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Syracuse University researchers discover new way to attack some forms of leukemia
Syracuse University researchers discover new way to attack some forms of leukemiaOctober 28, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Each year, some 29,000 adults and 2,000 children are diagnosed with leukemia, a form of cancer that is caused by the abnormal production of white…
Syracuse University faculty member receives national folklore prize
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Felicia McMahon, research associate professor in the Department of Anthropology in Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and instructor in The Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been awarded the 2008 Chicago Folklore Prize by the American Folklore Society…
CNY Humanities Corridor hosts symposium on music of Haudenosaunee culture
Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 In a world of global musical flows, who determines access to and ownership of traditional musical knowledge? How can music serve the common good, and whose common good? Such questions hold special importance not only for Haudenosaunee…
Bonzi appointed to new position dedicated to instructional quality in SU School of Information Studies
Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate professor Susan Bonzi has been named to the new position of director of instructional quality in the school. She assumes her new responsibilities July 1. Dean Elizabeth…
Library announces Learning Commons appointments
Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 Lesley Pease and Brandi Porter have been appointed to leadership positions in Syracuse University Library‘s new Learning Commons (LC). Pease will serve as director and Porter as associate director of the new facility. Pease oversees the operation,…
M-LAB: where learning sneaks up on students while they are having fun
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 “It’s cold in here,” complained the students as they slowly filtered into the M-LAB, a mobile classroom parked outside Syracuse City School District’s Fowler High School. “Don’t worry, it will warm up really fast–you know, body heat!”…
Social work students explore foster care policy at 10th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Symposium
Michele Barrett(315) 443-6172 The critical role social workers and other human service professionals must play as advocates for young adults transitioning from foster care to independent living is the focus of the 10th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Symposium…
SU social work students explore foster care policy issues at 10th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Symposium
SU social work students explore foster care policy issues at 10th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy SymposiumOctober 23, 2008Michele Barrettmibarret@syr.edu The critical role social workers and other human service professionals must play as advocates for young adults transitioning from…
Delivering bad news to be topic of Pathways to Knowledge lecture
Delivering bad news to be topic of Pathways to Knowledge lectureOctober 23, 2008Janel Martinezjmarti11@syr.edu The second installment of the Fall 2008 Pathways to Knowledge: A Lecture Series for Undergraduates and Graduates is Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. Jennifer Flad,…
Internationally acclaimed architect Stanley Saitowitz to lecture at Syracuse Architecture
Elaine Wackerow(315) 443-6004 Stanley Saitowitz, one of San Francisco’s most renowned and prolific designers of modern buildings, will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. His lecture, “Frameworks,”…