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Avoiding Conflicts By Improving Cultural Understanding
When the Red Cross sent food to drought- and conflict-ravaged Somalia, military personnel distributed the supplies on a first-come, first-served basis. People who didn’t receive food responded by starting a riot. “The military didn’t understand that the local politics of…
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario Giving University Lecture Oct. 18
Acclaimed international photojournalist Lynsey Addario—renowned for her striking images of war zones and displaced refugees—is the next speaker in the University Lectures series on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Her appearance is co-sponsored by the S.I….
Gun Violence Is Topic for Thursday’s Lourie Lecture
On Thursday, Oct. 13, Daniel Webster will deliver the 28th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, titled “A Roadmap for Reducing Gun Violence in America.” Webster is a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins…
Education Activist Jonathan Mooney to Deliver Milton Lecture Oct. 19
Jonathan Mooney—a noted writer, learning activist and social engineer interested in improving the lives of marginalized groups—will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Drawing on his own life experiences and those of others…
Whitman School Holds 67th Annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management is hosting its annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 2-5 p.m. in the Whitman School’s Lender Auditorium. Established in 1949, the annual…
Meredith Symposium to Feature Research of Underrepresented Undergrads
The College of Arts & Sciences is home to a new undergraduate research symposium for students across all scientific disciplines within and outside the college. Chemistry professor Robert Doyle, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, is…
MLB.Com College Challenge Returns for Seventh Year
For the seventh consecutive year, Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division (MLB.com) and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have teamed up to challenge iSchool and all Syracuse University students to see if they have what it takes to make it…
Celebrating Cross-Cultural Connections
A group of local middle and high school students spent a day this summer at Skä•noñh—Great Law of Peace Center in Liverpool. They were there to learn about a new curriculum that highlights scientific and ecological knowledge of the Haudenosaunee….
3D Printing Evangelist Bre Pettis Launches University Lectures Season
Pettis led MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing technology, as CEO from its beginning in 2009. Now, as chief innovation officer of Bold Machines, he is pushing 3D printing in striking new directions.
Architecture Professors Develop ‘Concrete Island’ to Help Shoreline Revitalization
Not only can concrete float, but it holds potential for shoreline revitalization.