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Twenty parking spots along Connective Corridor transformed into one-day ‘green’ spaces

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Jemeli Tanui(315) 443-5172 Joining thousands from around the world, 75 people from various Syracuse organizations and SUNY-ESF students are celebrating Global PARK(ing) Day by transforming 20 parking spots along the Connective Corridor into public art and relaxation spots. National PARK(ing)…

Imagining America receives $12,000 Enitiative grant to train Say Yes to Education arts after-school workshop facilitators

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Jemeli Tanui(315) 443-5172 Imagining America has been awarded a $12,000 Enitiative grant for 2009-11 to fund its new “Educating After-School Arts Educators” project that aims to train student and community artists to teach their skills to elementary school students. The…

Campus & Community

SU, Syracuse International Film Festival team up for ‘Forum on Music and Sound in Film’ Oct. 13-17

Friday, September 18, 2009, By Rob Enslin

An international array of film scholars, composers and sound designers is converging on Syracuse for the “Forum on Music and Sound in Film.”

Arts & Culture

Haitian-born author Edwidge Danticat to speak at SU Oct. 14

Friday, September 18, 2009, By Rob Enslin

Edwidge Danticat, author “The Dew Breaker” (Vintage, 2005) and other best-selling novels and short stories, is speaking at Syracuse University Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards

Thursday, September 17, 2009, By News Staff

Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of civil liberties and women’s rights, international business and law, the performing arts, social activism and literature will be honored with George Arents Awards during the…

Campus & Community

Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards

Thursday, September 17, 2009, By News Staff

Arents Awards are the University’s highest alumni honor.

Senior Amy Rabideau receives prestigious 2009 Astronaut Scholarship award

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-8085 Syracuse University senior Amy Rabideau is among 18 students nationwide to receive the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2009–10 scholarship award. The $10,000 scholarship is presented to top science and engineering students who exhibit exceptional performance, initiative and creativity…

New antimicrobial webs developed by Syracuse University researchers sterilize medical implants for up to 14 days, reduce chance of infection

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Treatment of hospital-related infections in the United States costs up to $11 billion a year, and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to control drug-resistant biofilms…

Jeffrey Saltz to discuss JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU in Sept. 17 Speaker Series presentation

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 The JPMorgan Chase & Co. Fall 2009 Speaker Series at Syracuse University will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 17, with a discussion by Jeffrey Saltz on “Technology in Action! The JPMorgan Chase Technology Center at SU.”…

Martin J. Whitman’s book named in Top 25 for investment strategy

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

Amy Schmitz(315) 443-3834 A 2000 book authored by Martin J. Whitman ’49, an alumnus of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and the namesake of the Whitman School, has been named in the top 25 of must-read investment…