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Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’
Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from…
Whitman names winners in semiannual student Capstone Competition
Sixty-three student teams representing more than 300 Whitman seniors competed in the semiannual Capstone Business Plan Competition held Dec. 9-10 at the Whitman School of Management. At the conclusion of both the fall and spring semesters, Whitman’s Department of Entrepreneurship…
Burton Blatt Institute develops Employer Resources for incorporating people with disabilities into the workplace
Employer Resources, developed by the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University under its Employer Demand Project, are now available online. The Employer Demand briefs and toolkit are designed to provide employers with resources on incorporating people with disabilities into…
iSchool and Microsoft partner on social networking experiment
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Microsoft Corporation announce a partnership to better understand how Microsoft’s new social software So.cl can be used with students who have grown up with social software, study information science and design communication tools. So.cl…
Newhouse public relations faculty team with Cision to examine social media usage
More than 70 percent of online media journalists and other content contributors now interact with public relations professionals through popular social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, according to a 2011 survey of North American online media conducted by…
Fitzgibbons, Hurst-Wahl nominated for WISE Instructor of the Year
Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members have been nominated for Instructor of the Year awards by the web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium.
It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…
SU’s South Side Innovation Center receives support to train entrepreneurs for clean energy sector
New program to put residents of Syracuse’s South Side and others on career pathway to employability and entrepreneurship The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced today that it is providing funding to Syracuse University’s South Side…
Stripling recognized by Caroline Kennedy for school library work
Barbara Stripling, incoming professor of library science at the iSchool, was recognized in a speech by Caroline Kennedy.
Whitman honors Indiana University professor as 2011 Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar
Patricia P. McDougall, director of international business and William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, has been named the 2011 Falcone Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises at the…