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Syracuse University Library’s Special Collections Research Center awarded National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant for cartoon collections

Wednesday, June 11, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin315 443 9788 Syracuse University Library’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has been awarded a grant of $79,440 by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to support the arrangement and description of the library’s 134 unprocessed collections…

Volunteers needed for annual Dr. Donald Parks Chess Camp for Kids at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel

Monday, June 9, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski315 443 5381 The Office of Community Engagement and Integrative Learning at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will hold the Dr. Donald Parks Chess Camp for Kids July 21-24. The free camp, now in its 10th year, brings together…

iSchool launches new professional doctorate program

Monday, June 9, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has launched a part-time executive doctoral program for highly qualified middle level managers looking to boost their careers. The Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information Management is a three-year…

University Senate designates 17 retiring faculty as emeriti

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, By News Staff

Cynthia J. Moritz315 443 9039 The University Senate voted to recognize 17 faculty members with emeritus status. The honorees were invited to accompany the Chancellor’s party during the 2008 Commencement ceremony. They are: Stanley Alten, professor in the S.I. Newhouse…

BBI helps support new Global Universal Design Commission; SU’s Peter Blanck named chairman of board

Friday, May 30, 2008, By News Staff

Jaime Winne Alvarez315-443-3784 Peter Blanck, University Professor and chair of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI), has been named chairman of the board of directors for the new Global Universal Design Commission Inc. (GUDC). The commission, a nonprofit…

Syracuse University among partners in newly formed Hubbard Brook Consortium supporting ecosystem science

Thursday, May 29, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski315 443 5381 Syracuse University is among five institutions that have joined with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation to form a consortium to support research, education and policy initiatives at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in central New…

Leadership Institute finds new home at Utica College

Wednesday, May 28, 2008, By News Staff

Eileen Jevis315 443 3527 Effective June 1, the Leadership Institute of University College at Syracuse University, under the direction of Dana Hart, will move to Utica College. The Institute has served Central New York’s private and nonprofit sectors providing Web-based…

SU, Adjuncts United reach tentative labor agreement for part-time faculty; ratification vote by mail to occur in June

Friday, May 23, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin Morrow315) 443-3784 Syracuse University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT), have reached tentative agreement on a labor contract for more than 500 part-time faculty at the University. Adjuncts United…

Chapple begins term as Board of Trustees chair

Tuesday, May 20, 2008, By News Staff

SU News Services315-443-3784 At Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees annual meeting, held May 10, Chair-elect John H. Chapple ’75 officially assumed board leadership as John A. Couri ’63 completed his term as chair and moved to chair-emeritus status. Additionally, seven…

LGBT Resource Center invites participation in 16th Annual AIDS Walk/Run team

Tuesday, May 20, 2008, By News Staff

Amit Taneja315 443 3983 The staff of Syracuse University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center invites SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff to join or support the LGBT Resource Center’s team…