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Coplin authors article on making high school instruction more skills-friendly

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

Professor Bill Coplin, director of the public affairs program in the Maxwell School, has coauthored an article “Skills for Career, College and Citizenship: Five Steps to Improve High School Education.”

Arts & Culture

‘Many Faiths One Humanity’ participants to share contemplative videos April 25

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In March, a diverse group of 11 Syracuse University students—Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, undecided and hyphenated combinations thereof—traveled to London for “Many Faiths, One Humanity,” an interfaith study experience and experiment in religious pluralism. Interlaced among the experiences were…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University joins ranks of sustainability leaders by achieving Climate Registered status

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

Measuring its carbon footprint is the first step toward reducing it Syracuse University became one of the first educational institutions—and the first private university—in North America to achieve Climate Registered™ status by successfully measuring its carbon footprint according to the…

Health & Society

Ethiopia trip provides Syracuse University audiology student opportunity to ‘pay it forward’

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

“Do you want to go to Ethiopia?” The question came during a winter break phone call to Caithlin MacNeil, a second-year audiology graduate student, from a faculty member she had recently worked with on a research project. The phone call…

Campus & Community

44 Stars celebration recognizes students, student organizations

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

The Office of Student Activities presented “The 44 Stars of Excellence Gala & Celebration,” sponsored by Macy’s and Bloomingdales, on Tuesday, April 19, in the Goldstein Auditorium. Hosts Mehegan Murphy and Aaron Hudson conducted an exciting evening filled with dinner,…

Arts & Culture

SU Showcase to present Big Tree concert April 27

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

The indie pop band Big Tree will play at Syracuse University’s Jabberwocky Café in the Schine Student Center at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 27. This free, general admission concert is part of a weeklong schedule of events leading up to SU…

Campus & Community

SU Warehouse site of EPA announcement: Syracuse, Onondaga County named one of 10 top green communities in nation

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By News Staff

Before a standing-room-only crowd at Syracuse University’s Warehouse, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County one of 10 top green communities in the nation. “It’s an amazing vision,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe,…

Campus & Community

SU improves conflict-of-interest reporting

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By News Staff

To improve transparency and accountability in Syracuse University’s business transactions, employment practices and relationships with external parties, SU is instituting a new way to facilitate disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) for all full-time and regular part-time faculty and…

Media, Law & Policy

Finalists announced in fifth annual Mirror Awards

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Winners will be announced at awards luncheon June 7 in New York City Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the fifth annual Mirror Awards competition. The competition drew over 200 entries. Finalists, chosen…

Media, Law & Policy

Two Newhouse School alumnae win Pulitzer Prizes for journalism

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two graduates of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications – Nikki Kahn G’04 and Paloma Esquivel G’06 – have been named 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners. Kahn was part of a team of three photographers from The Washington Post…