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Newhouse School to hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 20

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 55 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 20, for Newhouse’s sixth annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the…

Meditation Habitats on display April 18-19

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Students in this semester’s “Meditation Habitats” course in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present contemplative sculpture work to the Syracuse University community this week. Sheltering structures that inspire pause and reflection will dot Syracuse University lawns in…

Award-winning ecologist to present 2012 Life Sciences Lecture ‘Is Mother Nature Short Sighted?’

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

Hanna Kokko, laureate fellow at Australian National University, will present “Is Mother Nature Shortsighted?” for the 2012 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, in the…

Campus & Community

On My Own Time registration deadline extended

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

The registration deadline for Syracuse University’s On My Own Time exhibit has been extended to Friday, April 20, at noon.

Campus & Community

Get your vote on: Democracywise offers resource for voters

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

We’re a few months from November’s general election, but the 2012 Presidential Primary Election is just over a week away. SU’s Bird Library is a polling place and voters can cast ballots there from noon to 9 p.m. on April…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, April 13

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

IVMF’s Mike Haynie speaks to the business case for hiring veterans on Wall Street Journal Radio

Final SU Showcase events schedule released

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 is just days away and the full schedule of “green economy” events slated for April 18 has been confirmed.  This daylong celebration of sustainability initiatives and works by Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental…

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…