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Conference celebrates internationally renowned mathematician

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mathematical researchers and graduate students from across the United States and Canada will converge on the Syracuse University campus April 13-15 to celebrate internationally renowned mathematical theorist Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz and to discuss the intersection of two diverse areas of mathematical…

#CMGRchat tops Twitter’s worldwide trending topics

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Diane Stirling

An online gathering for community managers and others interested in social media practice that is hosted by two Syracuse University-affiliated social media professionals achieved worldwide “trending” status on Twitter this week. The chat ranked second, just below the topic of…

Join SU, SUNY-ESF in annual Earth Day communitywide cleanup

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services within the Division of Student Affairs will host its annual Earth Day Communitywide Cleanup on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Each year, SU and SUNY-ESF students, faculty, staff and Syracuse-area residents…

SU named to 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of only eight institutions in New York state to be named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. SU has been named for the sixth consecutive year. The honor roll, launched in…

Maxwell School appoints new associate dean for external affairs

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

Lawrence R. Weinberg has been named associate dean for external affairs at the Maxwell School, effective immediately. Reporting to Dean James Steinberg in this newly created position, he will have overall responsibility for strategic planning and implementation in development; alumni…

Environmental activist, scholar Martin Sage dies

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

Environmental activist and scholar Martin Sage, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 3. He was 76. Although he retired in 2008, Sage remained active in the department and in…

Community engagement to be honored at annual CAPES Award ceremony March 26

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will honor students, faculty, staff and community partners who exemplify SU’s commitment to engagement with the community and Scholarship in Action with the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship (CAPES). The awards will be given at…

iSchool introduces new graduate certificate in data science

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), an international leader in the information field, is boosting its academic offerings with the introduction of a new graduate certificate of advanced studies in data science. The program is the first state-approved certificate of advanced…

Arts & Culture

Ping Chong & Company part of disabilities panel discussion at Newhouse

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s ArtsEngage and the Goldring Arts Journalism Program welcome members of Ping Chong & Company for a panel discussion about its theatrical production “Inside/Out … voices from the disability community.” The discussion is part of Undesirable Elements, an ongoing…

Maxwell to host panel on sovereignty for Puerto Rico

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By News Staff

Ángel Collado-Schwarz, author of “Decolonization Models for America’s Last Colony: Puerto Rico” (Syracuse University Press, 2012), will participate in a panel discussion focusing on the question of sovereignty for Puerto Rico and on the arguments set forth in Collado-Schwarz’s book….