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Campus & Community

Disability Cultural Center hosts open houses on Sept. 14 and 21

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, By News Staff

SU Disability Cultural Center to host two “Welcome Nights” in September.

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 27

Monday, August 27, 2012, By News Staff

Los Angeles Times quotes Falk College’s Eric Kingson on privatization of Social Security.

A big welcome to the newest members of the SU community

Saturday, August 25, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

“Y.O.L.O.—You only live once.” Travis G. Mason ’06 energized an estimated crowd of 6,000 people at the Dome Friday with these words of wisdom and encouragement for the Class of 2016. “College is a precious moment,” Mason said. “Spend your time wisely.”

STEM

Earth sciences major spends summer in Costa Rican cloud forest

Wednesday, August 22, 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…

STEM

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…

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…

Veterans

IVMF announces appointment of VMI’s Roger Thompson as senior fellow

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

Continuing its commitment to leveraging the national resources of higher education in service to the nation’s veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the appointment of Roger Thompson, professor of…

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…

STEM

Stripling a key speaker at 2012 NYLA/SSL Leadership Institute Retreat

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

The librarianship profession is witnessing a major shift in library sciences as over 45 states adopt the Common Core State Standards Initiative to offer students high-quality education to prepare for college and careers beyond high school. To help school librarians…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research names new director

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By News Staff

A leading researcher on child and family policy and co-author of two recent Pew Charitable Trusts studies on economic mobility, Leonard Lopoo, has been named director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program…