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iSchool and Effat University Sign Cooperative Academic Agreement

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By Diane Stirling

A large and welcoming contingent of students, faculty, staff and officials from Syracuse University and its School of Information Studies (iSchool) greeted Effat University leaders and guests, including members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for…

‘Dark Girls: The Story of Color, Gender and Race’

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By News Staff

Documentary to be screened March 21 “Dark Girls: The Story of Color, Gender and Race” will be screened at 6 p.m. March 21 in Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. The screening will be followed by a discussion, featuring the film’s co-director…

IVMF Appoints SU Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Thompson G’67, Harvard’s Linda J. Bilmes to Advisory Board

Thursday, February 28, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced the appointment of two new members to its external advisory board. They are chairman of the SU Board of Trustees Richard L. Thompson G’67, senior counsel, Patton Boggs LLP;…

Five to Be Honored With Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, By News Staff

Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Monday, April 1.

Campus & Community

De Berly Presents at AIEA Conference

Tuesday, February 26, 2013, By News Staff

Senior Associate Dean at University College Geraldine de Berly presented a session on “Challenges and Strategies for Success in Working with Saudi Arabian Students and Universities” at the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Annual Conference Feb. 17-20 in New…

International Concert Organist Gail Archer to Perform March 5

Monday, February 25, 2013, By Erica Blust

Program will celebrate international women composers International concert organist Gail Archer will present the concert “The Muse’s Voice: A Celebration of International Women Composers” on Tuesday, March 5, at 8 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and…

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…

Syracuse University to Launch LGBTQ Alumni Alliance in Boston on Feb. 21

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

All Boston-area SU alumni are invited to attend a reception to learn more about the newly created Syracuse University LGBTQ Alumni Alliance on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave., Boston. Those attending will have…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Dotger Wins AACTE Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) Article Award to Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the School of Education. The award recognizes exemplary scholarship…

Campus & Community

Disabilities as Ways of Knowing—A Series of Creative Writing Conversations: Part II

Friday, February 15, 2013, By News Staff

The Disability Experience and Poetic Verse Reading by Poets Jim Ferris, Laurie Clements Lambeth, and Stephen Kuusisto March 28 Reading 7-8 p.m. at Watson Theater Reception and book signing from 8-9 p.m. at Light Work Jim Ferris, Laurie Clements Lambeth…