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4th Annual Literacy Corps Scrabble Tournament

Friday, March 21, 2014, By News Staff

Join us for the 4th Annual Literacy Corps Scrabble Tournament! The event will take place Thursday, March 27, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center. Participants can register by emailling literacy @syr.edu. The cost is $10 per person, or…

Professor Conducts Physical Activity Workshops for Children with Visual Impairments

Friday, March 21, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Luis Columna, associate professor of exercise science in the School of Education, is conducting a physical activity program titled “Physical Activity for Families of Children with Visual Impairments.”

Veterans

Syracuse Law’s April 5 ‘Valor Day’ Provides Free Resources for Local Veterans, Service Members

Friday, March 21, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

As a way of giving back to those who have served, SU law students, alumni and local volunteers will partner—for the third time—to provide free legal and advocacy services for veterans, service members and their families. The event will be…

Author, Spiritual Teacher Zukav to Skype with SU Community

Friday, March 21, 2014, By News Staff

New York Times bestselling author Gary Zukav will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype, on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse broadcast and digital journalism student, will…

Campus & Community

Carnegie Library Reading Room Dedication Ceremony

Thursday, March 20, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Carnegie Library recently reopened after a lengthy renovation project, and it didn’t fail to impress. This video provides highlights from some of the speakers during reading room dedication ceremonies, along with students who say they’re amazed at the view….

Smullen Book Is Basis for ‘Charting Your Professional Path’ Seminar

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Establishing goals for professional success is important, and few are more knowledgeable than William Smullen, director of National Security Studies at the Maxwell School and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Smullen is releasing a…

STEM

Hurst-Wahl Garners WISE Accolades

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate professor of practice Jill Hurst-Wahl has been recognized by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium for excellence in teaching. Hurst-Wahl was nominated for a WISE 2013 Instructor of the Year Award for her course, “Copyright for…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Names Prominent Public Policy Scholar to Moynihan Chair

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By News Staff

Amy Ellen Schwartz, an internationally renowned scholar of education policy, public finance and urban economics, will join the Maxwell School this fall as Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. Schwartz, a professor of public policy, education, and economics at…

STEM

Michael ’72 and Susan Thonis Establish Endowed Professorship of Earth Sciences

Tuesday, March 18, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Professor Suzanne L. Baldwin, a renowned geologist and thermochronologist, has been named the inaugural Michael G. and Susan T. Thonis Professor of Earth Sciences in The College of Arts and Sciences. Through the generosity of Michael Thonis ’72 and his…

SU Campus Now Deemed HEARTSafe

Monday, March 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

You feel a tightness in your chest. You’re sweating. Your pulse is racing, and you’re short of breath. You could be having a heart attack. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly 1.5 million heart attacks are suffered yearly…