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Entrepreneurs with disabilities launch nearly 50 businesses in Onondaga County

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By News Staff

Start-Up NY/Inclusive Entrepreneurship™ results in self-employment for residents with disabilities Armed with the knowledge and skills she acquired through Start-Up NY and a range of entrepreneurship resources she received as part of Syracuse University’s Inclusive Entrepreneurship™ initiative, Della Brown, a…

Changing face of homelessness in Onondaga County at this week’s TMR

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The Dec. 16 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) features Linda Wright, executive director of the Salvation Army; Anthony Discenza, housing program coordinator for the Community Development Division of Onondaga County; Michael Melara, executive director of Catholic Charities; and Sarah…

Gamers invited to take part in 2011 Global Game Jam

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By News Staff

The Syracuse University School of Information Studies is partnering with the School of Education to host a site for the 2011 Global Game Jam, the world’s largest game development event. A project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), the…

Colleen O’Connor Bench attends inaugural AHEPPP conference

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Plays key role in formation of new parent/family programming standards The Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Professionals (AHEPPP) held its inaugural conference in Boulder, Colo., in November, with 97 parent/family programming professionals from around the country attending. Syracuse University was…

Health & Society

College of Human Ecology to offer new M.S. in Child & Family Health in the Global Community

Monday, December 13, 2010, By Michele Barrett

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…

Syracuse University biophysicist receives 2010 NSF CAREER Award for work on cell membranes

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, By News Staff

Martin B. Forstner, a biophysicist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a prestigious, five-year, $795,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his research in understanding how the laws of physics influence the…

NWSI hosts Dec. 16 open house to celebrate renovation of first large-scale commercial/residential project

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, By News Staff

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) will host a holiday celebration and open house on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m. to celebrate the completed renovation of the former Lincoln Supply Warehouse, now called the Lincoln Building. The event will take…

SU receives $3.4 million NSF grant to ensure greater presence of women STEM faculty

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of seven universities funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2010 ADVANCE competition. SU will receive a five-year, $3.4 million grant to ensure that women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields have a…

Syracuse Architecture repeats in No. 2 spot

Monday, December 6, 2010, By Elaine Wackerow

For the second consecutive year, the Syracuse University School of Architecture undergraduate program has been ranked No. 2 in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the bimonthly journal of the Design Futures Council. The annual rankings are based on a professional practice…

iSchool students successfully present ideas to MLB Advanced Media

Monday, December 6, 2010, By News Staff

Twenty-four Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) students faced the wee hours of the morning of Thursday, Nov. 18, to travel to New York City as part of the MLB.com University Challenge, a contest set up by the iSchool…