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Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts to present New York City gala May 19; Vanessa Williams to receive Icon of Style Award

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, By Erica Blust

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Administrative Officer Frank Bisignano to be presented with Dean’s Award of Distinction; SU men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and wife, Juli, to be special guests Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will…

Campus & Community

Do you wanna dialogue? Fall courses

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

Are you still looking for a course to take in Fall 2011? Consider an intergroup dialogue course.

Campus & Community

SU faculty and staff encouraged to donate blood April 26

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

A blood drive for faculty and staff at Syracuse University is expected to take blood drive numbers to a whole new level as part of the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition between Syracuse University and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR students to highlight ‘green’ work at SU Showcase

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

Going “green” for a group of Newhouse public relations students doesn’t mean hopping on the sustainability bandwagon with some superficial eco-friendly spin just to attract publicity. For the members of Hill Communications, the Newhouse School’s student-run public relations agency, it’s…

Health & Society

New executive education program launched in Europe focused on effective drug policy

Friday, April 22, 2011, By Michele Barrett

The College of Human Ecology’s addiction studies program and SU Europe have partnered with the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group to create a new trans-Atlantic executive education program focused on implementing effective drug policy and governance. The five-day summit will…

Beauford and Rodoski honored by YWCA

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

Two Syracuse University staff members will be honored April 28 at the YWCA’s 13th annual Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism and Promote Diversity Luncheon, at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool.

Arts & Culture

‘Many Faiths One Humanity’ participants to share contemplative videos April 25

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In March, a diverse group of 11 Syracuse University students—Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, undecided and hyphenated combinations thereof—traveled to London for “Many Faiths, One Humanity,” an interfaith study experience and experiment in religious pluralism. Interlaced among the experiences were…

Wiles quoted in Bioscience journal article on teaching evolution

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, By News Staff

Jason Wiles, assistant professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is mentioned and quoted in a journal article on expanding the understanding of evolution.

School of Education launches new free mobile app to assist parents, advocates

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies…

University of Memphis music educator to speak on increasing urban students’ access to quality music instruction

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Erica Blust

Nicole R. Robinson, an associate professor and head of the music education division at the University of Memphis, will present the lecture “The Middle School Memphis Project: Increasing Urban Students’ Access to Quality Music Instruction through a School-Community-University Partnership” on…