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Business & Economy

Whitman’s Harris to deliver keynote address at World Commodities Week in London

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will speak at the seventh annual World Commodities Week, Oct. 25-27 in London. The conference examines commodities investment, commodity trading and alternative investment strategies. Harris,…

Campus & Community

Persons named associate vice president of government and community relations

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Eric Persons has been named associate vice president of government and community relations at Syracuse University. The appointment, made by Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, was effective Sept. 26.  Persons will be responsible for developing and implementing the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 5

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse iSchool’s David Lankes quoted in Christian Science Monitor on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet

Arts & Culture

Urban ‘improvisationist’ Walter Hood to deliver Werner Seligmann lecture at Syracuse Architecture

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By Elaine Wackerow

Walter Hood, professor and former chair of the University of California, Berkeley Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Department, will deliver the Werner Seligmann lecture at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Slocum…

Campus & Community

Ernie Davis Hall to celebrate LEED Gold certification Oct. 10

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s newest and first “green” residence hall has been awarded LEED® Gold certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Ernie Davis Hall will celebrate this achievement with a…

Health & Society

Michael Bird to present ‘Health Disparities Among Native Americans’

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By Michele Barrett

A nationally recognized public speaker on Native American public health, health disparities and social justice, Michael E. Bird, will present a special lecture, “Health Disparities Among Native Americans,” on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. The free lecture, which is…

Arts & Culture

Hendricks Chapel to host informance by Pakistani qawwali ensemble Oct. 10

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will present “Caravanaserai: Music from Pakistan,” an informance by Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers on Monday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The informance—dialogue coupled with a sampling of music by one of Pakistan’s…

Campus & Community

SU Childcare Center teacher Fran Paige to sign her children’s book at LaFayette Apple Festival this weekend

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Fran Paige, assistant teacher at Syracuse University’s Early Education and Child Care Center (EECCC), will sign copies of her book, “Reagan McFagen,” at the LaFayette Apple Festival on Oct. 8 and 9. She will be located in Tent B.

Campus & Community

‘A Run For THEIR Life:’ The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Inaugural Run, Oct. 23

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, By News Staff

The inaugural “A Run For THEIR Life” event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 23.

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute receives $6.2 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to continue leadership of ADA Center in southeastern United States

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, By News Staff

The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has awarded the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University a $6.2 million, five-year grant to continue its leadership of the Atlanta-based Southeast ADA Center. Established in 1991…