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Syracuse University pilots ‘Transfer Transition Team,’ innovating model for community college transfers
With a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Syracuse University is piloting a revolutionary new practice for transfer enrollment—combining academic advising with predictive financial aid modeling for community college students. This proposed new model is possible through the work…
SU in the News: Monday, May 23
Women’s Wear Daily reports on VPA NYC Gala 2011 honoring Vanessa Williams and Frank Bisignano
SU again featured in green colleges guidebook
Syracuse University is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The well-known education services company again selected SU for inclusion in the recently released second annual edition of its free downloadable…
BBI’s Marcia Scherer ’70 to receive mentor award from Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America
Marcia Scherer ’70, of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will receive the Sam McFarland Memorial Mentor Award from the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA). The award recognizes Scherer for having influenced, counseled and nurtured others…
Whitman hosts second annual African Business Conference
The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the second annual African Business Conference, sponsored by the Africa Business Program in the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies, through May 24. This year’s theme is “Entrepreneurship in Africa,”…
First Near Westside Initiative microloan to support new business creating eight jobs
The Near Westside Initiative (NWI) has approved its first microloan since launching an innovative micro-lending program in an effort to spur economic development on the Near Westside. The first loan, in the amount of $12,000, has been approved for the…
Bertini to receive Borlaug CAST Communication Award
Catherine Bertini, professor of practice in public administration, has been awarded the 2011 Borlaug CAST Communication Award by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). Established in 1986, the annual award honors Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug and Charles…
SU in the News: Friday, May 20
Expansion of SU educational presence in Persian Gulf covered by regional media
SU in the News: Thursday, May 19
USA Today quotes Newhouse School’s Robert Thompson on Starbucks and Lady Gaga
SU in the News: Wednesday, May 18
AP notes School of Education’s Vincent Tinto will keynote North Dakota University System Retention Summit