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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse professor brings Antarctic pioneer diary to life in ‘Aurora Passage’

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

On Saturday, Aug. 18, Arc Cinema in Australia will host the inaugural live performance of “Aurora Passage” by sound designer and composer Douglas Quin, associate professor in the Newhouse School. The performance is a multimedia composition combining piano, live narration,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, August 10

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Chancellor Cantor co-authored an Atlanta Journal Constitution op-ed with Earl Lewis, provost at Emory University, on the upcoming Supreme Court affirmative action related case of Fisher v. University of Texas. 9WSYR reported on the installation…

Campus & Community

OIRA Director Bobbi Yonai to retire in 2013

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

After nearly 30 years as a member of the Syracuse University community, Barbara (Bobbi) A. Yonai, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), has announced plans to retire from the University in January 2013. Yonai joined the…

Campus & Community

Call for poetry

Thursday, August 9, 2012, By News Staff

For 2013, the Syracuse Poster Project will supplement its traditional poster series with a poster of church-going women in fancy hats (see image at left). The project now invites Central New York poets to submit haiku poems to both the…

Campus & Community

SU London staff member volunteers as ‘Games Maker’ during 2012 Olympics

Thursday, August 9, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London have undeniably captivated the world, and one Syracuse University staff member is doing her part to make this global-scale event in her home city a success. From the beginning of the games, Ria…

STEM

WiGiT’s iDAWG communications elements progressing to field test

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Technology improving interoperability of public emergency response communication devices with each other—and with cell phones, CB radios and walkie-talkies—is continuing development this summer, providing a testing ground for planners and experiential learning for School of Information Studies students. Hardware and…

STEM

Small awarded grant to redesign web evaluation tools

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Ruth Small received a $21,800 SPARKS! Ignition Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to redesign the Website Motivational Analyis Checklist (WebMAC). smallOriginally designed in 1999, WebMAC has seven web…

Whitman graduate Salas ’12 to serve as communicator of SU Career Services

Monday, August 6, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University Career Services has announced the appointment of J. Magnolia Salas ’12 as its new communication and marketing coordinator. In this role, Salas will manage communications, marketing and outreach efforts to promote full awareness and use of Career Services…

Media, Law & Policy

Edelman, Newhouse partner to launch new diversity internship program

Monday, August 6, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Students, recent grads are interning at Edelman locations across the country Seven public relations students and recent graduates from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are spending the summer handling client accounts for the global public relations firm…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, August 3

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Asian Age and Medical Daily reported on the recent findings by a team of researchers in The College of Arts and Sciences that found in the sperm competition of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), slower and/or…