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Burton Blatt Institute develops Employer Resources for incorporating people with disabilities into the workplace

Monday, December 19, 2011, By News Staff

Employer Resources, developed by the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University under its Employer Demand Project, are now available online. The Employer Demand briefs and toolkit are designed to provide employers with resources on incorporating people with disabilities into…

It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By Rob Enslin

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…

STEM

Stripling recognized by Caroline Kennedy for school library work

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By J.D. Ross

Barbara Stripling, incoming professor of library science at the iSchool, was recognized in a speech by Caroline Kennedy.

Campus & Community

Winter Break Bus Schedule

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University shuttle service will be operating on an abbreviated schedule starting on Monday, 12/19/11.

Whitman MBA students present research on impact of Onondaga County Public Libraries on community

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, By News Staff

Second-year MBA students in the Whitman School of Management will present their research, “The Impact of Onondaga Public Libraries on the Lives of Patrons and the Community,” on Wednesday, Dec. 14, as part of the seminar in marketing research course….

Campus & Community

Supporting SU/SUNY-ESF Relay for Life Team at Luminaria Ceremony

Monday, December 12, 2011, By News Staff

A donation of $5 will help support the over 2,000 students of Syracuse University & SUNY-ESF who will participate in Relay this year, and most importantly, will help the American Cancer Society in its effort to find a cure.

New track in speech-language graduate program focuses on high-needs preschoolers

Wednesday, December 7, 2011, By News Staff

$1.25 million federal Department of Education grant will support initiative Last year, more than 700,000 preschoolers were eligible for services under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); 46 percent of those children were identified with speech or language…

SU students host first annual student leadership conference in Feb. 2012

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University students who participate in the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) are planning and hosting the first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. It will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference…

STEM

Hydrocarbon fuel cells show promise for micro power generation systems

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Jeongmin Ahn, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has published a review of Power Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (Power MEMS) in the high-impact combustion society journal Progress…

Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…