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Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…

STEM

Small Named Co-Editor of School Library Research Journal

Wednesday, July 17, 2013, By J.D. Ross

Ruth Small, a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named co-editor of the American Association of School Librarians’ peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research (SLR). Small will share editing duties with…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ted Junko Wins Bronze International Design Excellence Award

Monday, July 15, 2013, By Erica Blust

Ted Junko, a part-time instructor of industrial and interaction design (IID) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design, won a bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Junko, who…

Undergraduate Leadership Award Named After Bennett ’10, G’12

Monday, July 15, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The Undergraduate Leadership Award, presented yearly at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) Convocation, has been named in honor of iSchool alumna Katie Bennett ’10, G’12, who passed away in late June. SIDEARM Sports, a company founded and led by Associate…

Light Work Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Works of 40 Artists

Friday, July 12, 2013, By News Staff

Light Work is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition “40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection,” featuring work by artists Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal…

Veterans

ADA Anniversary Tool Kit: Celebrating 23rd Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

Thursday, July 11, 2013, By News Staff

Celebrations of the July 26, 1990, signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 22-28. The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008…

Hillel’s Brian Small Selected for Hillel’s Executive Training Program

Thursday, July 11, 2013, By News Staff

Brian Small, interim executive director at Hillel at Syracuse University, is among nine professionals chosen to participate in the newest cohort of Weinberg ACCELERATE: Hillel’s Executive Training Program with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Chosen from a large…

World-Class Guest Artists to Teach at Summer Dance Intensive

Wednesday, July 10, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

Troy Powell, artistic director of Ailey II American Dance Theater, and Diana White, artistic director at the Scarsdale Ballet Studio, will be teaching dance classes at the Summer Dance Intensive Program at Syracuse University. The dance intensive is offered through…

Campus & Community

Tune In for Health Care Talk

Tuesday, July 9, 2013, By News Staff

Thomas Dennison, professor of public practice and international affairs at the Maxwell School, joins Gary Fitzgerald, president and CEO of Iroquois Healthcare Alliance and Arthur Vercillo, president of the central New York region of Excellus, in a WRVO public media…

Janklow Arts Leadership Program Increasing in Size, Diversity

Monday, July 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Welcoming its second student cohort this summer, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program has acquired a reputation for academic rigor and selectivity and has established an international presence.