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Syracuse University Receives STARS Silver Rating for Sustainability Achievements
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has awarded a STARS Silver rating to Syracuse University in recognition of its sustainability achievements. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects…
Bailey Brings Customer-Friendly Demeanor, Solution-Oriented Approach to Managing Campus Event Parking
Deanna (Dee) Bailey, associate director of field operations and events for Parking and Transit Services, has trouble remembering which act appeared at the Dome during Thanksgiving weekend in 1990. “I know it was a huge concert,” Bailey recalls. “And it…
The Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applications for Its Inaugural Faculty Fellow
The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking applications for its inaugural faculty fellow. The Lender Faculty Fellowship will support a two-year research agenda to critically and creatively explore contemporary social issues, develop innovative approaches to these problems, and implement…
Feb. 28 Campus Symposium Explores Issues of Equality, Privilege, Justice in South Africa and Syracuse
The Newhouse School will be the setting of an evening symposium exploring issues of equality, privilege and justice in Syracuse and South Africa. “No Innocence This Side of the Womb,” hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement, will bring…
Members of Diversity Council, Chancellor’s Workgroup and Sustainability Management Tour Great Law of Peace Center
A number of faculty and staff from the Council on Diversity and Inclusion, the former Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion, and Sustainability Management toured the Skä•noñh—Great Law of Peace Center in December. The Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center tells…
School of Education Launches Interdisciplinary Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice
The School of Education has created a new minor in atrocity studies and the practices of social justice that prepares students to be engaged citizens, advocates, scholars and leaders in a changing global society. The interdisciplinary minor, open to all…
Women’s Magazine Industry Put Spotlight on Key Historic Issues
Harriet Brown, magazine professor in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by the Washington Post for the article, “Women’s magazines are dying. Will we miss them when they’re gone?” “At a time when mainstream media didn’t pay attention to issues that…
Growing the Science of Sustainability: Molecular Biologist Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 Expounds on Importance of GMOs, Science Literacy
Nina V. Fedoroff ’66 has built a career on defying the odds. From working her way through college as a single mother to being the first to clone and characterize maize transposons (bits of DNA that hop from place to…
Proposals Being Accepted for Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding
The SU Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus about…
Oh Christmas Tree – New Online Options Allow Customers, Suppliers to Branch Out
Article Takeaways: Online Christmas tree sales likely to increase with new options available to consumers Christmas tree prices may fall due to strong economy and abundance of trees Experts are monitoring changes in international trade agreements and how they may…