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Campus & Community

Engagement Fellows will remain in Syracuse post graduation to continue Scholarship in Action initiatives

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Twenty-one Syracuse University seniors have been selected as the 2011 Engagement Fellows, a yearlong program supported by the Kauffman Foundation that assists with securing local employment and arranges remitted tuition for courses at SU with professional and faculty mentors. This…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, April 27

Thursday, April 28, 2011, By News Staff

College of Law’s David Cay Johnston speaks with radio stations around the country on Paul Ryan’s proposed federal budget plan

Arts & Culture

Students to debut original puppetry performance at SU Showcase

Thursday, April 28, 2011, By News Staff

A group of fifth-grade students at Van Duyn Elementary School in Syracuse recently got a crash course in sustainability while creating their original “Voices in the Wind” theater/puppetry performance, which they’ll premiere at SU Showcase on May 2. Eighteen SU…

Barkun evaluates terrorism threat in ‘Chasing Phantoms’

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By News Staff

In his 11th book, “Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11” (UNC Press, 2011), Professor Michael Barkun examines the huge gap that exists between the realities of the terrorism threat facing the United States and the everyday discourse about that threat among government officials and the general public.

Campus & Community

Seniors to present work during annual Honors Program Capstone Presentation Day

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By News Staff

When Na’Tasha Webb-Prather was exploring a topic for her Honors Capstone project, she decided to take a critical look at her native city, Cleveland. She found that practices of segregated housing that were institutionalized decades ago have impacted contemporary educational…

Campus & Community

First public workshops on the future of I-81

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC) and the New York State Department of Transportation will be hosting the first set of public workshops for The I-81 Challenge on May 3, 4 and 7 at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse.

STEM

Annual Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference and Senior Awards Day April 28, 29

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

Forty-two graduating biology and biochemistry majors will be recognized for their achievements in scholarship and research during the annual Undergraduate Research Conference and Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, April…

Campus & Community

April 26 ‘Feeding a Hungry Planet: Crisis and Opportunity’ lecture added to SU Showcase lineup

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

In today’s biodiversity crisis, what is the impact of agriculture on biodiversity?

Campus & Community

Sociologist explores impact of Sullivan-Clinton Campaign on Native American, New York history

Monday, April 25, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, the largest military offensive ever against the Haudenosaunee (“People of the Longhouse”), is the subject of a multimedia presentation by Robert Spiegelman in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Spiegelman will discuss “New York’s Missing Link:…

Health & Society

New executive education program launched in Europe focused on effective drug policy

Friday, April 22, 2011, By Michele Barrett

The College of Human Ecology’s addiction studies program and SU Europe have partnered with the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group to create a new trans-Atlantic executive education program focused on implementing effective drug policy and governance. The five-day summit will…