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Eliot Spitzer, former governor and attorney general of New York, will speak at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 5-6:30 p.m. The talk in Maxwell Auditorium is free and open to the public. Parking is available for $3.50 (special rate for this event) in Irving Garage.
Spitzer will address the ongoing financial crisis and the political, economic and social consequences of deregulation. Among the questions he will answer: Are libertarian, free-market responses appropriate solutions to the problems of the American financial system? What has spurred the rise of the libertarian/populist Tea Party movement, and what are its implications for public policy?
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June 10, 2011 Ted Koppel, original anchor of the groundbreaking ABC News program “Nightline,” has agreed to make a donation of videotapes and other items he has prepared or received during his career in broadcast journalism to the Syracuse University Library.
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June 10, 2011 Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Philip H. Stevens Award in the college’s industrial and interaction design (IID) program in its Department of Design.
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June 10, 2011 Melvin T. Stith, dean of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, announces that J. Michael “Mike” Haynie has been named the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and service.
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