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Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League wins Tender Loving Care Award

Thursday, May 19, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The Preservation Association of Central New York (PACNY) awarded the Onondaga Citizens League and the Syracuse Downtown Committee its Tender Loving Care Award in recognition of the outstanding work on the Syracuse Downtown Living Tour. The Onondaga Citizens League is…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to expand in the Middle East

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By News Staff

SU to open headquarters in Dubai and create new opportunities for students Syracuse University has announced the expansion of its educational presence in the Arab Gulf. In June, an information center will open in Dubai, providing resources and background on…

Business & Economy

SyracuseCoE announces $200,000 in TAD awards to four Upstate companies

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

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…

Campus & Community

Case worker steers student up the hill to SU degree

Monday, May 16, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

At the age of 17, Oubon Phommanyrath was living on her own in the Salvation Army Transitional Apartments on Salina Street in Syracuse. Phommanyrath had fled from a physically and emotionally abusive home life at age 14, ending up on…

College of Law tradition continues with Res Ipsa Loquitur faculty honor

Monday, May 16, 2011, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The Class of 2011 awarded College of Law Professor Nina A. Kohn the Res Ipsa Loquitur Award at the May 13 Commencement ceremony. This award recognizes an outstanding member of the faculty for his or her service, scholarship and stewardship…

Campus & Community

Remarks by J. Craig Venter at Syracuse University’s 157th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 114th Commencement

Sunday, May 15, 2011, By News Staff

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…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed poet, disability rights advocate named director of SU’s Renée Crown University Honors Program

Wednesday, May 11, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Renée Crown University Honors Program, an all-University program administered by Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, announces the appointment of Stephen Kuusisto as its new director. Kuusisto is an accomplished poet, scholar and disability rights advocate who comes…

Arts & Culture

Boatwright tribute concert to be held May 21

Tuesday, May 10, 2011, By Erica Blust

A tribute concert to the late Howard and Helen Boatwright, both legends in American music and central figures in the history of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing…

Arts & Culture

Dahesh Museum of Art, Syracuse University open first exhibition in UAE in Dubai on June 18

Tuesday, May 10, 2011, By News Staff

Amira Zahid and the trustees of the Dahesh Museum of Art, along with Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor have announced the expansion of their arts partnership to include a month-long exhibition, “Reconnecting East and West: Islamic Ornament in 19th-Century Works…

Arts & Culture

Stone Canoe broadens scope, establishes new prize, assembles stellar group of editors for 2012 edition

Tuesday, May 10, 2011, By News Staff

Stone Canoe, A Journal of Art, Literature and Social Commentary, published by Syracuse University, has announced the new group of editors for its 2012 edition. “This is an incredible group of accomplished people,“ says Robert Colley, Stone Canoe executive editor,…