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SU to host NYS Higher Education CIO Conference
SU to host NYS Higher Education CIO ConferenceJuly 22, 2009Chris Finklecfinkle@syr.edu The 8th annual New York State Higher Education CIO Conference will take place July 22-24 at Syracuse University. This event is an opportunity for IT leaders to exchange ideas…
New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive science
New book by SU professor emeritus links literature and cognitive scienceJuly 22, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu The role of memory and metaphors in literature is the subject of a new book by Nicolae Babuts, French professor emeritus at Syracuse University. “Memory, Metaphors,…
New public art installation features large-scale, digital photographs by Syracuse City School District students
New public art installation features large-scale, digital photographs by Syracuse City School District studentsJuly 21, 2009Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu “The Best Part of Us,” an installation of large-scale digital photographs by Syracuse City School District (SCSD) students from the Franklin Magnet School…
Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse University
Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse UniversityJuly 21, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Legendary television newsman Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University some 40 years ago. Below is…
Remembering Frank McCourt
Remembering Frank McCourtJuly 20, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Frank McCourt, the former New York City school teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Angela’s Ashes,” died Sunday in New York City. He was 78. In 2007, he was the Commencement speaker for…
SU in the News: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on use of the word “absolutely” in a CNN article, and on media coverage of the Caylee Anthony case,…
UVP celebrates 40th anniversary of moon landing with a space-themed film extravaganza
UVP celebrates 40th anniversary of moon landing with a space-themed film extravaganzaJuly 15, 2009Jemeli Tanuijetanui@syr.edu Central New York residents and visitors are invited to enjoy short, space-themed videos at the Urban Video Project’s (UVP) Monroe Building location, 333 E. Onondaga…
SU in the News: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
David M. Crane ’80, professor of practice in the College of Law, was interviewed by the BBC and Voice of America on the former Liberian president Charles Taylor taking the stand in The Hague, on trial in the Special Court…
SU in the News: Monday, July 13, 2009
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on the popularity of SpongeBob in Advertising Age and in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. He also commented on the…
Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize
Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The author is Epaphras C. (EC) Osondu G’07, a former advertising…