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Syracuse University to confer six honorary degrees May 16
Syracuse University will award honorary degrees to six individuals of exceptional achievement at its 156th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 16, at the Carrier Dome.
Finalists named for Mirror Awards
Twenty-six finalists in seven categories have been named in the fourth annual Mirror Awards competition for excellence in media industry reporting.
Tutorial offered on Visual History Archive, world’s largest collection of eyewitness accounts of Holocaust
Librarian Lydia Wasylenko and Professor Sam Gruber will introduce the Visual History Archive as an instructional and research tool to interested faculty and students at a special meeting on Friday, April 23, at 10 a.m. in 204 Tolley.
YWCA to honor two SU community members April 21
Two longtime members of the Syracuse University community will receive the Diversity Achievers Award from the YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County.
Hendricks Chapel hosts ‘Celebrating Unity Without Uniformity: An Open Conversation with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield’ on April 21
Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will host “Celebrating Unity Without Uniformity: An Open Conversation with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield,” on Wednesday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room. The event is sponsored by Hendricks Chapel, Hillel at Syracuse University…
Attorney Paul Kerson to discuss Holocaust property seizure and legal recovery April 16
New York attorney Paul Kerson will lead a discussion at Syracuse University about Nazi property seizure and the story of a long legal battle leading to recompense for elderly holocaust survivors.
SU Project Advance fills the gap for high school economics teachers—economically
Over the last several decades, the emphasis on economics at the high school level has drastically increased; however teacher preparation for the subject has lagged behind.
Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs launches ‘I Otto Know This!’
The initiative aims to promote student financial literacy.
Filmmakers Robert Katz, Douglas Quin to present ‘Were the House Still Standing’ April 12
Filmmakers Robert Katz and Douglas Quin will discuss testimony, digital storytelling and the role of art in interpreting the Holocaust and its legacy, and will host a screening of their film “Were the House Still Standing: Maine Survivors and Liberators Remember the Holocaust” at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, April 12.
Seven SU faculty members to be honored April 6 for teaching excellence; Doerr and Himley named Meredith Professors
On Tuesday, April 6, Syracuse University will name Helen M. Doerr, dual professor of teaching and leadership programs and mathematics in The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, and Margaret Himley, professor of writing and rhetoric, and co-director of the LGBT Studies Program and minor in Arts and Sciences, as this year’s Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professors. Additionally, SU will recognize the 2010 recipients of the Teaching Recognition Awards, and Theodore L. Brown, associate professor in the School of Architecture, will receive the 2010 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award.