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Holocaust and genocide scholar Samuel Totten to present lectures, workshops Feb. 9-10
The Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative: Resistance, Resilience and Responsibility, will welcome Samuel Totten to Syracuse University on Feb. 9 and 10, to participate in a series of lectures and workshops on the Holocaust and present-day genocides. On Feb. 9…
NWSI launches innovative microloan program for businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs
The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), with a $25,000 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation, has launched a microloan program for existing businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs on the Near Westside of Syracuse. Developed by NWSI deputy director Michael Short…
SU biologist partners with National Park Service to study bison grazing in Yellowstone
While Yellowstone’s celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park’s grasslands. To find answers, the National Park Service has…
iSchool students present projects for social web, mobile web technologies
Nine teams of Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) students presented class projects to a standing-room-only audience in the Innovation Studio Thursday, Dec. 9, as part of their final projects for both IST 400/600, “Social Web Technologies,” and IST…
College of Human Ecology to offer new M.S. in Child & Family Health in the Global Community
Beginning in August 2011, the College of Human Ecology will begin offering a master of science in Child & Family Health in the Global Community, a 36-credit hour graduate program that will be a key component of the educational programs…
Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative presents ‘Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust’ Dec. 7
The Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will present “Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust” on Dec. 7. The workshop will be held at Drumlins Country Club from 3:30 -7:30 pm and is co-sponsored by the Study Council…
iSchool students introduce their own mobile apps, social web technologies during Dec. 9 presentations
Ever played Tetris on your iPhone? Or listened to Pandora radio on your Android? Or checked your Facebook account from your Blackberry? Or used Amazon.com to write or read a review of a product? Then you might be interested in…
Andean forearc geology and the seismic cycle
The Department of Earth Sciences presents the fall 2010 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Richard Allmendinger from Cornell University.
SU psychologist wins NSF CAREER award to study memory
For some, the warm, sweet smell of cookies baking in the oven evokes fond memories of sleigh bells, a nighttime visitor and prancing hooves on a rooftop. Smell is among countless cues that can trigger a memory, but researchers understand…
Using the Visual History Archive, world’s largest collection of eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust
Douglas Ballman of the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education will present an open training session on the Visual History Archive (VHA) on Friday, Nov. 12.