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Syracuse University accepts invitation to join Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Commissioner John D. Swofford today confirmed that the ACC has invited Syracuse University to join the conference and that the ACC presidents have voted to officially accept Syracuse as a conference member. Syracuse University Chancellor and…
Maria Hinojosa is first guest of University Lectures 2011-12 season
Maria Hinojosa, host of National Public Radio’s “Latino USA” and one of the most influential Latino/a journalists in the nation, will kick off the University Lectures 2011-12 season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Hinojosa will speak on “Making…
Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on ‘International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange’
The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will host a seminar on “International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.”…
SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…
London, Wilmoth paper published in Journal of Poverty
The latest issue of the Journal of Poverty features a paper co-authored by Maxwell School sociology professors Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth titled “Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty: Implications for Family Well-Being.” The authors find that households with nondisabled…
Newhouse School’s Tully Center launches Free Speech Zone
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Tully Center for Free Speech has launched Free Speech Zone, an open venue for interactive commentary, news and analysis of issues at or near the intersection of free speech, media law and policy,…
Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center awarded $1.5 million to support Department of Energy initiative
The Syracuse University-Industrial Assessment Center (SU-IAC) has been awarded $1.5 million over five years to support the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) program to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency and to help them…
Students to audit dining center food waste on Sept. 16
The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be conducting a food waste audit throughout the day on Friday, Sept. 16, at Shaw Dining Center. As a part of its “Year of Recycling” initiatives and in collaboration with Shaw Dining Center, the…
‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to screen as part of disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, Sept. 19
As part of Syracuse University’s disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, the documentary film “Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road” will be shown on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium of Schine Student Center. The…
“Wretches and Jabberers” screening for students Sept. 19
On Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium, students are invited to join Syracuse University’s School of Education and the University Arts Presenter for a special screening and Q&A with the stars of “Wretches and Jabberers,” a film by Gerardine Wurzburg.