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Destiny USA, Rosamond Gifford Zoo benefit from iSchool social media students

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By J.D. Ross

Most businesses are lucky to have one social media strategist or community manager on staff. This season, two major Syracuse attractions are especially fortunate in that they will have legions of social media practitioners at work for them. That is…

Make a splash for sustainability during SU-UConn game Feb. 11

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Students In Free Enterprise (SU-SIFE) group needs your help to make a big splash during Saturday’s men’s basketball game at the Carrier Dome. Literally.  As the Orange faces the University of Connecticut Huskies on the court, SU-SIFE will…

STEM

Oakleaf featured on ‘Power to the Librarians’ website

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By J.D. Ross

Academic libraries face ongoing challenges in assessing and presenting their value to their parent institutions due to the dramatic effect that advancements in technology – and many other factors in higher education today – are having on libraries’ traditional role.

SU community members can make a difference at Feb. 13 blood drive and Better Together food packaging event

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Members of the SU community will have the opportunity to make an impact both locally and globally on Monday, Feb. 13, leading up to the men’s basketball showdown between SU and Louisville. Individuals can donate blood as part of the…

Campus & Community

CAPES-Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Deadline approaches for 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship nominations.

A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium presents expert on early modern English drama Feb. 23-24

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini-residency by an expert in early modern English drama. Thomas King,…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Advisory Board member publishes book on Puerto Rico

Monday, February 6, 2012, By News Staff

A new book by Ángel Collado-Schwarz, a long-time Maxwell School Advisory Board member and SU Trustee, has been published by Syracuse University Press. In “Decolonization Models for America’s Last Colony: Puerto Rico,” Collado-Schwarz examines the more than century-old relationship between…

University College hires director for new talent and education development center

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

University College of Syracuse University has announced the newly named Talent and Education Development Center (TEDCenter) and the appointment of Karen DeJarnette as the center’s director. Formerly the WorkKeys Center, the TEDCenter will provide programming to support the workforce needs…

SU’s Dana Spiotta, Bruce Smith finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Dana Spiotta and Bruce Smith, English faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Spiotta was nominated in the fiction category for “Stone Arabia” (Scribner, 2011); Smith…