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Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to support Project ENABLE

Thursday, July 5, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to the Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies to support Project ENABLE. Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by…

After more than a decade, Sandra Hurd fulfills service as University marshal at 2012 Commencement

Monday, July 2, 2012, By News Staff

Shiu-Kai Chin becomes University marshal, Kelly Chandler-Olcott joins as associate University marshal   After more than a decade, Sandra Hurd has retired her Commencement leader title of University marshal. Beginning her service in 2001 at the Commencement ceremony that featured NASA…

Say Yes Camp opens July 2 for nearly 3,000 SCSD K-5 students

Friday, June 29, 2012, By News Staff

Coach Jim Boeheim and other supporters to visit Dr. King camp on Tuesday, July 3 Nearly 3,000 K-5 students will begin Say Yes Summer Camp on Monday, July 2, and one group of campers will get a very special visit…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, June 29

Friday, June 29, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Post-Standard reported on the appointment of Carl J. Schramm as University Professor. An internationally recognized leader in entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth, Schramm comes to Syracuse following a decade as president of the Ewing…

EarthScope national seismic monitoring project arrives in Upstate New York

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Upstate New York is about to become part of EarthScope, the largest science project on the planet. Robert Moucha, a geophysicist in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is in charge of scouting locations…

Summer camp for physics teachers: Building particle detectors at SU

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Ten high school physics teachers from Upstate New York will spend three weeks this summer at Syracuse University building cosmic ray counters, testing components of a neutrino detector and learning about the latest results of experiments being conducted on CERN’s…

Project Advance 2012 Teachers of the Year ignite passion in the classroom

Monday, June 11, 2012, By Sari Signorelli

What qualities should a Teacher of the Year have? Should he or she be memorable, or well-liked, or have students who regularly achieve outstanding test scores? Certainly, all these are necessary to be an effective teacher, says Maria Zeitlin Trinkle….

STEM

2012 STEM Summer Institute invites teachers, professionals and students July 8-11

Thursday, June 7, 2012, By News Staff

Registration is now open for the NYS STEM Education Collaborative’s second biennial Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Institute, to be held July 8-11 at Syracuse University. This year’s theme is “STEM: The Future is Now—Increasing Student Achievement Through…

Faculty showcase iSchool at global IBM conference

Monday, June 4, 2012, By Diane Stirling

The student educational experience and the breadth of academics related to large-system computing at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be showcased for some 4,000 information industry executives and top customers at IBM Software’s Innovate 2012 Conference from June…

Stories from Syracuse’s sister community in El Salvador to be shared

Saturday, May 5, 2012, By News Staff

The La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will host members of the Caribbean/Latin American Coalition of Central New York (CLAC) to share stories and information about their recent trips to San Salvador and to La Estancia, Syracuse’s sister…