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STEM

Grant funds virtual SLS-public K-12 library book creation course

Monday, February 20, 2012, By J.D. Ross

A grant for a new course that uses technology to virtually connect School of Information Studies (iSchool) distance students with classes of Syracuse City School students with disabilities, so they can convey study plans and carry out hands-on projects, has…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville CEO Troy Tomlinson to speak via videoconference Feb. 21

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By Erica Blust

Troy Tomlinson, a 27-year publishing veteran who serves as president and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville, will speak via videoconference on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin…

Campus & Community

CAPES-Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Deadline approaches for 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship nominations.

Media, Law & Policy

Nabatchi publishes report on evaluating citizen participation

Monday, February 6, 2012, By News Staff

Tina Nabatchi, assistant professor of public administration in the Maxwell School, recently wrote “A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation,” a guide for government program managers to determine the success of their efforts to improve citizen participation. President Obama’s 2009…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Advisory Board member publishes book on Puerto Rico

Monday, February 6, 2012, By News Staff

A new book by Ángel Collado-Schwarz, a long-time Maxwell School Advisory Board member and SU Trustee, has been published by Syracuse University Press. In “Decolonization Models for America’s Last Colony: Puerto Rico,” Collado-Schwarz examines the more than century-old relationship between…

Public art and memory scholar James E. Young to speak Feb. 9

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Erica Blust

Scholar James E. Young, a distinguished university professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has written widely on public art, memorials and national memory, will speak at Syracuse University on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. as part of…

Soling students to celebrate writing, editing, designing, publishing a book—in one semester

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By News Staff

Proceeds from ‘Before Our Eyes: Inside the Changing World of Book Publishing’ to benefit ProLiteracy It is possible for a group of undergraduate students to write, edit, print, publish and market a book about the publishing industry all in one…

Arts & Culture

Communication and rhetorical studies faculty publish five new books

Friday, January 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts is celebrating the recent publication of five new books by its faculty. All titles are available online through the publisher or commercial bookseller. “Rhetoric, Remembrance,…

SU Press publishes ‘Off the Beaten Path,’ stories of people around the world from ProLiteracy’s Ruth Colvin

Wednesday, January 11, 2012, By News Staff

From the Sunshine Coast of South Africa to a remote ashram in India, Ruth Colvin and her husband have traveled around the world, visiting 62 countries and providing literacy training in 26 developing countries. The founder of Literacy Volunteers of…

Kane joins Syracuse University as associate vice president of public relations

Tuesday, January 3, 2012, By News Staff

Erin Martin Kane has been named associate vice president for public relations at Syracuse University. The appointment, made by Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, is effective Jan. 3. A resident of Pittsford, N.Y., Kane most recently served…