam Alvarado, “Changing Channels” includes a television installation and artworks that incorporate colors…