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USGBC’s Tracie Hall to speak on ‘LEED: What It Takes and Why It Matters’ in May 22 seminar
Martin Walls(315) 443 8951 Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a building certified by the U.S. Green Building Council under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System? Tracie Hall, current executive director…
Breaking it down and building it up in New Orleans: U.S. EPA Region 2 EFC team participates in, analyzes Historic Green project
Khristopher Dodson Members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University (Region 2 EFC) learned there’s more than one way to use a hammer when they helped with reconstruction — and deconstruction — of…
Seven Syracuse University students to travel to Botswana May 12 to build classrooms for street children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
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…
Laura J. Steinberg named dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
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…
Academic calendar unveiled for 2009-10
Academic calendar unveiled for 2009-10May 06, 2008Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Academic Calendar Committee has released the 2009-10 academic calendar. The calendar is very similar to past University schedules and includes no major changes. However, in the Fall 2009 semester, two…
School of Education’s Taylor named the Society for Disability Studies first Senior Scholar
Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 The Senior Scholar Award Committee of Society for Disability Studies (SDS) has selected Steven Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and…
Open forum May 9 presents inside view of Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life
Sara Miller315 443 9038 Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International ServicesCommencement exercises on Sunday, May 11 — and Edward Ericson Jr., professor emeritus at Calvin College. are hosting a public forum…
Syracuse University to present honorary degrees to nine individuals of exceptional achievement at Commencement May 11
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…
New Team Against Bias analysis shows trends in timing, nature of bias-related incidents
New Team Against Bias analysis shows trends in timing, nature of bias-related incidentsApril 30, 2008Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu A new analysis of data collected by Syracuse University’s Team Against Bias (TAB) and the Dean of Students Office shows that the vast…
Syracuse University Library to offer Shoah Visual History Archive of Holocaust survivor and witness testimonies
Syracuse University Library to offer Shoah Visual History Archive of Holocaust survivor and witness testimonies April 29, 2008Pamela McLaughlinpwmclaug@syr.edu Syracuse University Library now offers access to the world’s largest archive of visual histories of the Holocaust. The Shoah Foundation Institute’s…