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Earth sciences major spends summer in Costa Rican cloud forest

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

Waking up to howler monkeys greeting the morning, hiking past colorfully plumed toucans flying through the trees and looking out for poisonous vipers winding through the forest, Natalie Teale, a senior Earth sciences and geography major in Syracuse University’s College…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 22

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Earth Magazine, Gizmodo and Red Orbit reported on the Syracuse University Lava Project—a mix of science, art and education to investigate the physical properties, aesthetics and educational opportunities of creating basaltic lava flows in a…

Veterans

IVMF announces expanded effort to disseminate veteran-focused academic research

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

Building upon its highly successful weekly Research Brief program, an initiative designed to catalogue, summarize and disseminate peer-reviewed, academic research focused on issues and topics impacting veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University…

Media, Law & Policy

New Maxwell School Advisory Board chair named

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

One of America’s most outstanding public servants has been named chair of the Maxwell School’s Advisory Board. Sean O’Keefe, who served as secretary of the navy, administrator of NASA, comptroller and chief financial officer of the Department of Defense and…

Veterans

IVMF, Griffin-Hammis produce government benefits guidebook for veterans with disabilities

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

In response to a need for more easily accessible and organized information on governmental benefits available to veterans and their families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), in collaboration with Griffin-Hammis Associates LLC, has released…

Arts & Culture

SU organist Owolabi to give recitals on historic Holtkamp organ

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By Erica Blust

Kola Owolabi, Syracuse University organist and assistant professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present organ recitals on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and…

Campus & Community

SU Showcase unveils new format for 2012-13, invites courses from all disciplines to participate

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU Showcase, which celebrates student research and academic achievement across the disciplines, will have a new look in the coming year. Instead of taking place on a single day, SU Showcase will hold multiple events in conjunction with the University…

Veterans

IVMF hosts fourth V-WISE entrepreneurship training conference for female veterans Aug. 23-25 in San Diego

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

Major General Martha T. Rainville (U.S. Air Force, Retired), Brigadier General Belinda H. Pinckney (U.S. Army, Retired) and Master Chief Petty Officer Ginger L. Simpson (U.S. Navy, Retired) to be honored as pioneering women in the military Veteran Women Igniting…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Welcome 2012 to receive new students beginning Aug. 22

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Aug. 22, approximately 3,800 first-year and transfer students will arrive at Syracuse University to kick off the 2012-13 academic year. When they do, Syracuse Welcome, SU’s orientation program, will help them get acclimated and ready to start the…

Media, Law & Policy

Nina Kohn named Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

Nina A. Kohn, professor of law at Syracuse University College of Law, has been named a 2012 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Distinguished Fellow. The fellowship—endowed by Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, distinguished alumna of the University and member of the Board of…