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Campus & Community

Charles M. Payne to present annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders lecture

Monday, September 12, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University School of Education will present its annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 15, featuring Charles M. Payne. The lecture, “Syracuse City, Forty Years of Urban Education Landscape: From Croton-on-Campus to the Promised Neighborhood,”…

Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center mounts new show, ‘African Diasporan Treasures’

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

CFAC launching its 40th exhibition season

Maxwell students win Distinguished Delegation at Model United Nations competition

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

A team of 16 international relations majors from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, led by adviser Francine D’Amico, captured the Distinguished Delegation honor at a five-day Model United Nations (MUN) event in New York City this past…

Campus & Community

Former U.S. Army captain & Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay to speak on campus

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

James Yee, a Chinese American, graduate of West Point Military Academy, convert to Islam in 1991, captain in the U.S. Army, former Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay and author of “For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire,” will speak about his struggle for justice.

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School’s Transnational NGO Initiative to host leadership institute

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Leaders from a range of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will converge at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University Sept. 14-20 to attend the inaugural Transnational NGO Leadership Institute 2011, which will prepare participants to take the…

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series: Dr. Paul Tomascak from SUNY Oswego

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the fall 2011 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Dr. Paul Tomascak from SUNY Oswego.

Campus & Community

Environmental toxicants and children’s health

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Brooks Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor, public health, will present “Environmental Toxicants and Children’s Health,” on Friday, Sept. 23.

Campus & Community

Open source communities are topic of brown bag lunch talk

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Nicolas Jullien, visiting professor from the French institution Telecom Bretagne, Institute Telecom, will present the first talk in the School of Information Studies (iSchool) brown bag lunch series this academic year.

Arts & Culture

Leading public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah to give opening lecture Tuesday

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the keynote lecture of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium™ on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Syracuse Symposium™ is a semester-long exploration of the public humanities presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center for The College of…

Health & Society

Garcia honored as outstanding educator during Onondaga County Hispanic Heritage Month

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Michele Barrett

As the local community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Syracuse University professor of social work Alejandro Garcia will be honored as an outstanding educator. The award will be presented at the opening ceremony that will kick off the…