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STEM

Small awarded grant to redesign web evaluation tools

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Ruth Small received a $21,800 SPARKS! Ignition Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to redesign the Website Motivational Analyis Checklist (WebMAC). smallOriginally designed in 1999, WebMAC has seven web…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, July 31

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Forbes feature and a Central New York Business Journal article reported on the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program held at Syracuse University this past weekend. The EBV was founded at the…

Campus & Community

SU launches first regional council outside US at meeting in Dubai

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By Scott McDowell

Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) Regional Council will focus on elevating University’s profile

Campus & Community

Syracuse University teams up with KIPP Schools to promote college completion

Friday, July 27, 2012, By News Staff

KIPP—the Knowledge Is Power Program–a national network of open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools that prepares students for success in college and in life, has announced a partnership with Syracuse University to increase college completion rates for young people from low-income…

Business & Economy

Whitman professor emeritus of marketing George Saunders dies at 91

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By News Staff

George B. Saunders, 91, died peacefully on Saturday, July 7, at his home in DeWitt. Saunders, a professor emeritus of marketing at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, taught at the school for 35 years. He was born…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students receives two national honors

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By Elaine Wackerow

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) has awarded the Syracuse University chapter two of its highest honors—the Chapter Honor Award and the Chapter President Honor Award. The Chapter President Honor Award went to Syracuse University School of Architecture student Christopher…

Veterans

University establishes Cynthia Reynolds Memorial Fund for Veterans in memory of staff member

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By News Staff

Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds (1957-2012), known to her children as “Mia,” was a 13-year employee of Syracuse University and veteran of the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of sergeant. In her memory, her colleagues and friends at the University have established…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, July 20

Friday, July 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The London Times reported on Syracuse University’s “Gap Year Semester” pilot program at the London Center, which will provide credit coursework for gap-year studies for U.K. students. ASEE First Bell and the Post-Standard reported on…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Phillips named inaugural honorary fellow at New Zealand’s Massey University

Thursday, July 19, 2012, By Erica Blust

Memory research partnership strengthened Kendall Phillips, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in VPA’s Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has been…

Arts & Culture

Araca Project announces 2012 season of works by emerging theater artists

Wednesday, July 11, 2012, By Erica Blust

Six works by up-and-coming theater artists make up the 2012 season of the Araca Project, an early career development initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), the University of Michigan and…