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Highest-ranking elected woman in Africa to speak on women’s progressMarch 01, 2005Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Gertrude Mongella, president of the African Union’s Pan African Parliament, will speak on “African Women: Struggles and Achievements-The Journey through Beijing to the Present” Saturday, March…

SU seeks input on budget processFebruary 28, 2005Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu A large group of Syracuse University faculty, deans, administrators and students has been reviewing the University’s budgeting process for several months. Now, the University Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal…

Syracuse City School District partners with SU’s School of Education and math department for $3.6 million grantJanuary 21, 2005Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu The New York State Education Department has awarded the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) and the Syracuse City School…

ECS professor studies novel uses for coconut fiberApril 06, 2004Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu As a civil engineer, Shobha Bhatia is involved with the design and construction of materials that form the very backbones of the communities in which they are used….

Feminist architect to lecture Feb. 18 atSU’s School of ArchitectureFebruary 13, 2004Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Noted architect and feminist scholar Alice T. Friedman will lecture at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m., in room 108 of Slocum Hall….

School of Information Studies’ researchers provide virtual bricks and mortar for the National Science Digital LibraryJune 30, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu When the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) opened its virtual doors last December, researchers from the School of Information Studies helped…

Joseph Barndt to conduct April 10 anti-racism workshopApril 08, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Joseph Barndt, former executive director of the Chicago-based Crossroads Ministry, an interfaith and community-based anti-racism training organization, will visit SU April 10 with colleague Pakou Her to conduct…

SPIRE Committee proposes Center for Design InnovationMarch 04, 2003Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu The Academic Plan defines design as “a fundamental human activity encompassing the creation of products, buildings, and visual and sensory environments.” The plan recognizes that SU can become a world…

Discussion series on racism draws strong response from campus communityJanuary 27, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu In his book “Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America” (Augsburg Press, 1991), Joseph Barndt writes of how racism permeates not only individual attitudes, but…

Syracuse University’s i-Launch Pad makes high-speed connections in Central New York and abroadMay 02, 2002Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Partnership with Buffalo-based Atlantic Corridor spurs international project The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University grabbed international headlines in March when U.S. Sen….