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Six honored with Women of Distinction Award

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six women were honored by Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs on March 24 with the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The ceremony was held in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, and the keynote address was given by Jackie…

Syracuse University 2011 Relay for Life sets record

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

The ninth annual 2011 Syracuse University Relay for Life set a new record this year by raising more than $170,000 for the American Cancer Society. The amount surpassed last year’s 2010 Relay for Life record amount of $153,000. The American…

John Burdick to receive 2011 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

John Burdick, professor of anthropology in Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2011 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented…

Veterans

EBV represented at White House launch of national military families initiative Joining Forces; receives $1 million from Walmart and Sam’s Club’s Military Family Promise

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

In recognition of its longstanding support of our nation’s veterans, the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a program founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, was represented at the White House during today’s…

STEM

LCS engineering students place first in IEEE Micromouse Competition

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

Four engineering students in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University took first prize at the annual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micromouse Competition in Boston on March 26. Sponsored by the local…

SU Greeks’ philanthropic calendar peaks in April

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

At Syracuse University, a large proportion of Greek life and the Greek experience is spent on philanthropy and community service. April is traditionally one of the busiest months, and this year, more than 10 charity events are under way. Over…

Eight SU faculty members to be honored April 13 for teaching excellence; Kutcher, Lane named Meredith Professors

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University has named Norman A. Kutcher, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, and Sandra D. Lane, professor of public health and anthropology in the College of…

Ray von Dran Awards provide $70,000 to SU student startups at Emerging Talk

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Twelve Syracuse University student startups won a combined $70,000 in seed funding at the second annual Emerging Talk conference on April 1 at the AXA Towers, Syracuse.  Student companies pitched to panels of judges composed of alumni, entrepreneurs and faculty…

Student Start-up Accelerator has new name

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator, an initiative that helps Central New York college students start private enterprise and nonprofit/social ventures, has been renamed. The new name for the initiative is the Raymond von Dran Innovative and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator, or IDEA. …

Local minority business owner Juanita Bass is WISE Women’s Business Center success story

Friday, April 8, 2011, By News Staff

Juanita Bass of Juanita’s Soul Classics Inc., located in Frankfort, N.Y., is a minority-owned, local business success story that has emerged through the ongoing efforts of  WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship) Women’s Business Center. WISE is an entrepreneurship…