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Award-winning author to lead Feb. 25 College of Law event honoring legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Syracuse University College of Law Black Law Students Association (BLSA) has organized a Black History Month program that pays tribute to the legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African American member of…

Exhibition from the Breuer archives at Syracuse Architecture

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By News Staff

The exhibition “Marcel Breuer and Postwar America” opened on Feb. 15 in the Slocum Gallery at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. The show was curated by Syracuse architecture students as part of a seminar on the Bauhaus architect taught…

Health & Society

Syracuse VA manager to address health care at Feb. 17 IRP

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Bill Hoffman, member services manager for the Syracuse VA Medical Center, will speak at the Thursday, Feb. 17, meeting of the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP). Hoffman will discuss programs that are available to veterans, as well as soldiers returning…

Real JOBS NY assists people with psychiatric disabilities find sustainable employment

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By News Staff

For Jill Shepherd, who has battled depression and alcoholism, overcoming the barriers that stood in her way to finding a job seemed like an impossible task. When conventional methods of obtaining employment did not work, Shepherd enrolled in the Real…

Nonprofit and government organizations to recruit SU students Feb. 25

Wednesday, February 16, 2011, By News Staff

Does a career with the FBI or the U.S. Secret Service interest you? How about Teach For America, City Year or The Peace Corps? Nationally, government and nonprofit hiring shows promise, so we are bringing these coveted employment opportunities to…

Former iSchool dean’s spirit lives on with $1.7 million pledged

Tuesday, February 15, 2011, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has announced that monies pledged over the past three years for the Raymond F. von Dran Fund have now been dedicated to the Student Startup Accelerator. The late Raymond F. von Dran, dean of…

Students take control of innovation, entrepreneurship at Emerging Talk 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011, By News Staff

There is no shortage of creative students with innovative, entrepreneurial ideas. Whether you’re in the Panasci Lounge at the Schine Student Center, or waiting in line at Starbucks, you can hear students talking about the “What ifs” and realizing that “I…

SU in the News: Friday, February 11, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The New York Daily News featured SU football great Ernie Davis in a profile of African American firsts. Davis is recognized for being the first African American to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy, in 1961….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, February 11

Friday, February 11, 2011, By News Staff

David Cay Johnston of the College of Law leads New York Times Q-and-A on new personal tax laws

iSchool’s Venkatesh bridging civic engagement in South Africa, Syracuse

Wednesday, February 9, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies Associate Professor Murali Venkatesh presented a paper at the colloquium “Conceptualizing the Integration of Teaching and Learning, Research, and Community Engagement” on Nov. 24 at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa…