SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.) reported R. David Lankes, associate professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), will lead instructors for an Illinois library initiative that will teach public, private and university librarians how to use new digital tools in library settings.
Publication of “Popular Turkish Love Lyrics & Folk Legends” by Syracuse University Press is reported in the Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review (Istanbul, Turkey).
FACULTY QUOTES
David M. Crane L’80, professor of practice in the College of Law, commented in a Voice of America article about the trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor in the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Internet web sites that monitor the proceedings, including Impunity Watch.
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, was interviewed on PBS’s “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” (view broadcast clip) and is quoted in a Boston Herald story about upcoming prime time and late night programming changes for TV hosts Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. Thompson is also quoted in an Orlando Sentinel article on celebrity tabloid reporting on the TMZ web site, and in a Newsday story on Derek Jeter’s planned wedding.
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The University will be operating under its Orange Appreciation Days format for the Winter Break period from 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020. During the Holiday/Orange Appreciation Days period: All academic and administrative buildings…
Syracuse University teams have won nearly $3.4 million in business plan competitions in the past three years, dominating regional, state and global competitions. The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at SU Libraries coordinates several of the campus qualifying competitions that…
As hundreds of members of the Syracuse University community gathered in Goldstein Auditorium on the evening of Nov. 21, the main attraction—a 35-pound turkey, took center stage. More than 400 international students were treated to a traditional American Thanksgiving meal…
Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees today announced the formation of an Independent Advisory Panel, which will work in conjunction with a newly formed Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion, to assess and provide recommendations regarding…
The Chancellor delivered the following remarks to the University Senate on Dec. 11, 2019, in Maxwell Auditorium: Thank you, Professor Haddix. I just want to thank Professor Schell for what I think is an accurate tribute to Professor Bruce Carter….
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