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South Asia Center CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs CALL FOR PROPOSALS Proposal deadline: Thursday, Feb. 26 South Asia Center Graduate Student Summer Research Grants The South Asia Center announces the competition for the Bharati Memorial Award for the summer of 2015 (or AY…

Health & Society

Chantal Line Carpentier to present ‘Negotiating a Global Sustainable Development Agenda’

Friday, January 30, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Chantal Line Carpentier will be the featured guest speaker on Friday, Feb. 13, as part of the Falk College’s Spring 2015 Research Brown Bag Series. Carpentier will focus on the most pressing sustainable development issues and initiatives from her perspective…

Campus & Community

Liddy Selects Karin Ruhlandt Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

Ruhlandt, who first joined the Syracuse faculty in 1993, has served as interim dean of the college since July 2014.

Media, Law & Policy

Raising the Bar: College of Law Revises Standards to Improve Student Success

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

A rigorous two-day test of legal knowledge, the bar exam is the final hurdle for those studying law to be admitted as practicing attorneys. To ensure that new graduates taking the bar exam had academic assistance, the College of Law initiated a revised set of academic standards several years ago.

Creative Director David Hoffman ’95 to Deliver Soyars Lecture Feb. 3

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Erica Blust

David Hoffman, creative director at Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc., one of America’s oldest independent publishing companies, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of…

Arts & Culture

Recognitions Roll in for LLL Faculty

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Success comes in droves for members of the College of Arts and Sciences. An unprecedented six professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) have been elected to top positions at three of the world’s leading language organizations….

STEM

Grad Student Places Fifth in IBM ‘Master the Mainframe’ Contest

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A part-time graduate student in the School of Information Studies who admittedly has “no formal computer science background” has placed in the top five finishers in IBM’s coding and technology skills “Master the Mainframe” competition. Steven Hoover, an information management…

Media, Law & Policy

Does Citizenship Require Sacrifice?

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By News Staff

The Maxwell School’s State of Democracy Lecture will feature a provocative conversation among four faculty members on the rights, responsibilities and obligations of citizens. Is voting the primary responsibility of citizens in a democracy, or are citizens obligated to engage…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Opens Enrollment for New Online Master’s Program

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School has announced that applications are now being accepted for Communications@​Syracuse, a new online master’s degree program emphasizing digital trends and innovation within the communications industry. Communications@Syracuse offers students the opportunity to earn a master of science in…

Campus & Community

Chabad House Recognizes International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Monday, January 26, 2015, By News Staff

Tuesday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To commemorate this event, the Chabad House at Syracuse University will be showing the documentary “Auschwitz and the Allies” on at…