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Kaplan named CPB ombudsman
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has named Joel Kaplan as its new ombudsman, effective June 1. Kaplan is responsible for reinforcing objectivity, balance, fairness and transparency within public media.
SU-SIFE helps local businesses ‘go green’
The local business community is now a little more sustainable thanks to a new green business certification program that received support from nearly two dozen Syracuse University student volunteers. Eight businesses graduated from the Green Core Company program on May…
School of Education’s Dotger receives NSF award to design and test clinical simulations for the preparation of math and science teachers
Benjamin H. Dotger, assistant professor in Teaching and Leadership Programs in the School of Education, has been awarded a $449,898 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project titled “The Science and Mathematics Simulated Interaction Model (SIM).” The…
Thirty-ninth annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition to be presented by The Links Inc., Community Folk Art Center
The Syracuse chapter of The Links Inc. and the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) will be hosting the 39th annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition from May 24 through June 4. A closing reception and awards presentation will be held at CFAC,…
South Side Innovation Center announces 2011 Chase Business Plan Challenge
The 2011 Chase Business Plan Challenge will take place on Friday, May 20, beginning at 6 p.m. at the South Side Innovation Center (SSIC), 2610 S. Salina St., Syracuse. The competition will occur during graduation ceremonies for SSIC clients who…
SyracuseCoE announces $200,000 in TAD awards to four Upstate companies
The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) today announced that four Upstate New York companies have received a total of $200,000 in the fourth round of Technology Application and Demonstration (TAD 2011) awards. These demonstration projects are designed to improve air…
SU faculty collaborate with Willow Field Elementary May 19 to host public research lesson
Faculty from the Syracuse University Department of Science Teaching have partnered with the teachers and administration of Willow Field Elementary in Liverpool to explore a process called “lesson study.” Their efforts will culminate this Thursday, May 19, at 6 p.m….
Remarks by J. Craig Venter at Syracuse University’s 157th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 114th Commencement
Thank you, Chancellor Cantor, for a very warm introduction. I wish you’d told me that I was going to be following the mascot. Chancellor Cantor, trustees, faculty, students: thank you for allowing me to come here to address you for your…
‘The Clean House’ premieres at Syracuse Stage
Matilde (pronounced Ma-chil-gee) has a problem: she’s a cleaning lady who doesn’t like to clean. She’d rather think up the perfect joke. Now that her parents (once the funniest people in Brazil) are dead—her mother died laughing—she is the funniest…
Sociologist explores impact of Sullivan-Clinton Campaign on Native American, New York history
The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, the largest military offensive ever against the Haudenosaunee (“People of the Longhouse”), is the subject of a multimedia presentation by Robert Spiegelman in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Spiegelman will discuss “New York’s Missing Link:…