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SU celebrates Native Heritage Month

Friday, November 9, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs hosts Native Heritage Month from Nov. 2-Dec. 1. From film screenings to lectures, social dances and more, Native Heritage Month offers an array of cultural festivities that educate and…

Veterans

Getting to Know: Miguel Sapp ’82, G’88, L’89

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

After a military and diplomatic career that has taken him around the world—including to Afghanistan as the United States’ senior civilian representative—Miguel Sapp ’82, G’88, L’89 has come home to Syracuse University. Sapp joined the Office of Program Development this…

Media, Law & Policy

An election season in London for Americans abroad

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

SU Abroad student Rebekah MacKay (www.rebekahmackay.com) captured the images of this election season through the lens of Americans voting abroad in London. A graduate student in photography in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, MacKay covered the election as part of an assignment for photojournalism professor Judah Passow.

Veterans

‘IVMF At One Year’ celebration recognizes anniversary and milestones; open house slated for Nov. 9

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By News Staff

This week, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), founded in June 2011 by Syracuse University as the result of a historic partnership with JPMorgan Chase & Co., celebrates the one-year anniversary of its founding and formal ribbon-cutting/opening of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse student-reporters experience democracy in action on Election Day

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By News Staff

  To tell voters’ stories on Election Day, several hundred journalism students—from Syracuse, N.Y., to Miami, Fla., to Phoenix, Ariz.—will share their coverage through a special project coordinated by three professors at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Called…

Media, Law & Policy

A house divided: Race for the 24th Congressional District seat

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Carol Boll

Two years ago, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle unseated Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei in an excruciatingly tight contest for New York’s 25th congressional seat that was ultimately decided three weeks later and by a margin of less than three-tenths of 1 percent. This year’s rematch has given every indication of being just as close.

Media, Law & Policy

A vote for citizenship

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

One vote doesn’t decide the fate of a nation. Its greater meaning is in the vital act of citizenship, says Robert McClure, Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy Emeritus at the Maxwell School.

Campus & Community

Scholarship opportunities for STEM majors

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

Through the Natinoal Science Foundatinos’s Robert Noyce Program and joint efforts between the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education, significant funding is available for qualified undergraduates in STEM majors. Undergraduate scholarship of up to $10,000 per year…

STEM

Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…

Campus & Community

Grab a bean bag at the IDEA Spot

Monday, October 29, 2012, By News Staff

Students spend a lot of time working toward their majors—they spend many hours in class, working with students from their discipline on class projects and meeting in the building that houses their academic major. So what happens if you’re a student…