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Reuters Quotes Professor Silverstein on Stepfamilies, Dementia and Caregiving

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By News Staff

“Baby boomers are entering old age with complicated family structures unlike their parents.” Merril Silverstein, Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Maxwell School and Falk College School of Social Work Read the full piece.  

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week Activities Announced

Monday, October 7, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2013 is being held on the SU campus Oct. 6-12. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people—including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University—who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Media, Law & Policy

When Accidents Happen

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.

Campus & Community

SU Represented at India Festival

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

The South Asia Department in the Maxwell School will have a booth at the New York India Festival, to be held Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Horticulture Building at the New York state Fairgrounds….

Arts & Culture

Five Distinguished Alumni to Receive George Arents Award during Orange Central

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni, representing excellence in the areas of the performing arts; art; fashion design; advertising, wellness and philanthropy; and literature will be honored with the George Arents Award during the University’s 2013 Orange Central celebration. Those who…

Campus & Community

Marguerite Holloway Lecture: ‘Measuring 19th Century New York State’

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Marguerite Holloway will present a lecture entitled “Measuring 19th Century New York State” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Onondaga Historical Museum.  The talk is co-sponsored by the SU geography department and the Onondaga Historical Association. Holloway, the…

Campus & Community

‘Assessing Community Needs, Priorities and Trends’ at Sept. 26 TMR

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Sept. 26 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature Frank Lazarski, president of the United Way. TMR meets from 8:15-9:15 a.m. at Drumlins, 800 Nottingham Rd. As president of the United Way of Central New York, Lazarski coordinates the…

Campus & Community

Funeral for Kelleher Set for Saturday; Calling Hours Friday, 4-7 p.m.

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Funeral services for William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, who passed away on Sept. 18, will be on Saturday at 1p.m. at St. Lucy’s Church, 432 Gifford St., Syracuse. Calling hours will be held…

Health & Society

Poppendieck Speaks on ‘Fixing School Food in America’

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series continues on Sept. 25 with “Stepping up to the Plate: Fixing School Food in America.” This talk will be presented by Janet Poppendieck, professor emerita of sociology at Hunter College,…

Media, Law & Policy

William F. Kelleher Jr. Dies

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, passed away on Sept. 18 in Syracuse. A cultural anthropologist, Kelleher was an affiliate of the European Union Center in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and much…