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The Center for Policy Research at The Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, July 17, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m in the Noble Room in Hendricks Chapel. To set up an appointment to donate, please contact Peg Austin…

At a meeting today of the Rutgers University Board of Governors, Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi named Chancellor Nancy Cantor as the new chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark. Cantor, who last fall announced upcoming plans to conclude her tenure at SU,…

In response to a growing national debate over teacher quality, the School of Education posted an explanation on its website this week about its approach to training teachers who will perform at the highest level. In announcing this new web…

Syracuse University and IBM’s System z Academic Initiative co-hosted the zEnterprise Summer Seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) earlier this month. This three-day seminar, held June 3-5, brought together IBM employees and college educators from across North America…

Recent revelations about the U.S. government’s surveillance programs in counterterrorism have jarred the American public into a debate about privacy rights versus national security. A former National Security Agency contractor employee, Edward Snowden, leaked information that the N.S.A. collects the…

L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.

SU study finds that females play active, pivotal role in postcopulatory processes Females play a larger role in determining paternity than previously thought, say biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Their findings are the subject of a…

Summer at Syracuse is again sponsoring movies on the Quad. Arrive at 8 p.m. for a good seat. Movie begins at 9. This Friday night, June 7,  it will be Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem in “Skyfall,” from Columbia…

The School of Architecture has announced the appointment of Associate Professor Jean-François Bédard to the position of chair of the school’s graduate programs, effective July 1. Bédard has taught at Syracuse since fall 2005 and was awarded tenure in May…

James Fathers named inaugural chair The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the creation of the Iris Magidson Endowed Chair of Design Leadership in its Department of Design. The chair was established through a $2 million commitment…