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$1 Million Gift to School of Education Recognizes Work of Professor Corinne Smith
The School of Education has received a gift of $1 million to be used over the next five years to support students who study abroad and to further develop signature global education programs. The Himan Brown Charitable Trust of New…
Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children
Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…
School of Education’s Douglas Biklen Announces Retirement from Deanship
Douglas P. Biklen, dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education and founder of the Inclusion Institutes at Syracuse University, announced today that he will retire from his position effective January 31, 2014. Biklen has served as dean of the School…
School of Education’s Dotger Wins AACTE Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) Article Award to Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education. The award recognizes exemplary scholarship…
Report from Institute for Veterans and Military Families and Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Argues for a National Veterans Strategy
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University released a policy report Feb. 19 that details what the authors describe as a “historic opportunity” related to the potential…
Resolving Conflict and Rebuilding Lives in Darfur
A region scarred by civil violence and a resulting humanitarian crisis over the past decade, Darfur in western Sudan still struggles to reach peace between the government and rebel factions. Its citizens, however, are not waiting to start rebuilding their lives and communities.
Chicana Novelist Helena María Viramontes to Give Public Reading Feb. 20
Cornell author known for gritty portrayal of Latina/o culture Helena María Viramontes, professor of English at Cornell University, will read from her acclaimed novel, “Their Dogs Came with Them” (Atria Books, 2007), Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m. in Heroy…
LGBT Rights Director for Human Rights Watch to Speak at SU Feb. 25
Graeme Reid will address U.N. Human Rights Council’s controversial “traditional values” resolution The controversial resolution on “traditional values,” adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council last fall, will be the focus of a major discussion in the College of…
Blue Cross Blue Shield VP to Discuss Digital Media in Healthcare
R. Andrew Hetzel ’90, vice president of corporate communications with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Feb. 27, as a guest of the Newhouse Global Leaders in Digital and Social Media Speaker Series…
PRIDE Coordinates Playful Challenges for National Engineers Week
Programs Rooted in Developing Excellence (PRIDE) in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) coordinates an annual celebration of National Engineers Week, which brings the members of the college together and introduces the campus community to the field…