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Syracuse researchers link higher test scores with certified librarians in schoolsFebruary 05, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu New York state schools with certified librarians have higher scores on average on the fourth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) test than those who don’t, according…

More than 115 employers to attend Spring Career Expo Thursday, Feb. 7February 05, 2008Debi Walkerdjwalker@syr.edu The Syracuse University Career Services Network’s annual Spring Career Expo offers opportunity to engage with more than 115 employers who will be gathered Thursday, Feb….

Meredith Professor Ruth Small joins governor’s task force on information literacyFebruary 04, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Meredith Professor Ruth Small, who has been with Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) since 1989, recently was appointed to the Governor’s Information Literacy…

Award-winning alumni of Syracuse Architecture to lecture at The WarehouseJanuary 31, 2008Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu Architects Margaret Griffin and John Enright of the Los Angeles firm Griffin Enright Architects will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Wednesday, Feb….

Syracuse University to kick off full slate of Black History Month activities Feb. 1January 31, 2008Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Syracuse University will kick off Black History Month on Friday, Feb. 1, with a celebration in the atrium of the Hildegarde and…

iSchool makes strides in closing digital divideJanuary 31, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu This semester, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) will help launch the South Side Initiative Networking Academy, a program to provide free professional computer training to 15 residents…

Donald J. Western joins Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic DevelopmentJanuary 31, 2008Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Donald J. Western, director of economic development for Onondaga County, has been appointed executive director of community engagement and economic development at Syracuse…

Newhouse School to remember David Ifshin, student activists of 1960s and ’70s, in First Amendment Year eventJanuary 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, as part of its yearlong celebration of the First Amendment, will…

Light Work hosts exhibition of retablos by AntonJanuary 30, 2008Jessica Heckmanjhheckma@syr.edu Light Work has announced an upcoming exhibition, “Ollin Mecatl: The Measure of Movements,” featuring 38 photographic retablos by Don Gregorio Anton. It will run until March 6, with a…

Global disability and poverty efforts get key boost from agreement between SU’s Burton Blatt Institute and World BankJanuary 29, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu A promising new collaboration between the World Bank and Syracuse University could spur global efforts to reduce poverty…