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Suzanne Guiod appointed editor in chief at Syracuse University Press

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Press has announced the appointment of Suzanne E. Guiod to the position of editor in chief, effective June 16. Guiod has served as editorial director of the University of Rochester Press since 2004, where she has overseen the…

Media, Law & Policy

Finalists announced for sixth annual Mirror Awards

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the sixth annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew more than 300 entries. Winners will be announced at a June 13 awards ceremony in…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Dotger receives grant from Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a grant for $199,650 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) for pre-service secondary teachers. In…

Conference to explore community-based activism

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University will present: “Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change: Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research (CARR),” from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Hall of Languages. Keynote speakers are Seth Kahn of West Chester University of…

Award-winning memoirist concludes Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, By News Staff

Kelle Groom will read from ‘I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl’ Kelle Groom, author of the memoir “I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl” (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2011), will conclude the Spring…

Literary agent Dan Conaway to discuss the profession at April 12 event

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

Thinking about a career in publishing or literary representation?  Dan Conaway, literary agent at Writers House, will discuss careers in literary representation, what a literary agent does and how he began his own career as a literary agent.  His presentation…

Long-term research reveals causes, consequences of environmental change

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.“The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is striking,”…

Media, Law & Policy

Two anthropology Ph.D. students receive major NSF fellowships

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

Melinda Gurr and Lauren Hosek, both second-year doctoral students in anthropology, have received highly prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards support advanced graduate study for three years, at $30,000 per year. In selecting Gurr and Hosek, the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 9

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

New York Times quotes Rick Burton of Falk College on New Balance running shoe ad campaign

Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

At Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 13, four honorary degrees will be presented to individuals of outstanding achievement who have made a difference in the world and in the lives of others. The four 2012 honorary degree…