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National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club honors two School of Education colleagues for excellence and leadership

Thursday, March 29, 2012, By News Staff

Two members of the School of Education’s Partnership for Better Education and Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement received honors from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. Christabel O. B. Sheldon, director of the Ronald E….

BBI chairman authors working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities

Thursday, March 29, 2012, By News Staff

University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has authored a working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities. The paper, commissioned by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, discusses a right…

U.S. deputy secretary of state to speak at Maxwell on U.S. foreign policy priorities

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By News Staff

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will visit the Maxwell School on Friday, April 6, to give a talk on U.S. foreign policy priorities. The lecture, from 12:30-2 p.m., will be followed by an audience Q-and-A session. Burns is…

iSchool associate dean Stanton named fellow, American Council on Education

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Jeffrey M. Stanton, associate dean for research and doctoral programs and professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named as a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for the 2012-2013 academic year.  The announcement of…

PepsiCo CFO Hugh Johnston ’83 to speak at ninth annual Whitman Day April 4

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

In honor of the school’s namesake Martin J. Whitman ’49, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host its ninth annual Whitman Day on Wednesday, April 4. Hugh F. Johnston ’83, chief financial officer of PepsiCo, will deliver…

Elin Riggs named new director of Off-Campus and Commuter Services

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services within the Division of Student Affairs has appointed Elin Riggs as its new director, effective March 7. The office is responsible for providing comprehensive services for undergraduate and graduate students living off campus,…

Five to be honored April 9 with Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence awards

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Monday, April 9. The 2011-12 Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence honorees are: Don Carr, professor of industrial…

SU engages O’Brien & Gere to help revamp steam station

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University recently retained O’Brien & Gere to help develop a master plan that will transform the University’s steam station into a more modern and efficient plant. The SU steam station currently uses natural gas boilers to generate steam for…

Campus & Community

NEW! Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Online Learning Services (OLS) group of Information Technology and Services (ITS) will offer its inaugural Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning (SITETL) to be held this summer in two separate week-long sessions in
order to accommodate different schedules.

‘Citizen writer’ Terry Tempest Williams will close out 2011-12 University Lectures season

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Conservationist, free speech advocate and author Terry Tempest Williams will be the final guest of the University Lectures 2011-12 season on Thursday, March 29. Williams will speak on “The Writer as Witness” during a conversation with Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor…