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SU’s Burton Blatt Institute selected to co-lead implementation of new $12 million New York State Medicaid infrastructure grant

Monday, October 26, 2009, By News Staff

Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling(315) 443-8455 The New York State Office for Mental Health has selected the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University to co-lead an unprecedented comprehensive research, demonstration and capacity-building initiative to advance the employment and economic self-sufficiency of individuals…

iSchool helps establish youth literature collection on campus

Monday, October 26, 2009, By News Staff

Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 One of the Syracuse University Library system’s lesser-known collections is a hidden trove of children’s books. The youth literature collection was the brainchild of Ruth V. Small, Meredith Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool)….

Student group Project Feed Me hosts ‘Defend Your Honor’ charity basketball tournament Nov. 1 to fight hunger in Syracuse

Monday, October 26, 2009, By News Staff

Carol Kim Masiclat(315) 443-8568 Think of it as hoops for hope. On Sunday, Nov. 1, SU students, faculty and staff will compete for the title of champion in the 2009 “Defend Your Honor” basketball tournament. The event was organized by…

Campus & Community

Stam to speak on ‘The Value of the Team: Celebrating the Grand 1909 North Polar Adventure of African American Explorer Matthew Henson’ Nov. 12

Monday, October 26, 2009, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The accomplishments of the African American polar explorer Matthew Henson are the topic of the next Library Associates lecture at E.S. Bird Library.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium hosts ‘conversation’ on African, African American beauty Nov. 19

Monday, October 26, 2009, By Rob Enslin

Depiction of African and African American beauty in the media is the subject of a major Syracuse Symposium event.

iSchool helps establish youth literature collection on campus

Monday, October 26, 2009, By News Staff

One of the SU library system’s lesser-known collections is a hidden trove of children’s books.

Syracuse University, U.S. Rep. Maffei announce creation of Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education

Thursday, October 22, 2009, By News Staff

Ruth Kaplan(212) 826-1444 On Capitol Hill Thursday, Syracuse University and U.S. Rep. Daniel Maffei announced the creation of the Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, which is made possible by a gift from Capt. Robert P. Taishoff and…

Health & Society

Syracuse University, U.S. Rep. Maffei announce creation of Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education

Thursday, October 22, 2009, By News Staff

The newly announced Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education will become the nation’s largest repository of research, study and practice in the field of inclusive higher education.

Newhouse School’s BodyTalk project invites SU, local communities to share stories about food, body image

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, By News Staff

Wendy S. Loughlin(315) 443-2785 How do you see yourself—thin, fat, somewhere in between? How do you feel about food—love it, hate it, struggle with it every day? Tell your story as part of BodyTalk, an initiative of the S.I. Newhouse…