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iSchool and Effat University Sign Cooperative Academic Agreement

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By Diane Stirling

A large and welcoming contingent of students, faculty, staff and officials from Syracuse University and its School of Information Studies (iSchool) greeted Effat University leaders and guests, including members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for…

Campus & Community

New Interactive Storytelling Mobile App Focuses on Winter in Central New York

Tuesday, February 5, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Early last year, a dozen students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications set out to create an interactive storytelling mobile tablet application that would focus on Central New York’s notorious winters. The result, CNY32 degrees, is now available for free download from the iTunes store.

Campus & Community

Create a Better World: SU Showcase Offers One-Credit Sustainability Workshops for All Students

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, By News Staff

Concerned about plastic waste? Spend a weekend with a visiting artist, refashioning plastic waste into art that sends a message about sustainability. Want to feel more connected to your ecosystem and the history of this region? Be part of a…

Campus & Community

Campus community takes cold weather spell in stride

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Cold weather and Central New York go together like milk and cookies, ham and eggs or sweatpants under jeans. That last one is how student Brendan Donovan is trying to stay warm.

Arts & Culture

Teams chosen to advance in Movement on Main competition

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, By News Staff

UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research and Real Estate in the Syracuse University School of Architecture, and the Syracuse University Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development have announced the results of stage one of the Movement on Main: Designing…

Campus & Community

Community Folk Art Center hosts Caribbean Cinematic Festival

Monday, January 7, 2013, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (Feb. 6-10) will showcase films and performances that capture the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean islands. The five-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing issues in…

STEM

LIS student receives NYLA-Dewey Scholarship

Thursday, December 13, 2012, By News Staff

Alyssa Newton, a graduate student in the master’s program in library and information science in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), is one of seven students to receive the NYLA-Dewey Scholarship Award as a representative of Syracuse University. Recipients were selected…

STEM

Hydrologist named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, By News Staff

Donald Siegel, professor of Earth Sciences in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of the nation’s most well known, respected and admired hydrologists. His discoveries that much of the world’s potable groundwater found deeper than 600 feet…

Campus & Community

SU professor to direct Great Law of Peace Educational Center

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Philip P. Arnold, associate professor of religion and director of the Native Studies Program in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed founding director of the Great Law of Peace Educational Center. The center will be located…

Arts & Culture

Thom Filicia ’93 to sign copies of new book as part of SU’s Orange Central

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By Erica Blust

Renowned interior designer Thom Filicia, a 1993 graduate of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will sign copies of his new book, “American Beauty: Renovating and Decorating a Beloved Retreat”(Clarkson Potter), on Friday, Nov. 9, from 4-5:30…