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Haynie Named Chairman of Labor Department Advisory Committee
Mike Haynie, the executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has been named by U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to serve as the chairman of the department’s Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer…
University Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, is hosting a series of events in April. The month-long celebration officially begins on Tuesday, April 1, in the Schine Student…
Students Form Sustainability Organizations on Campus
For Elizabeth Kahn, being president of Students of Sustainability at Syracuse University is not just a campus commitment. A few weeks ago, Kahn spent her weekend in Washington, D.C., with 12 other students in the organization to protest the proposed…
Getting to Know: Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler
Jedidah Isler was interested in the heavens from the time she was 11 or 12. She had a telescope as a kid, which her sister bought her for her birthday one year. But she didn’t get a chance to pursue…
Saunders Wins More Hardware, Prepares to Launch ‘Kindness’ Book
This spring is shaping up to be another busy one for George Saunders G’88, acclaimed author and professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences. This past weekend, the Oneonta, N.Y., resident traveled to London to receive the…
Four Maxwell Professors Named O’Hanley Scholars
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is honoring four inspirational teachers and scholars as the first O’Hanley Faculty Scholars. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science; Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology; Junko Takeda, associate professor of history;…
Rachel Kushner Next in Raymond Carver Reading Series
Rachel Kushner, a two-time finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for Great Britain’s inaugural Folio Prize, is the next writer in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in Gifford Auditorium….
Newman, Taylor to Lead Class of 2015 as Senior Class Marshals
Ashlee Newman and Ronald Taylor will be the senior class marshals for the Class of 2015, according to the Division of Student Affairs. Newman and Taylor will continue this longstanding tradition and will carry the Class of 2015 banner to…
William P. Ehling ’43, G’52, G’54 Dies; Founded Public Relations Department
William P. Ehling ’43, G’52, G’54, professor emeritus and founder of the public relations department at the Newhouse School, died Feb. 7. He was 93. Ehling taught at Syracuse University from 1954 until his retirement in 1991. During his tenure,…
Tap, Filtered or Bottled: Testing Your Water Preference
Tap, filtered or bottled. The Sustainability Division wants to know what members of the campus community prefer in terms of their drinking water by offering a blind sample of water tests around campus this month. Starting last week in Bird…