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Arts & Culture

Phonologist Documents Tonology, Syntax of Distinctive Kenyan Languages With NSF Grant

Wednesday, April 5, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Last year, Christopher Green, assistant professor of linguistics, spent a month in Kenya with colleagues at Kenyatta University and members of the Luyia ethnic group to continue to explore and better understand the richness of their languages. Green spent many…

David Crane: Syrian War Criminals Will be Bought to Justice

Wednesday, April 5, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Professor David Crane is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 regarding the atrocities in Syria, and his belief that those committing war crimes will be brought to justice.

STEM

Q&A With Victoria Tumanova

Tuesday, April 4, 2017, By News Staff

Victoria Tumanova, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a $10,000 New Investigators Research Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The award supports new scientists who have earned their doctorate degree…

STEM

Semaan Secures NSF Grant to Address Veteran Transitions with Technology

Tuesday, April 4, 2017, By J.D. Ross

What happens to people after they experience a disruptive event in their lives—a job loss, physical or emotional trauma, a natural disaster, a disease diagnosis, returning from war or homelessness? These life changes, or invisible crises, can be debilitating on…

Media, Law & Policy

Secretary General of the Organization of American States to Speak Friday at Eggers

Monday, April 3, 2017, By News Staff

Secretary General Luis Almagro Lemes of the Organization of American States (OAS) will present “The Challenges of Democracy and Human Rights in the Americas: The Role of the Organization of American States (OAS) as an International Organization,” on Friday, April…

Business & Economy

Alumnus Honored for Entrepreneurship in Making Bagels an American Staple, Philanthropy

Monday, April 3, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Marvin Lender ’63 has many wonderful memories about his family’s bagel bakery while growing up. Lender remembers the times he would stand at a bench making bagels by hand—a skill that could take up to a year to learn—in the…

Campus & Community

Maxwell Professor Mehrzad Boroujerdi Named a 2017-18 ACE Fellow

Monday, April 3, 2017, By Carol Boll

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor and chair of political science at the Maxwell School and a Provost Faculty Fellow for internationalization, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2017-18 academic year. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows…

Campus & Community

University Celebrates Trans Week of Liberation

Monday, April 3, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The LGBT Resource Center presents Trans Week of Liberation April 3 through April 7.  The week of events aims to affirm and celebrate trans communities and experiences. The Trans Week of Liberation keynote event, #BlackExcellenceTour, is Thursday, April 6, at…

Campus & Community

Improve Your Money Habits: Financial Literacy Month Offers Resources, Events for Students

Monday, April 3, 2017, By News Staff

Students are encouraged to take time to build better money habits during Financial Literacy Month in April. The University’s Office of Financial Literacy has organized several events for students to learn more about planning for their financial future. On Tuesday,…

Campus & Community

Hank Greenwald: A Great Syracuse Alumnus, a Broadcasting Giant, on the Hope of Opening Day

Friday, March 31, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Opening day has always mattered to Hank Greenwald ’57. In his early childhood in Detroit, just after World War II, he felt the electricity when his hometown Tigers opened the baseball season at the legendary ballpark known then as Briggs…