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University Group in Turkey Mourn, Reflect on Mine Disaster

Thursday, May 15, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A group of travelers from the Division of Student Affairs is among the people in Turkey mourning the loss of 282 miners killed in a coal mine explosion in Soma on May 13. According to news reports, as of Thursday,…

Veterans

IVMF Executive Director Haynie Named Vice Chancellor for Veterans and Military Affairs

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud this week announced the formation of a new leadership position to oversee the development and expansion of programming for veterans and the military. J. Michael Haynie, the co-founder and executive director of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Disability Rights Expert Earns Fulbright Research Award

Monday, May 12, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Associate Professor of Law Michael Schwartz has received a Fulbright Award for study at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland for the spring 2015 semester. Schwartz, who is deaf, is an expert on disability law and international human rights, and…

Media, Law & Policy

Sean O’Keefe to Speak at Maxwell School’s MPA Convocation

Monday, May 12, 2014, By News Staff

Former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sean O’Keefe G’78 (M.P.A.) will address graduates and their families and friends at the Maxwell School’s M.P.A. Convocation on June 27. O’Keefe, who serves as chairman of the Maxwell School advisory…

Campus & Community

Commencement Speech by New Yorker Editor David Remnick

Sunday, May 11, 2014, By News Staff

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University’s 160th Commencement ceremony.

Campus & Community

Burman Named Inaugural Holder of Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By News Staff

Public finance and tax policy expert Leonard E. Burman has been named the first holder of the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Burman is currently professor of public administration and…

Media, Law & Policy

Matthew Huber Wins Maxwell School’s Moynihan Award

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By News Staff

Matthew Huber, assistant professor of geography, has received the 2014 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research. The award, established in 1985 by former senator and Maxwell faculty member Daniel Patrick Moynihan, is made annually to an outstanding untenured…

Campus & Community

Strauskulage, Usman Honored by Goldwater Foundation

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Junior Luke Strauskulage has been named as a 2014-15 Goldwater Scholar. Sophomore Samantha Usman was recognized with a Goldwater Honorable Mention. Goldwater Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of mathematics, science and engineering students…

Health & Society

Women’s and Gender Studies Scholar Dana Olwan Recognized by Two Major Organizations

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Dana Olwan’s resume is already impressive, but the women’s and gender studies scholar’s recent recognition from not one, but two major organizations is extraordinary, according to Gwendolyn Pough, department chair. Olwan, who joined the Women’s and Gender Studies Department in…

Commencement Day 2014 Press Kit: Fact Sheet

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By News Staff

The main ceremony will be held at the Carrier Dome Sunday, May 11, beginning with the degree candidates procession at 9:30 a.m. Graduates of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) will participate in the 117th Commencement of…