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Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…

Switching subject categories could improve test scores

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…

Marilyn Higgins one of five newly appointed to Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement & economic development  at Syracuse University, is one of five newly appointed to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. Higgins, nominated by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25), will be sworn in Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 23

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Regional and local media preview Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Maxwell School and SU campus

TRAC: White-collar crime prosecutions down

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the latest available data from the Justice Department show that in January 2012 the federal government prosecuted 546 individuals in white-collar crime cases, down 13 percent from the previous month and down more…

Silent auction part of closing reception for ‘The Photographer as Child’ exhibition

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will host a closing reception and silent auction for “The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala,” an exhibition of the work of award-winning photographer Efrén López, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday,…

Prospective first-year students present ideas on improving their own communities through public policies

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Sixty-seven of Syracuse University’s prospective first-year students will present their ideas on public policies that can improve their communities at the 66th annual Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship Conference, sponsored by the Public Affairs Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

Student-run businesses win $50,000 at 2012 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By Lindsay Wickham

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has announced the winners of its $50,000 Panasci Business Plan Competition, hosted annually by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE). The competition…

Campus & Community

Send Silence Packing: student advocacy group is raising awareness about student suicide

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By News Staff

The Syracuse University chapter of Active Minds is hosting Send Silence Packing, an award-winning national exhibit of 1,100 backpacks representing the number of college students lost to suicide each year.

Palitz Gallery hosts Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition through June 15

Wednesday, April 18, 2012, By Scott McDowell

Awards draw attention to achievements of artists who have disabilities