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Earth sciences major spends summer in Costa Rican cloud forest

Saturday, August 11, 2012, By News Staff

Waking up to howler monkeys greeting the morning, hiking past colorfully plumed toucans flying through the trees and looking out for poisonous vipers winding through the forest, Natalie Teale, a senior Earth sciences and geography major in Syracuse University’s College…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse professor brings Antarctic pioneer diary to life in ‘Aurora Passage’

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

On Saturday, Aug. 18, Arc Cinema in Australia will host the inaugural live performance of “Aurora Passage” by sound designer and composer Douglas Quin, associate professor in the Newhouse School. The performance is a multimedia composition combining piano, live narration,…

Campus & Community

OIRA Director Bobbi Yonai to retire in 2013

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

After nearly 30 years as a member of the Syracuse University community, Barbara (Bobbi) A. Yonai, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), has announced plans to retire from the University in January 2013. Yonai joined the…

News Contacts–Schools and Colleges

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

To make an inquiry about a topic that falls within one of Syracuse University’s schools, colleges, or specific administrative units, please contact the appropriate communications officer listed below. If you are unsure of who to contact, or if you have…

Campus & Community

Near Westside Multicultural Block Party on Aug. 16 celebrates neighborhood

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) will hold its third annual Multicultural Block Party at Skiddy Park on Thursday, Aug. 16, from 1-9 p.m. Residents and supporters of the Near West Side are invited to attend this celebration of community. The…

STEM

Small awarded grant to redesign web evaluation tools

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Ruth Small received a $21,800 SPARKS! Ignition Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to redesign the Website Motivational Analyis Checklist (WebMAC). smallOriginally designed in 1999, WebMAC has seven web…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 6

Monday, August 6, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Post-Standard featured the late Carol Honors, a longtime SU employee in Advancement and External Affairs, upon the one-year anniversary of her completion of the Iron Girl Triathlon. CNY Central reported on NASA selecting iSchool…

Arts & Culture

Light Work announces new exhibition ‘The Other New York: 2012’

Thursday, August 2, 2012, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the exhibition “The Other New York: 2012,” featuring the photographic work of Sarah Averill, Bang Geul Han, Mark McLoughlin, Jan Nagle and Matthew Walker. This exhibition is part of a communitywide, multi-venue biennial exhibition that is…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries celebrates career and life of Karl Schrag

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By Scott McDowell

The Syracuse University Art Galleries is celebrating the career and life of Karl Schrag, American painter and printmaker who would have been 100 years old this year. “Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions” is the first major examination of the artist’s…

Business & Economy

Raymond von Dran IDEA Student Sandbox named No. 3 college business incubator

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By News Staff

The entrepreneurial ecosystem at Syracuse University has exploded over the past five years. Faculty from every school and college at SU have been engaged in research, teaching, commercialization and community engagement in entrepreneurship. Student entrepreneurs have secured millions of dollars…