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Newhouse School to Hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 19

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 85 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Ed Smith School this Friday for the seventh annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the event serves to…

Arts & Culture

Rabinovich Named 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellow

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced Misha Rabinovich G’13 as the recipient of the 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift…

‘America’s First Sport’ Symposium, Documentary Premiere to Be Held April 22

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Film explores America’s oldest and fastest-growing sport and its role in CNY culture Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and former SU Lacrosse goalie Oren Lyons ’58 will join current and past SU lacrosse coaches Roy Simmons Jr. ’59 and Gary Gait ’90;…

Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…

Understanding the Nuremberg Trial and Its Lessons

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

In restoring her filmmaker father’s 60-year-old documentary, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today,” Sandra Schulberg didn’t want the film to be received as just another film about Nazis. She wanted people to understand the greater message in a film that had never been shown in the United States.

Jon Zubieta to Receive 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Jon Zubieta, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2013 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented during the 2013 Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and…

Design Team Selected for Movement on Main: Designing Healthy Main Street

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

A team led by STOSS landscape urbanism, including Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Nitsch Engineering and Angie Cradock Sc.D, MPE, has been selected as the winning design team for the Movement on Main: Designing the Healthy Main Street competition in Syracuse.

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Designing the Street Smart Phone

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Meet the “smarter” New York City payphone. The push buttons and coin slot of the past are inevitably replaced with a touch screen and card swipe, plus camera, solar panels and capabilities for emergency alerts and wayfinding.

Faculty Members Garner Two 21st Century Library Grants

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) library program faculty members were awarded $752,503 in grants from the 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grants program administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A $498,788 grant was awarded…

La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…