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Award-winning National Geographic photographer to visit Newhouse Feb. 2

Monday, January 23, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host documentary photographer Gerd Ludwig on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available…

ABC’s Marco Forte ’95, Mitch Messinger ’92, G’93 to visit SU

Thursday, January 19, 2012, By Kim Infanti

The Alumni Speaker Series will kick off the spring semester with Marco Forte ’95, vice president of primetime sales for ABC Television Network, and Mitch Messinger ’92, G’93, publicity director for ABC Daytime and SOAPnet. Forte and Messinger will share…

SU Humanities Center appoints faculty fellows

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center has announced its internal faculty fellows for Spring 2012. They are Amy Kallander, assistant professor of history, as well as Rania Habib and Stefano Giannini, both assistant professors of languages, literatures and linguistics (LLL). The…

Motivational speaker Jon Vroman, SU alum Sean Haley ‘10 to keynote February’s Student Leadership Conference

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By News Staff

The first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Feb. 25 will feature motivational speaker Jon Vroman as its opening keynote speaker, and SU alumnus and medical student Sean Haley ’10 as its closing keynote speaker. The conference will take place…

SU Press publishes ‘Off the Beaten Path,’ stories of people around the world from ProLiteracy’s Ruth Colvin

Wednesday, January 11, 2012, By News Staff

From the Sunshine Coast of South Africa to a remote ashram in India, Ruth Colvin and her husband have traveled around the world, visiting 62 countries and providing literacy training in 26 developing countries. The founder of Literacy Volunteers of…

Media, Law & Policy

New endowed chair will support journalism innovation in Newhouse School

Wednesday, January 11, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new endowed chair in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will help lead the school’s continued efforts toward expanding teaching and innovation in digital and new media. The Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation will…

La Casita to feature work of Guatemala-born photographer

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, By News Staff

“The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala”

Five will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards at Jan. 21 celebration

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards will be presented to five members of the Syracuse University or greater Syracuse communities during Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of…

‘A Look at the 2012 Presidential Election’ at next session of IRP

Friday, January 6, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

At the Jan. 19 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP), Jeffrey Stonecash, a professor of political science at the Maxwell School, will provide his perspective on the 2012 election and the alternative realities of Democrats and Republicans. Stonecash…

Campus & Community

SU students tutor, mentor through Literacy Corps

Tuesday, January 3, 2012, By News Staff

Tutoring and mentoring through the Syracuse University Literacy Corps (SULC) is a unique, challenging and rewarding experience working with students in the Syracuse City School District to improve their literacy skills. This year, more than 244 tutors from SU at 50…