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African American Studies to Commemorate 50th Year of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Arrow of God’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s landmark book “Arrow of God.” The event, which is free and open to…

Imagining America Journal Releases Volume on Career Paths

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Holly Zahn

Public: A Journal of Imagining America has announced that Vol. 2 No. 2, “Hybrid, Evolving, and Integrative Career Paths,” is now available at http://public.imaginingamerica.org. Submissions address alternatives to siloed, static, linear job trajectories that public scholars, designers and artists find…

Campus & Community

WISE: Women in Sports & Events on Campus

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The first and only collegiate chapter of this national organization, WISE at SU meets every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building, room 001. Social outings, career development, philanthropic activities, unique speakers and the opportunity to plan and execute…

Latin American Ambassadors Will Participate in Panel on Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

On Monday, Sept. 29, the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will host a panel discussion titled “Confronting the Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis: Perspectives from Central America, Mexico and the United States.” The event will take place…

Victor Rios to Speak on Youth Control Complex Sept. 24

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Punitive…

Maxwell Awarded $1 Million for Programs Connecting Academics, Policy Makers

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The Carnegie Corp. of New York has named the Maxwell School as one of five institutional recipients of $1 million, two-year grants through its initiative “Rigor and Relevance: Bridging the Academic-Policy Gap.”

Business & Economy

Whitman School Introduces Online M.S. in Accounting

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

The new program offering from the Whitman School and 2U will combine the University’s established reputation and robust accounting curriculum with 2U’s advanced learning platform and technology-enabled services.

STEM

New Cooling System Heats up Physics Research

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support ongoing work in quantum information science. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is the recipient of a $230,000 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award…

Campus & Community

Benefit for Family of Kathy Delavan

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

A benefit to assist with the educational expenses for the children of Syracuse University staff member Kathy Bergamo Delavan, who lost her battle against breast cancer in August, will be held Sunday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p.m. at the Camillus…

Campus & Community

Participants Needed for a Study Examining the Effects of Whey Protein on Artery and Brain Health

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

The Exercise Science Department at Syracuse University is recruiting participants for a research study examining the effect of whey protein (milk protein) on artery and brain health. You are eligible if you are 60-85 years old and do not smoke…