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Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’

Monday, December 19, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, December 16

Friday, December 16, 2011, By News Staff

New iSchool and Microsoft partnership in social networking experiment reported in industry media

It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By Rob Enslin

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…

Chancellor Cantor to receive honorary degree from University of Michigan

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By News Staff

On Sunday, Dec. 18, Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor will receive an honorary degree from the University of Michigan (U-M). The honorary doctor of laws degree will be presented at U-M’s winter commencement exercises at the Crisler Arena…

STEM

Stripling recognized by Caroline Kennedy for school library work

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By J.D. Ross

Barbara Stripling, incoming professor of library science at the iSchool, was recognized in a speech by Caroline Kennedy.

Whitman honors Indiana University professor as 2011 Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, By Lindsay Wickham

Patricia P. McDougall, director of international business and William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, has been named the 2011 Falcone Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises at the…

Syracuse University Library acquires papers of architect Morris Lapidus

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has acquired the personal papers of the flamboyant and trend-setting architect Morris Lapidus. Lapidus, who died in 2001, is perhaps best known for hotels like the Fontainebleau, Americana and Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Fla., buildings which embodied…

Campus & Community

Supporting SU/SUNY-ESF Relay for Life Team at Luminaria Ceremony

Monday, December 12, 2011, By News Staff

A donation of $5 will help support the over 2,000 students of Syracuse University & SUNY-ESF who will participate in Relay this year, and most importantly, will help the American Cancer Society in its effort to find a cure.

50th anniversary celebration of Ernie Davis’ Heisman in New York City Friday

Thursday, December 8, 2011, By SU Athletics

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Syracuse University alumnus Ernie Davis ’62 becoming the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy will be held Friday, Dec. 9, in New York City. Syracuse University will honor Davis for his…

SU in the News: Wednesday, December 7

Wednesday, December 7, 2011, By News Staff

Gold nanoparticle cancer research by Arts and Sciences faculty members and doctoral student is profiled in Post-Standard