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Genocide and the Politics of Modern Turkey

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Ronald G. Suny, the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History at the University of Michigan, will give a talk, “Explaining the Persistence of the Past: Genocide and the Politics of Modern Turkey,” on Wednesday, April 24, at…

Veterans

IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…

Earth Sciences Hosts Screening of ‘Thin Ice’ Climate Change Documentary

Monday, April 22, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Department of Earth Sciences will host a screening of “Thin Ice—The Inside Story of Climate Change” today, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Eggers Auditorium, Room 010 of Eggers Hall. The screening is free and open to the…

WISE Symposium Draws 1,000 Women from the Business Community

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

If the Twitter stream from #WISE2013 is any indication, the WISE Symposium held on April 16 at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse was a huge success. Hosted by the Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Center (WISE) Women’s Business Center…

New Meredith Professors to Be Named During Faculty Recognition Event

Saturday, April 20, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Seven nontenured faculty to be recognized for teaching excellence On Monday, April 22, Associate Professor Barbara Fought of the Department of Broadcast and Digital Journalism Communications in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Professor John Western of the…

Campus & Community

De Berly Speaks at UPCEA

Friday, April 19, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

Geraldine de Berly spoke on “Best Practices: Using Educational Representatives (Agents) for International Student Recruitment” at the annual University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) conference in Boston on April 4. Additionally, she was elected UPCEA’s 2013-14 chair of the…

Campus & Community

Frasciello Presents at Conference

Friday, April 19, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

Michael Frasciello presented a session title “A Faculty Development Program: Preparing Faculty to Teach with Technology” at the annual University and Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) conference in Boston on April 4. The session reviewed a successful approach to preparing…

Q&A with Ryan Williams: Sequestration Impact on Federal Financial Aid

Friday, April 19, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

With no compromise in place between Congress and the White House to control the federal deficit, the automatic spending cuts that have been looming for months were put in place as of March 1. The cuts, also known as sequestration,…

Campus & Community

Sheraton to Observe Earth Day

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel will observe the 43rd Annual Earth Day on Monday, April 22. The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency will be on hand to exhibit and answer questions from guests and visitors. Additionally, the Sheraton will have…

Arts & Culture

‘Good People’ a Funny, Compelling Play for Our Times

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

In this 2011 Tony-nominated play set in Boston, Margie is a single mom who just lost her job, is behind on her rent, and like many today, has zero prospects.