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Arts & Culture

SU alumnus named a National Book Award finalist

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University alumnus Steve Sheinkin ’90 has been named a finalist in the Young People’s Literature category of the 2012 National Book Awards. A former international relations major in The College of Arts and Sciences, Sheinkin was nominated for “Bomb:…

Campus & Community

‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…

Four alumni to be honored with George Arents Award at Orange Central celebration

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Four distinguished Syracuse University alumni—leaders in the fields of social media, design, athletics, philanthropy and community service—will be honored with the George Arents Award at a celebration dinner in the Goldstein Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 8, during the University’s 2012 Orange Central celebration.

Media, Law & Policy

Noted author and intellectual Michael Sandel to spark reflection on ‘Markets, Morals and Civic Life” in Tanner Lecture

Tuesday, October 16, 2012, By News Staff

Michael Sandel, the nation’s leading public intellectual on issues of social justice and fairness, will take a thought-provoking look at some of the most hotly debated ethical and social dilemmas of our time at the Campbell Institute of Public Affairs’…

Arts & Culture

Folk arts curator to discuss quilts as visual discourse of conflict, reconciliation and memory Oct. 22

Monday, October 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a presentation on the social significance of traditional material culture.

Veterans

IVMF partners with GE to launch employer toolkit

Monday, October 15, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and GE today announced a partnership to empower the nation’s employers to adopt a collaborative and strategic approach to veteran employment. GE is both lead corporate sponsor of the…

Veterans

Lambrecht joins IVMF as executive assistant to the director

Monday, October 15, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the appointment of Margaret Lambrecht as executive assistant to the director. Lambrecht joined SU in 2004 and previously worked for the University in the Division of Advancement…

Arts & Culture

One Million Bones workshop to demonstrate cost of genocide

Monday, October 15, 2012, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) is collaborating with Students Rebuild, Syracuse University Arts Engage and the Congolese community of Syracuse to host a One Million Bones workshop, a social arts initiative that brings awareness to genocide by educating and engaging communities.

Campus & Community

Phase One of Connective Corridor earns award for SU and project partners

Friday, October 12, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The completed first phase of the Connective Corridor project has earned Syracuse University, the City of Syracuse, Barton & Loguidice P.C. and Onondaga County the 2012 Transportation Project of the Year Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) New…

Campus & Community

SyracuseCoE partners win $1.9 million in five federal awards

Friday, October 12, 2012, By Carol Boll

SyracuseCoE announced Oct. 9 an initiative to accelerate growth of the Central New York industry cluster that manufactures systems to control temperature and environmental quality in a wide range of applications. The Advanced Manufacturing for Thermal and Environmental Control Systems (AM-TECS) initiative…