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Video Production Unit’s ‘First Year’ honored at 29th Annual Telly Awards
Chris Finkle(315) 443-1219 “First Year: Episode 2,” produced by the Video Production Unit (VPU) of Syracuse University Information Technology and Services (ITS), won a silver Telly Award in the health and wellness category of this year’s competition. Don Torrance, associate…
New book by Syracuse University School of Education’s Wilkinson focuses on teaching reading in urban classrooms
Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 A new book by Louise C. Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Education, Psychology, and Communication Sciences in Syracuse University’s School of Education, examines how to effectively prepare teachers to teach reading in urban classrooms. The book, “Improving Literacy…
Syracuse University’s ‘Start-Up: Syracuse Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp’ breeds business skills to help Syracuse business community
Amy Mehringer(315) 443-3834 What do Carolyn Clemans of CabFab, Brian Bluff of SiteSeeker Inc., George Kilpatrick of WSYR, WCNY and Kilpatrick Media and Marketing, and Lisa Assenza and Jen Falso of HuePhoria have in common? Not only are they successful…
Whitman School holds second round of successful Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Amy Mehringer(315) 443-3834 The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will hold the second annual Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), beginning on July 26. Fifteen veterans representing 10 states and all four branches of the U.S. military…
Two local high school teachers make new discoveries in Syracuse University’s research laboratories
Judy Holmes315-443-2201 Two Central New York teachers are spending their summer discovering how the fundamental scientific ideas and knowledge they teach are generated in a university research laboratory. Gina Duggleby, a biology teacher at Paul V. Moore High School in…
POMCO Group selected as new administrator for Syracuse University’s medical plans
Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 Syracuse University has selected POMCO Group to administer its medical plans. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, POMCO will serve as the medical benefits administrator for the more than 5,500 employees, graduate assistants and retirees enrolled in medical coverage…
New study finds that some plants can adapt to widespread climate change
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 While many plant species move to a new location or go extinct as a result of climate change, grasslands clinging to a steep, rocky dale-side in Northern England seem to defy the odds and adapt to long-term…
VPA’s Independent Study Degree Program in illustration concludes with ‘The Last Picture Show’ exhibition July 31-Aug. 8
Erica Blust(315) 443-5891 After 35 years of offering professional illustrators the opportunity to receive a master’s degree while working full time, the College of Visual and Performing Arts‘ (VPA) Independent Study Degree Program (ISDP) in illustration will conclude with the…
With third issue on the way, award-winning Stone Canoe journal makes first step in Second Life
With third issue on the way, award-winning Stone Canoe journal makes first step in Second LifeJuly 08, 2008Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, has developed a devoted following and a…
Syracuse University Library receives major gift of more than 200,000 78-rpm sound recordings from family of late Manhattan record store owner Morton J. Savada
Syracuse University Library receives major gift of more than 200,000 78-rpm sound recordings from family of late Manhattan record store owner Morton J. SavadaJuly 02, 2008Pamela McLaughlinpwmclaug@syr.edu Syracuse University Library’s Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive has received a major gift…