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Syracuse University’s Winter Carnival 2008 features events to celebrate spirit of winter season

Monday, February 4, 2008, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Winter Carnival 2008 features events to celebrate spirit of winter seasonFebruary 04, 2008Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Need a cure for the wintertime blues? Syracuse University’s Winter Carnival, to be held Feb. 21-24 on the SU campus, is just the…

Meredith Professor Ruth Small joins governor’s task force on information literacy

Monday, February 4, 2008, By News Staff

Meredith Professor Ruth Small joins governor’s task force on information literacyFebruary 04, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Meredith Professor Ruth Small, who has been with Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) since 1989, recently was appointed to the Governor’s Information Literacy…

Donald J. Western joins Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development

Thursday, January 31, 2008, By News Staff

Donald J. Western joins Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic DevelopmentJanuary 31, 2008Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Donald J. Western, director of economic development for Onondaga County, has been appointed executive director of community engagement and economic development at Syracuse…

Newhouse School to remember David Ifshin, student activists of 1960s and ’70s, in First Amendment Year event

Thursday, January 31, 2008, By News Staff

Newhouse School to remember David Ifshin, student activists of 1960s and ’70s, in First Amendment Year eventJanuary 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, as part of its yearlong celebration of the First Amendment, will…

Television writer/producer to visit SU’s Newhouse School Feb. 12

Thursday, January 31, 2008, By News Staff

Television writer/producer to visit SU’s Newhouse School Feb. 12January 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Television writer and producer Alison Taylor will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Feb. 12, as part of the school’s Leaders in…

Circuit Court Judge Joanne F. Alper ’72 to speak as part of IJPM lecture series ‘Law, Politics and the Media’ Feb. 6

Wednesday, January 30, 2008, By News Staff

Circuit Court Judge Joanne F. Alper ’72 to speak as part of IJPM lecture series ‘Law, Politics and the Media’ Feb. 6 January 30, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Joanne F. Alper ’72, a judge serving on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of…

Winners of Governors Island design competition lecture at The Warehouse

Wednesday, January 30, 2008, By News Staff

Winners of Governors Island design competition lecture at The WarehouseJanuary 30, 2008Mary Kate O’Brienmcobrien@syr.edu Architects Robert Rogers and Jonathan Marvel of New York-based firm Rogers Marvel Architects (RMA) will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Wednesday, Feb….

Global disability and poverty efforts get key boost from agreement between SU’s Burton Blatt Institute and World Bank

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, By News Staff

Global disability and poverty efforts get key boost from agreement between SU’s Burton Blatt Institute and World BankJanuary 29, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu A promising new collaboration between the World Bank and Syracuse University could spur global efforts to reduce poverty…

iSchool club launches program to assist women in IT training

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, By News Staff

iSchool club launches program to assist women in IT trainingJanuary 29, 2008Kristen Blake For years, women have supported themselves and their families by working from home. But it was only after working closely with a student who prepared medical transcriptions…

Moroccan journalist to receive Newhouse’s Tully Award

Tuesday, January 29, 2008, By News Staff

Moroccan journalist to receive Newhouse’s Tully AwardJanuary 29, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Aboubakr Jamai, a Moroccan investigative journalist whose reporting led to a jail sentence, near financial ruin and forced exile from his country, will receive the first annual Tully Center…