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JPMorgan Chase executive to deliver keynote at iSchool convocation

Wednesday, May 7, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 Frank Bisignano, chief administrative officer for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a member of the firm’s operating committee and executive committee, will deliver the keynote address at the School of Information Studies‘ (iSchool) convocation, Saturday,…

Seven Syracuse University students to travel to Botswana May 12 to build classrooms for street children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Wednesday, May 7, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-5381 Seven students engaged through Protestant Campus Ministry at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will leave Syracuse on May 12 to embark on a journey to the southern African nation of Botswana. There, they will do their part…

Syracuse University’s top performers linked by study abroad

Wednesday, May 7, 2008, By News Staff

Daeya Malboeuf315 443 2007 Is there a link between study abroad and high academic achievement? At Syracuse University, the answer is a resounding yes. Each year, up to 12 academically outstanding graduating seniors are selected as University Scholars by a…

International developer Abdallah Yabroudi pledges $5 million to his alma mater, Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, to create international engineering professorship and Dubai internship program

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, By News Staff

Trisha Hopkins315 443 2546 Nearly 30 years after graduating from Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), Abdallah Yabroudi, chairman of the internationally known Dubai Contracting Company (DCC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has become…

Internationally renowned genomic researcher J. Craig Venter to be keynote speaker at dedication of Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex on Nov. 7

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in decoding the human genome, will be the keynote speaker at the dedication of Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex Nov. 7. Venter’s address will highlight a daylong celebration that will include building…

Laura J. Steinberg named dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin C. Quinn 315 443 8338 Laura J. Steinberg, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and an internationally known civil and environmental engineering scholar, has been named the…

New York Center for the Book at Syracuse University Library reauthorized through 2010

Monday, May 5, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 The New York Center for the Book at Syracuse University Library has been reauthorized by the Library of Congress to continue through 2010. The New York Center is a state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center…

Vanessa Williams to deliver 2008 convocation address for College of Visual and Performing Arts, receive BFA degree

Monday, May 5, 2008, By News Staff

Erica Blust(315) 443-5891 Actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams will deliver the 2008 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 10,…

Actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams to deliver 2008 convocation address for SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, receive bachelor of fine arts degree

Monday, May 5, 2008, By News Staff

Actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams to deliver 2008 convocation address for SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, receive bachelor of fine arts degreeMay 05, 2008Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu Actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams will deliver the 2008 convocation address…

Syracuse University to present honorary degrees to nine individuals of exceptional achievement at Commencement May 11

Thursday, May 1, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller315 443 9038 Syracuse University will award honorary degrees to nine individuals of exceptional achievement in the areas of business, physical sciences, performing arts, global literacy, literature, economics and journalism. Honorary degrees will be presented at the 154th Commencement…