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First Multidisciplinary ‘Smart Cities’ Working Seminar Occurring Wednesday
The first in a two-year series of working seminars and meetings exploring the broad space of “smart cities” has been planned for Wednesday, Nov. 7, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Killian Room, 500 Hall of Languages. This broad topic…
U.S. Navy Member-Student Builds on Military Career in Pursuit of Degree
Motivated by the birth of his daughter, Moise Laub ’20 joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school in 2006. “I needed a way to make sure my family was financially stable and also secure a means to pursue future…
PPIA Fellows Reflect on Experiences; Application Deadline for 2019 is Nov. 1
Last summer, five Syracuse University students were selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. Anna Nguyen, who is majoring in public health in the Falk College and policy studies in the…
Borgognoni Lecture Marks 50th Anniversary of Anti-Vietnam War Protest
Panel will address Catholic social justice legacy of Syracuse’s Berrigan brothers On May 17, 1968, two Roman Catholic priests with Syracuse ties entered Local Draft Board No. 33 in Catonsville, Maryland. There Rev. Daniel Berrigan, Rev. Philip Berrigan and seven…
Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition
Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…
Heflin and Rothbart Receive Grant to Study SNAP and School Readiness
Colleen Heflin and Michah Rothbart, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of public administration and international affairs, have received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research the relationship between student participation in the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition…
Being the Stories We Tell: Syracuse Symposium Organizers Use Fall Events to Probe Individual, Collective Power of Storytelling
Syracuse Symposium—a program of the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)—continues its yearlong look at “Stories” with a spate of October events. The lineup includes the exhibition “Look Now: Facing Breast Cancer”; a lecture by geographer Nicolas…
Maxwell’s QDR Receives NSF Grant to Facilitate Ethical Data Sharing
Colin Elman, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and co-director of the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR), has received a $299,787 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the construction of socio-technical infrastructure to facilitate the safe…
Lopoo Appointed Advisory Board Professor of Public Policy in Maxwell School
Recognizing his outstanding scholarship and service to the Maxwell School, Leonard Lopoo has been appointed Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Public Policy. Lopoo, who joined the Maxwell School in 2003, is a professor of public administration and international affairs, director…
Nabatchi Named Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration
Tina Nabatchi, a leading scholar on citizen participation, collaborative governance and conflict resolution, and on challenges in public administration, has been named the inaugural Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…