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iSchool/Center for Digital Literacy Awarded National Leadership Grant
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and its Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) have been awarded a National Leadership Grant for $190,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The two-year grant, titled “Investigating Self-Determination Variables in Summer…
Endowed gift expands neuroscience program in The College of Arts and Sciences
Sandra J. Hewett appointed inaugural Bishop Professor Beverly Petterson Bishop ’44 and Charles Bishop ’42, G’44 graduated from Syracuse University in 1944, she with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he a master’s degree in chemistry. They went on to earn…
‘Food, Inc.’ documentary screening to be held Sept. 29
The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be showing the Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature film, “Food, Inc.,” on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open to the…
Muslim, feminist, First Amendment advocate Asma Uddin to share experiences
Asma T. Uddin, a Muslim, feminist and First Amendment advocate, will share her work on both Muslim gender issues and religious freedom for people of all faith traditions during a luncheon discussion at Hendricks Chapel on Monday, Oct. 3. The…
SU in the News: Monday, September 26
NPR’s Fresh Air interviews Arts and Sciences’ Dana Spiotta on her new novel, “Stone Arabia”
Syracuse University receives designation as Economic Development Administration University Center
Syracuse University has received a $500,000 award from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the designation as an EDA University Center. The award is aimed at igniting innovation and accelerating entrepreneurship, and launching student ventures throughout upstate…
‘Koppel-Langella: One on One’ to air Sept. 29 on PBS
“Koppel-Langella: One on One,’’ the conversation between Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Frank Langella ’59 and former “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel ’60, H’82, is set to air at 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, on WCNY channels 24.1 and 24.4…
SU Drama to present pro-union classic ‘The Cradle Will Rock’
Here’s how Marc Blitzstein described his 1937 musical: “a labor opera composed in a style that falls somewhere between realism, romance, vaudeville, comic strip, Gilbert & Sullivan, Brecht and agitprop [agitation and propaganda].” In other words, it has great laughs,…
Syracuse Center of Excellence earns highest LEED certification
The SyracuseCoE was designed to exemplify the highest level of LEED standards.
SU in the News: Thursday, September 22
NPR quotes Maxwell School’s Len Burman on the federal tax rate for capital gains and dividends