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SU SIFE travels to GuatemalaFebruary 07, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu SU SIFE team members and faculty advisor Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management, traveled to Panahajel, Guatemala, to work with Mayan Hands, a fair trade organization. The jewelry, made from local…

Mary Frances Berry to keynote 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture Feb. 13February 06, 2008Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Mary Frances Berry, former chairperson of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, will be the featured speaker for the Syracuse…

SU SIFE receives grant for new credit counseling programFebruary 06, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) has been awarded a $2,250 grant from American International Group Inc. to develop a three-year Credit Counseling Challenge, a credit counseling…

Award-winning Stone Canoe journal launches second editionFebruary 06, 2008Eileen Jevisejevis@uc.syr.edu Syracuse University has launched the second edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York. The 400-page publication features the work of 98 artists and…

Saatchi & Saatchi ad exec to join Newhouse School facultyFebruary 06, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Brian Sheehan, chair and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi’s Team One Advertising, will join Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as an associate professor…

Listening for the cosmic symphony: New SU supercomputer will help scientists listen for black holesFebruary 06, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Scientists hope that a new supercomputer being built by Syracuse University’s Department of Physics may help them identify the sound of a…

Syracuse researchers link higher test scores with certified librarians in schoolsFebruary 05, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu New York state schools with certified librarians have higher scores on average on the fourth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) test than those who don’t, according…

New staff, OMA’s Multicultural Mentoring Program to engage SU students of color with academic, social opportunitiesFebruary 05, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Hilda Rosa Martinez is thrilled to come to work each morning. Martinez, who began her new job as assistant director…

Award-winning alumni of Syracuse Architecture to lecture at The WarehouseJanuary 31, 2008Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu Architects Margaret Griffin and John Enright of the Los Angeles firm Griffin Enright Architects will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Wednesday, Feb….

iSchool makes strides in closing digital divideJanuary 31, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu This semester, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) will help launch the South Side Initiative Networking Academy, a program to provide free professional computer training to 15 residents…