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Ambassador Harriet Elam-Thomas to Speak on Diplomacy, Civility, Diversity Sept. 26 at Newhouse
Retired U.S. Ambassador Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas will speak at the Newhouse School Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the I3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3. Elam-Thomas will share personal and professional reflections drawn from a lifetime of experience as a diplomat,…
Civil and Environmental Engineering Students Tour Glacial Deposit Site
Slow moving glaciers and the deposits they left behind thousands of years ago have defined the landscape and geology of Upstate New York. Those deposits also provide a fascinating opportunity to study different variations of soils and rocks. On Aug….
Will Politics Crush Civility?
Keith Bybee, professor in the College of Law and Maxwell School, was interviewed by CBS News for the story “Will politics be the death of civility?” Bybee, expert in political philospophy expresses his opinion about today’s civility. He says that…
In Their New Book, Larry Logue and Peter Blanck Analyze Military Veterans’ Psychological Wounds Through a Civil War Lens
The psychological after effects of war are not just a modern-day plight. For instance, following the U.S. Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies and damaged minds, but compassion was often lacking in their treatment. Published at a time…
Tennity Ice Pavilion Closed for Maintenance Starting April 19
Tennity Ice Pavilion will be closing April 19 for scheduled maintenance and is due to reopen in late August. The maintenance being done will include melting the ice to complete upgrades on the heating coils in the ground under the…
Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…
The How and Why of Invoking Executive Privilege
William Banks, a constitutional law scholar and founding director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University, is available to discuss the issues of invoking executive privilege as former chief White House political strategist Steve Bannon did before the…
Costello Staniec Named Chair Of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor Andria Costello Staniec has been selected as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Costello Staniec’s teaching and research are focused on applied environmental microbiology and engineering education. She holds a bachelor’s…
Teach-In to Explore Linkages Between Charlottesville Rally, Everyday Racism Oct. 3
The “Unite the Right” rally, which took place last month in Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving three dead and dozens injured, is the focus of an upcoming teach-in at Syracuse University. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, an interdisciplinary panel of Syracuse professors will…
Militia Men in Charlottesville Not Supremacists,
As alt-right protesters and other counter demonstrators flooded the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, another group made its presence known, and garnered a large amount of concern online. This was the militia men, a group of heavily-armed men with…