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Ray von Dran Awards provide $70,000 to SU student startups at Emerging Talk
Twelve Syracuse University student startups won a combined $70,000 in seed funding at the second annual Emerging Talk conference on April 1 at the AXA Towers, Syracuse. Student companies pitched to panels of judges composed of alumni, entrepreneurs and faculty…
Student Start-up Accelerator has new name
The Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator, an initiative that helps Central New York college students start private enterprise and nonprofit/social ventures, has been renamed. The new name for the initiative is the Raymond von Dran Innovative and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator, or IDEA. …
Academic and Administrative Buildings’ Fire Drills
The Safety Department will conduct the spring 2011 fire drills in academic and administrative buildings from Monday, April 11, through Friday, April 22.
Burton Blatt Institute Chairman Peter Blanck files amicus brief
University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, and Claudia Center, a leading disability rights lawyer at The Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center, have filed an amicus brief requesting a rehearing of Lopez v….
LCS’s Dacheng Ren given prestigious NSF CAREER Award to study biofilms
Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been given the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…
Newhouse creates Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Serial entrepreneur, interactive marketer Sean Branagan ’80 to be inaugural director Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has announced the creation of the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. Newhouse alumnus Sean Branagan ’80, a…
Sheraton to commence multimillion-dollar renovations
The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center has announced upcoming renovations that will enhance the hotel’s style and comfort. It will be one of the first Sheratons in North America to sport the new Sheraton guest room package. “The…
iSchool professor publishes book on need for more people educated as information professionals
The book focuses on the disparity between the growth of careers within the information industry and the apparent lack of interest in studying and working in the field within the United States.
Fall 2010 fire drill schedule for academic and administrative buildings
The Safety Department will conduct the fall 2010 fire drills in academic and administrative buildings from Monday, September 27 through Friday, October 8.
Near Westside Initiative commissions artist to transform downtown bridges into public art; installation of ‘A Love Letter to Syracuse’ begins on Tuesday, Aug. 24
Using the arts as its tool, the Near Westside Initiative has commissioned internationally known artist Steve Powers to create a public art project to visually disrupt a physical barrier at the most critical intersection of the Connective Corridor and Near Westside.