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Project Advance 2012 Teachers of the Year ignite passion in the classroom

Monday, June 11, 2012, By Sari Signorelli

What qualities should a Teacher of the Year have? Should he or she be memorable, or well-liked, or have students who regularly achieve outstanding test scores? Certainly, all these are necessary to be an effective teacher, says Maria Zeitlin Trinkle….

Syracuse University selected to host 2014 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities’ annual conference

Thursday, June 7, 2012, By News Staff

The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) has selected Syracuse University as host site for its 2014 annual meeting. SU will host the 20th annual CUMU Conference on campus in October 2014.  With the theme, “Universities as Anchor Institutions:…

OCL announces winner of 2012 Civic Beautification Awards

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, By News Staff

The Susan Atseff Memorial Park, also known as Salt Springs Park, is the recipient of the Onondaga Citizens League 2012 Civic Beautification Award. The award recognizes landscapes and plantings that enhance the livability of the city, are pleasing to the…

Chancellor Cantor invited to White House event to announce new commitment to greater financial aid transparency

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, By Kevin C. Quinn

Today, Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor attended an event at the White House to announce that Syracuse University, along with nine other institutions across the nation are making a new commitment to promote greater clarity in student financial…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, May 31

Thursday, May 31, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Owen Shapiro, professor of art, design, and transmedia at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, spoke on ABC News with Christiane Amanpour, about the life of Syracuse University graduate student Bassel Al Shahade, a…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, May 24

Thursday, May 24, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Huffington Post blog entry on how businesses are backing veterans by putting them to work references the Business Case for Hiring a Veteran: Beyond the Clichés issued in March by the Institute for Veterans…

Remarks by Aaron Sorkin ’83 at Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 115th Commencement

Sunday, May 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU News Services (315) 443-9038 Watch the Commencement address by Aaron Sorkin May 13, 2012  Thank you very much.  Madam Chancellor, members of the Board of Trustees, members of the faculty and administration, parents and friends, honored guests and graduates,…

Architecture Dean Mark Robbins named executive director of International Center of Photography in New York City

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, By Kevin C. Quinn

Robbins, who since 2004 has served as dean of the School of Architecture, will depart the University and begin his new position at the ICP in New York City on July 1.

Giving students a new perspective on food waste

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

Think back to when you were a kid. Did your parents ever make you finish all of the food on your plate before you could be excused from the table? While many of us can probably recall such memories, you’d…

SU’s Bruce Smith wins Poetry Society of America award

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Bruce Smith, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won the William Carlos Williams Award, presented by the Poetry Society of America (PSA). The critically acclaimed poet was nominated on the merit of his latest…