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Whitman School to hold 63rd Salzberg Memorial Program
On Thursday, Oct. 18, the Whitman School of Management will host the 63rd Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Program, a celebration of achievements in supply chain management. This year’s recipients of the prestigious Salzberg Medallion are Mike Haverty, executive chairman of…
Dialing in on the debate
As political pundits decide which of the presidential candidates won Tuesday night’s town hall style debate, Frank Biocca already knows. “We can see immediately in the dials,” Biocca says, “when a candidate is doing badly.” He’s not referring to television…
Lunchtime Lectures: TONY 2012
“Lunchtime Lectures: TONY 2012” will feature a gallery talk by Associate Director and Curator of Collections David Prince. This gallery talk will focus on the community -wide exhibition “The Other New York: 2012,” presented at 14 Syracuse arts venues. The…
Imagining America launches web series, ‘The New Activists: Students in the Community’
“The New Activists: Students in the Community” is Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life’s (IA’s) new web series of short videos profiling high school, undergraduate and graduate students who are tapping their creativity and knowledge to address pressing…
Alumna to present on the art of African American cooking
Syracuse University alumna Patricia E. Clark ’89, G ’93 vividly remembers the sights, sounds and smells of the fried chicken dinners the women in her church packaged up and sold to help pay the rent and other church expenses.“We would…
Agency Group VP Peter Schwartz ’90 to speak Oct. 18
Peter Schwartz ’90, a vice president and head of urban music at the Agency Group in New York, as well as an agent representing his own roster of musical talent, will give a talk on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 6:45…
NSF grant funds study on barriers to smart grid technology adoption
If existing, readily available smart grid technologies are beneficial to utility companies, their customers and the environment as a whole, why aren’t utilities adopting them? That’s the question three School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members will probe with a…
SU alumnus named a National Book Award finalist
Syracuse University alumnus Steve Sheinkin ’90 has been named a finalist in the Young People’s Literature category of the 2012 National Book Awards. A former international relations major in The College of Arts and Sciences, Sheinkin was nominated for “Bomb:…
Rhodes, Heyman to present Setnor School of Music faculty recital Oct. 26
Violinist Harumi Rhodes and pianist Steven Heyman, both faculty members in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a recital on Friday, Oct. 26, at 8…
‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP
The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…