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iSchool’s Venkatesh bridging civic engagement in South Africa, Syracuse

Wednesday, February 9, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies Associate Professor Murali Venkatesh presented a paper at the colloquium “Conceptualizing the Integration of Teaching and Learning, Research, and Community Engagement” on Nov. 24 at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa…

Burton Blatt Institute hosts research seminars with disability rights scholars from United States, Israel, Japan

Tuesday, February 8, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will host a series of seminars this month, part of the ongoing opportunities for researchers affiliated with BBI to present on research relative to their area of expertise with impact for people…

Syracuse University Library receives grant from Dana Foundation to process William Safire papers

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has received a grant of $86,000 from the Dana Foundation to process recently acquired personal papers of the late William Safire. Safire, the Pulitzer prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times and former Nixon speechwriter, passed…

Campus & Community

Check calendar for cancellations

Tuesday, February 1, 2011, By News Staff

Several campus events have been cancelled because of severe weather.

Boston-area alumni and friends join forces, raising $1 million for The Campaign for Syracuse University

Monday, January 31, 2011, By Veronica Hotaling

Thonis Challenge exceeded by $150,000 Thanks to the leadership of the Boston Regional Council, Syracuse University Trustee Mike Thonis’ inspirational challenge and the loyalty of Boston-area alumni and friends, The Campaign for Syracuse University’s first regional campaign closed out 2010…

Jonathan Katz to lecture on controversial exhibition, censorship Feb. 7

Friday, January 28, 2011, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work, Hendricks Chapel and the LGBT Resource Center have announced a Feb. 7 lecture by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of the important Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.” The talk will take place at…

Students, faculty explore business, cultural implications of Super Bowl in new course offering

Friday, January 28, 2011, By Michele Barrett

A new course, “The Super Bowl and Society,” debuted in the College of Human Ecology this semester.  With enrollment of more than 100 students, SPM 199 explores the evolution and strategic brilliance that has allowed a football game to become a…

SRC provides $5 million community matching gift to Say Yes to Education Syracuse—largest single external gift the program has ever received

Saturday, January 22, 2011, By News Staff

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…

Campus & Community

Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions begins 13th year

Friday, January 21, 2011, By News Staff

Nina-Marie Lister, associate professor, urban and regional planning, Ryerson University, Toronto, and visiting associate professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, will launch this year’s Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series.

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Burton Blatt Institute hosts seminar on rheumatoid arthritis

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

Inspired by aunt’s battle, Professor Rebecca Bader’s research focuses on improving lives of those with RA Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, afflicting approximately 1 percent of the population and causing a significant financial and…