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Freeman Hrabowski Named 2014 MLK Keynote Speaker
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Pursuing the Dream: Above All Odds” on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in…
Newhouse Student Alex Kline Garners More Honors
The accolades for Alex continue to grow. SU sophomore Alex Kline, creator of the basketball website Recruit Scoop on Rivals, was recently named Sports Illustrated magazine’s 25 under 25. “I was surprised at first,” says Kline. “This was the first…
A&S Professor’s Neuroimaging Work Featured in Nature Article
Leave it to Corey White, assistant professor of psychology in The College of Arts and Sciences, to get a head start on the competition. White is the focus of a Nov. 6 article in the journal Nature about young scientists…
Syracuse University Front and Center in Veterans’ Initiatives
As the nation took a collective pause this week for its annual tribute to those who have served in the armed forces, Syracuse University reasserted its standing as a precedent-setting leader and national force for advancing programming and services to meet the needs of veterans.
Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act
David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….
Memoirist Strayed to Give Next Carver Reading
Cheryl Strayed G ’02, author of The New York Times bestselling memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” (Knopf, 2012), will present the next Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Gifford…
Thwarting a Devastating Disease
Assistant Professor David Larsen saw the damaging effects of the lack of health care and clean water in the favelas of Belem, Brazil, while working among the people ten years ago. Impacted by the work, he now conducts research to halt the impact of deadly—yet preventable—infectious diseases.
Retired Philosphy Professor Edward McClennen Dies
Edward McClennen, 77, who retired earlier this year from Syracuse University as professor of philosophy and political science after teaching at the University since 2003, died Saturday, Nov. 2. Ben Bradley, chair of the Department of Philosophy in The College…
Open Enrollment Ends Friday
Open Enrollment—the annual period for Syracuse University employees to enroll for benefits or update their current choices for the coming year—ends this Friday. Today, Thursday and Friday are the last days for faculty, staff, graduate assistants and fellows, and part-time…
SU Brass Ensemble Returns to Little Falls for Benefit Concert
The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), directed by James T. Spencer, continues its 2013-14 season with a benefit performance in Little Falls, N.Y. The concert is Sunday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m. in the Holy Family Parish (763 E. Main…