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Campus & Community

Syracuse University pilots ‘Transfer Transition Team,’ innovating model for community college transfers

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

With a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Syracuse University is piloting a revolutionary new practice for transfer enrollment—combining academic advising with predictive financial aid modeling for community college students.   This proposed new model is possible through the work…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, May 23

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

Women’s Wear Daily reports on VPA NYC Gala 2011 honoring Vanessa Williams and Frank Bisignano

Campus & Community

SU again featured in green colleges guidebook

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The well-known education services company again selected SU for inclusion in the recently released second annual edition of its free downloadable…

BBI’s Marcia Scherer ’70 to receive mentor award from Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

Marcia Scherer ’70, of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will receive the Sam McFarland Memorial Mentor Award from the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA). The award recognizes Scherer for having influenced, counseled and nurtured others…

Business & Economy

First Near Westside Initiative microloan to support new business creating eight jobs

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

The Near Westside Initiative (NWI) has approved its first microloan since launching an innovative micro-lending program in an effort to spur economic development on the Near Westside. The first loan, in the amount of $12,000, has been approved for the…

Sarkar named IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Friday, May 20, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Tapan K. Sarkar, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has been named a distinguished lecturer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Antennas and Propagation…

Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League honors 40 Below at annual meeting

Thursday, May 19, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) will award the 2011 Levi L. Smith Civic Education Award to 40 Below at the OCL annual meeting, to be held at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo on Wednesday, June 8, at noon. 40 Below is an…

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SU in the News: Tuesday, May 17

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By News Staff

Wall Street Journal cites TRAC information on tax audits of wealthy Americans

Arts & Culture

Belfer’s ‘Sound Beat’ radio program awarded NEA grant

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

“Sound Beat,” a public radio program originating in the Belfer Audio Archive at the Syracuse University Library, was awarded a $15,000 Arts on Radio and Television grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).  “Sound Beat” is a daily…

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Syracuse University to expand in the Middle East

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By News Staff

SU to open headquarters in Dubai and create new opportunities for students Syracuse University has announced the expansion of its educational presence in the Arab Gulf. In June, an information center will open in Dubai, providing resources and background on…