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Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School to establish Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced that it has received a major gift from Robert B. Menschel to establish the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the school, in recognition of Volcker’s exceptional accomplishments and…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families appoints directors

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University announces the appointment of four staff members who will direct operations and development, education programs, employment training and communications. Ray Toenniessen of Syracuse has been named director of operations…

Arts & Culture

Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi to give talks on Witkin Oct. 5, 6

Monday, September 19, 2011, By Erica Blust

Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, author of “Life Lessons: the Art of Jerome Witkin” (Syracuse University Press, 1994), will give two talks in conjunction with the exhibition “Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin” at XL Projects, 307-313 S….

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse student PR firm offers new service for budding entrepreneurs

Monday, September 19, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Hill Communications, a student-run public relations firm based in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is offering a new service called SPRINT, designed to support budding entrepreneurs. SPRINT—which stands for Start, Prioritize, Research, Identify, Navigate and Transmit—is an…

Arts & Culture

English Department adds film, creative writing tracks

Monday, September 19, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Starting this semester, the Department of English in The College of Arts and Sciences is adding two new tracks that students can pursue within the English and textual studies (ETS) major: film and screen studies and creative writing. The tracks are…

Campus & Community

SU to host Imagining America for new five-year term

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

Beginning in the fall semester, a national search will begin for a new director of Imagining America.

Arts & Culture

Maria Hinojosa is first guest of University Lectures 2011-12 season

Friday, September 16, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Maria Hinojosa, host of National Public Radio’s “Latino USA” and one of the most influential Latino/a journalists in the nation, will kick off the University Lectures 2011-12 season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Hinojosa will speak on “Making…

Arts & Culture

‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to screen as part of disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, Sept. 19

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

As part of Syracuse University’s disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, the documentary film “Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road” will be shown on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium of Schine Student Center. The…

Campus & Community

Mary Nelson Youth Center ‘Beyond the Dream’ gala Sept. 17

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

The Mary Nelson Youth Center in Syracuse will host its inaugural ‘Beyond the Dream’ black-tie gala on Saturday evening, Sept.17, at the Oncenter Complex. Being honored at Saturday’s gala are SU men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim, and his wife, Juli,…

Campus & Community

Last chance to register for SyrFilmFest second annual scriptwriting workshop

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse International Film Festival has announced its second annual Scriptwriting Workshop.