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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse’s Evan Smith Honored with National Teaching Award

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Evan Smith, professor of television, radio and film at the Newhouse School, is one of two professors to receive this year’s Teaching Excellence Award from the University Film & Video Association. The award was established to recognize and reward “excellence…

Arts & Culture

Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Opens Syracuse Stage Season

Tuesday, September 10, 2013, By News Staff

Séance Wreaks Havoc in Smash Comedy Hit of London and Broadway Stages In the 1941 hilariously haunting tale “Blithe Spirit,” novelist Charles Condomine enlists the delightfully eccentric Madame Arcati to hold a séance at his home, hoping to raise some…

‘Dead Man Walking’ Author Helen Prejean to Deliver Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 7

Monday, September 9, 2013, By News Staff

Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun who is a leading voice for the abolition of the death penalty, will present the 2013 Joseph and Amelia Borgognoni Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Maxwell Auditorium. Titled “Dead Man…

One Extraordinary Day

Wednesday, August 28, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Emeritus professor of economics A. Dale Tussing was a graduate student working on his dissertation at Syracuse University in 1963 when he stepped onto a bus to Washington, D.C., and into an experience of a lifetime.

A Classroom of Promise

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Five SU students traveled to South Africa for an SU Abroad course on the socio-economic development and educational system in the pre- and post-apartheid eras.They came back with much more and left behind a lasting impact on some young minds.

Former Maxwell Dean Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. Dies at 92

Thursday, July 25, 2013, By News Staff

Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., dean emeritus of the Maxwell School and a professor of public administration and political science for 50 years, died on July 22 in Syracuse. Birkhead served as Maxwell’s dean from 1977-88, after having taught at Maxwell…

Taking the Lead

Wednesday, July 24, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

The Setnor School of Music welcomed a group of young women this month for a unique new program. The Girls Leadership Academy for Music is helping to build up their potential and counteract the negative statistics of women in leadership roles.

Exploring the History of Sport

Monday, June 24, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Stories of triumph over the human condition, cultural expressions and longstanding traditions are the basis of what makes sport relatable, entertaining and at times emotional. Michael Veley, director of the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College, and Professor of Practice Dennis Deninger wanted students to gain that deeper understanding.

Media, Law & Policy

Television Reporter Edward Hotaling ’59 Dies

Monday, June 17, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Edward Hotaling ’59, a legendary television reporter whose research in 2000 uncovered the use of slave labor in building the White House and Capitol building, died June 3 in Staten Island. He was 75. Hotaling’s discovery led to a Congressional…

Memorial Service for Maxwell Professor William Duncombe to Be Held June 7

Tuesday, May 28, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

William D. Duncombe, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, senior research associate in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research (CPR) and associate director of CPR’s Education Finance and Accountability Program, died…