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SU English professor wins prestigious Shattuck Prize in criticism

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Rob Enslin

David Yaffe, a nationally renowned arts critic and assistant professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Roger Shattuck Prize in criticism. Named for the late American critic and scholar who authored…

Newhouse School to hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 20

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 55 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 20, for Newhouse’s sixth annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the…

SU Showcase 2012 fellows selected

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

Eight fellows will be recognized and have their sustainability videos screened during SU Showcase on Wednesday, April 18, starting at 3:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center.  Representing both individual and team efforts, the videos were selected from the…

Suzanne Guiod appointed editor in chief at Syracuse University Press

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Press has announced the appointment of Suzanne E. Guiod to the position of editor in chief, effective June 16. Guiod has served as editorial director of the University of Rochester Press since 2004, where she has overseen the…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Dotger receives grant from Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a grant for $199,650 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) for pre-service secondary teachers. In…

Elevating environmentally: 2012 SU, SUNY-ESF grads to wear sustainable Commencement gowns

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

At the Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement celebration May 13, nearly 98,000 plastic bottles will be on display in the Carrier Dome, not in their original container shape, but in the form of 3,900 graduation gowns donned by students. New this…

La Casita to screen ‘Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth’

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

From April 9-17, a group of 15 undocumented youth and their supporters are walking 150 miles from New York City to Albany to raise awareness of, and gain support for, the New York Dream Act, which would remove barriers to…

Paul Roberts to deliver SU Showcase keynote on realities of a sustainable future

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

How do we build a sustainable future, especially when much of the present seems so unsustainable? Journalist and author Paul Roberts will tackle this issue during his SU Showcase keynote presentation, “The Real Cost of Change: The Economic and Political…

VPA’s Doug DuBois awarded 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship in photography

Friday, April 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

Doug DuBois, an associate professor and program coordinator of art photography in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), has been awarded a 2012 fellowship in photography from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The foundation awarded fellowships…

Campus & Community

iSchool to hold data science, social media program information session April 17

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

The Graduate Recruitment Office of the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University is hosting an information session regarding two certificate programs on Tuesday, April 17.