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New book focuses on policing in Syracuse’s Near Westside neighborhood

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

Book was edited by SU graduate student The Gifford Street Community Press will celebrate the publication of its second book, “I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside,” from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at La Casita Cultural Center,…

SU’s annual Black History Month celebration begins Feb. 1

Tuesday, January 31, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s annual Black History Month celebration, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs, begins on campus Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the atrium of the Schine Student Center from noon-2 p.m. This kick-off event…

Veterans

IVMF adds communications and admissions team members to better serve stakeholders

Monday, January 30, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced the appointment of Shannon P. Meehan as media relations and communications specialist and the transition of current team member Katherine Frontino to the newly created role of…

IJPM’s fifth annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series kicks off Feb. 8

Friday, January 27, 2012, By News Staff

The fifth annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series presented by the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media at Syracuse University will run from Feb. 8 to April 18, with eight scheduled lectures designed…

School of Education to host workshop on African genocides and the Holocaust

Friday, January 27, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will host a workshop titled “Teaching about Genocide with a Focus on Africa” at Syracuse University’s Winnick Hillel Center on Feb. 13 from 4-7 p.m. The workshop will be presented by…

Impunity Watch launches first online law journal app

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Learning about international unrest and human rights violations is now available through a smartphone. Impunity Watch, the first global blog to monitor instances of impunity, has launched its first official mobile application in the Android Marketplace, available Jan. 25. Impunity…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, January 18

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, By News Staff

Launch of Janklow Arts Leadership Program reported in New York Times

Acclaimed interior designer Thom Filicia ’93 to speak Jan. 20

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, By Erica Blust

Acclaimed interior designer and College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) alumnus Thom Filicia ’93 will give a talk on Friday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. in the auditorium of The Warehouse, first floor, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. The…

Syracuse University joins yearlong initiative to promote higher education as agent of democracy

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Carol Boll

Chancellor Cantor to moderate Jan. 10 White House panel on public scholarship Syracuse University will join with the White House Office of Public Engagement, the U.S. Department of Education and other civic and educational groups tomorrow, Jan. 10, for a…

Prestigious journal reviews book co-authored by Peter Blanck

Tuesday, January 3, 2012, By News Staff

The December 2011 issue of The American Historical Review includes a book review of “Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America” (Cambridge University Press, 2010), authored by Burton Blatt Institute chairman and University Professor Peter Blanck…