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Partnership for Better Education awarded $100,000 grant by Verizon to help improve literacy February 01, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Building on the sustained community and corporate support of the Partnership for Better Education, the Verizon Foundation has granted $100,000 to fund the…

IJPM research fellows named for 2007-08January 24, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The Institute for the Study of Judiciary, Politics, and the Media at Syracuse University (IJPM) has announced its inaugural class of research fellows for the 2007-08 academic year. Composed of both…

Teach For America founder to speak about the state of public education Jan. 31January 23, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Wendy Kopp, president and founder of Teach For America, as well as the keynote speaker at the 1992 Syracuse…

Penny White to examine independence in the judicial decision process in next IJPM symposium Feb. 6January 22, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Once the youngest member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Penny White lost her seat in one of the most bitterly contested…

John R. Bolton, former U.S. representative to the U.N., to speak at MaxwellJanuary 22, 2007Jill Leonhardtjlleonha@maxwell.syr.edu Ambassador John Bolton will discuss “U.N. Reform and U.S. Priorities” during a talk at the Maxwell School on Friday, Feb. 2, at 10:15 a.m….

Spina appointed vice chancellor and provost at Syracuse UniversityJanuary 18, 2007Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Eric F. Spina has been appointed Syracuse University’s vice chancellor and provost by Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor, following the recommendation by the Vice Chancellor Search Committee…

Syracuse University announces recipients of 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes AwardsJanuary 12, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Syracuse University Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has selected the recipients of the 2007 Unsung Heroes Awards. The awards are presented…

New studies identify causes of mercury pollution hotspotsJanuary 09, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll and colleagues from the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) and Clarkson University have released the results of two new studies that identify five…

‘Dreams: Between the Sky and the Earth: Collaborations with Children at the Edward Smith Elementary School’ on display at The WarehouseJanuary 08, 2007Mary Lee Hodgensmlhodgen@syr.edu “Between the sky and the earth emerge paths to a new way of life where…

SU students spend winter vacation continuing Katrina cleanupJanuary 03, 2007Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu With Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly a year and a half behind them–and much of the nation’s attention now focused elsewhere–the residents of New Orleans and many other Gulf…