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Business & Economy

Whitman’s Velu named JPMorgan Chase Faculty Fellow

Thursday, September 1, 2011, By News Staff

Whitman School of Management Professor Raja Velu has been named to the newly created post of JPMorgan Chase Faculty Fellow.  In this important new role, Velu will serve as liaison and facilitator between JPMorgan Chase and Syracuse University, helping to…

Arts & Culture

Traub lecture to kick off 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium

Wednesday, August 31, 2011, By News Staff

Valerie Traub, the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women’s Studies and chair of women’s studies at the University of Michigan, will lead off the 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium with her lecture “Shakespeare’s Sex,” Sept. 8-9 on the…

Veterans

Volunteers needed to help collect donations to complete veterans’ homes on Near West Side

Wednesday, August 31, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University is helping to ‘raise the roof’ for Habitat for Humanity by asking students, faculty and staff to collect donations needed to complete two veterans’ homes under construction on Syracuse’s Near West Side. Once completed, the homes—located at 113…

Campus & Community

Participants with ADHD needed for research study

Tuesday, August 30, 2011, By News Staff

Participants are needed for a study on extended time as a test accommodation for college students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Arts & Culture

Andrew Mellon Foundation commits $1 million for Phase II of CNY Humanities Corridor

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

The Central New York Humanities Corridor—an interdisciplinary partnership among Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester focused on enhancing scholarship in the humanities—has received a second award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the amount of $1…

Health & Society

BBI provides emergency preparedness guidance for people with disabilities in advance of Hurricane Irene

Friday, August 26, 2011, By News Staff

Applying lessons from emergency planning and response after Hurricane Katrina, in which the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University was involved, BBI is providing resources for the protection and safety of people with disabilities who live in the path…

Arts & Culture

Fall exhibition at SU Library: ‘Just One Word: Plastics’

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The opening and reception for Syracuse University Library’s fall exhibition, “Just One Word: Plastics” will be held in the Special Collections Research Center Gallery, sixth floor, Bird Library on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit will run from…

Arts & Culture

2011 Syracuse Symposium examines many facets of ‘Identity’

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By Rob Enslin

“Identity” is the theme of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium, an annual intellectual and artistic festival on the Syracuse University campus. This fall’s festival encompasses six lectures, including one by best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah; four performances and readings, including the…

Light Work to feature EN FOCO/IN FOCUS: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection

Monday, August 22, 2011, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the exhibition “EN FOCO/IN FOCUS: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection,” featuring photographs from the permanent collection at En Foco. It will be on view Sept. 1-Jan. 31, 2012, in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery…

Arts & Culture

Pulse announces 2011-2012 season

Monday, August 22, 2011, By News Staff

The 2011-12 season features an exciting selection of ticketed performances.