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Barkun evaluates terrorism threat in ‘Chasing Phantoms’

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By News Staff

In his 11th book, “Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11” (UNC Press, 2011), Professor Michael Barkun examines the huge gap that exists between the realities of the terrorism threat facing the United States and the everyday discourse about that threat among government officials and the general public.

Scholarship in Action En Route

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, By News Staff

Dear Members of the SU Community: As we approach the conclusion of another successful academic year, we’re not only reaching the end of 2010-11, but marking a decade of work at Syracuse University to build on the 2001 Academic Plan…

Health & Society

New executive education program launched in Europe focused on effective drug policy

Friday, April 22, 2011, By Michele Barrett

The College of Human Ecology’s addiction studies program and SU Europe have partnered with the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group to create a new trans-Atlantic executive education program focused on implementing effective drug policy and governance. The five-day summit will…

Arts & Culture

Say Yes to Education, National Grid Foundation honor Delaware Academy, Seymour Dual Language Academy, John T. Roberts School

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

Student authors to be recognized at book-signing event Author! Author! Thirty-three of Syracuse’s newly published young authors will be treated like celebrities at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in DeWitt, N.Y., on Wednesday, April 27, at 4:30 pm. The student authors…

School of Education Urban Education lecture series continues with ‘Waiting for Superman’ and panel discussion April 26

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University School of Education‘s next installment in its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series will be a screening and discussion of “Waiting for Superman,” the powerful 2010 documentary about urban education reform. “Who Are We Waiting For?: Profiling…

Veterans

EBV represented at White House launch of national military families initiative Joining Forces; receives $1 million from Walmart and Sam’s Club’s Military Family Promise

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

In recognition of its longstanding support of our nation’s veterans, the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a program founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, was represented at the White House during today’s…

STEM

LCS engineering students place first in IEEE Micromouse Competition

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

Four engineering students in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University took first prize at the annual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micromouse Competition in Boston on March 26. Sponsored by the local…

Eight SU faculty members to be honored April 13 for teaching excellence; Kutcher, Lane named Meredith Professors

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University has named Norman A. Kutcher, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, and Sandra D. Lane, professor of public health and anthropology in the College of…

Silicon Valley social media expert Deanna Govoni ’02 visits campus April 13-14

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Deanna Govoni ’02, social media marketing manager for Cisco, returns to campus this week to talk about blogging, tweeting and emerging technology trends. On Wednesday, April 13, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series, Govoni will discuss her career from…

Sandwich makers, donations needed for April 15 Jelly Jam

Friday, April 8, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Protestant Campus Ministry (PCM) will hold a Jelly Jam on Friday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room. Volunteers will make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to donate to the Rescue Mission in…