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SU receives record number of applications for second year
Undergraduate applications to Syracuse University for fall 2011 are running 13 percent ahead of last year. This is the second year in a row that application numbers have reached record highs. Don Saleh, SU vice president for enrollment management,…
SRC provides $5 million community matching gift to Say Yes to Education Syracuse—largest single external gift the program has ever received
Syracuse becomes first ‘Say Yes to Education City’ in the nation At a Jan. 22 reception at the Central New York Philanthropy Center, officials from SRC, Inc.—formerly Syracuse Research Corporation—announced that the company is making a $5 million community matching…
Stone Canoe to have exhibition at XL Projects
A display of artwork from the fifth edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary, will be on display beginning Jan. 26 and run through Feb. 20 at the XL Projects Gallery, 307–313 S. Clinton St.,…
Maxwell’s Mehrzad Boroujerdi named president-elect of the International Society for Iranian Studies
The prestigious International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has named Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and founder-director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at SU, as its president-elect. He will assume the office in November 2012.
iSchool’s Scott Nicholson wins ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award
The Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee has selected Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson as this year’s recipient of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation award for his creative use of gaming and social media to attract more users to public libraries.
GE to select 60 SU students for exclusive leadership training series
General Electric has partnered with SU Career Services to present the sixth annual “Leadership At Work” series, a leadership development program that helps students at SU translate their campus leadership experience into the increasingly complex and diverse world of work….
VPA announces inaugural Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist
Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has named New York City-based artist Stephen Talasnik as its inaugural Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. The Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist Endowed Fund was established by Alpert, a 1945 alumna…
SU’s South Side Innovation Center awarded $85,000 grant from Chase
Job creation in Syracuse has received a major boost with an $85,000 grant from Chase to the South Side Innovation Center (SSIC). SSIC, the area’s leading small business incubator and training center, was launched by Syracuse University’s Whitman School of…
iSchool team wins best peer-reviewed paper at IDCC 2010
The honor of best peer-reviewed paper at the sixth annual International Digital Curation Conference was awarded to Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) doctoral students Youngseek Kim and Ben Addom, led by iSchool Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral…
iSchool’s Milton Mueller serves on leading tech panel ‘State of the Net Conference’
Syracuse University School of Information Studies Professor Milton Mueller was a featured panelist at the annual State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Congressional Internet Caucus, the conference brings together some of the most prominent technology…