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Call for Nominations: Students, Faculty, Staff Sought to Serve on Disability Services Audit Steering Committee

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By News Staff

A campuswide audit of Syracuse University’s disability services, policies and resources will soon get underway. But first, the University is seeking students, faculty and staff interested in serving on the steering committee charged with facilitating the audit. Chancellor Kent Syverud…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Ranks in Top 10 for 10 Public Affairs Specialties: U.S. News & World Report

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Jennifer Congel

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is once again among the top-ranked graduate schools of public affairs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Grad Schools, and is highly ranked in 11 of the…

Arts & Culture

Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 Is University’s First Luce Scholar

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

An alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and former participant in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, Marsolek is one of 18 Luce Scholars chosen from a pool of 162 candidates nominated by 73 colleges and universities across the United States.

Media, Law & Policy

Stanford Professor to Give Volcker Lecture March 26

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Raj Chetty, professor economics at Stanford University, will give the Volcker Lecture Monday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. The title of his talk is “Restoring the American Dream: New Lessons from Big Data.” A…

STEM

Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…

Health & Society

Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…

Media, Law & Policy

March 18 in Russia is more a coronation than an election

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Brian Taylor, professor and chair of the political science department at the Maxwell School, is available for comment about the upcoming Russian elections that will likely earn Vladimir Putin his second consecutive and fourth overall term as president. Taylor is…

Media, Law & Policy

Research Profile: Professor Examines State of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Reform Measures

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Nine out of 10 people who are awaiting resolution of their felony criminal case in jail are being detained because they can’t afford the pre-trial bail, according to national statistics. What does that say about the U.S. criminal justice system?…

STEM

Engineers, Computer Scientists Unite to Develop Autonomous UAVs

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

The future of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is autonomy. Giving UAVs the ability to operate on their own opens up a world of possibilities, including package delivery, photography, surveillance and more. Today, most UAVs still need someone to control them…

Arts & Culture

Faculty, Alumni Headline Good Friday Concert March 30

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will headline a Good Friday concert at DeWitt Community Church (DCC). On Friday, March 30, Abel Searor ’08, G’10, who teaches piano in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of…