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Two VPA students win Disney Imagineering’s ImagiNations competition

Monday, June 23, 2008, By News Staff

Erica Blust315 443 5891 Lauren Baldesarra ’09 and Jason Christopher Yeadon’09, communications design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Art and Design, have won the first place and best in show awards of the…

Williams, Roberts, Carlson, Borowitz to take part in Mirror Awards luncheon June 23

Friday, June 20, 2008, By News Staff

Wendy S. Loughlin315 443 2785 The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will hold the second annual Mirror Awards luncheon honoring excellence in media industry reporting on Monday, June 23 from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Rainbow Room…

Center for Natural Language Processing appoints new interim director

Wednesday, June 18, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 The Center for Natural Language Processing in Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies has named information studies professor Kevin Crowston as interim director. He replaces assistant research professor Anne Diekema, who has served in the…

Syracuse religion, philosophy professor wins book-of-the-year award

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, By News Staff

Rob Enslin315 443 3403 John D. Caputo, the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Humanities and professor of philosophy at Syracuse University, is the recipient of a prestigious ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award. Caputo’s book, “What Would…

Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor honored by Carnegie Corporation with national Academic Leadership Award, $500,000 grant

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin C. Quinn315 443 8338 Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor has been named one of two recipients–along with Robert J. Birgeneau, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley–of the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award, which celebrates outstanding…

Ping Zhang appointed senior editor of JAIS

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 Syracuse University School of Information Studies associate professor Ping Zhang has been named a senior editor of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), beginning July 1. She will serve a three-year term….

Mosko-Wozniak named director of community engagement and economic development at SU; Near Westside Initiative progress continues

Monday, June 16, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski315 443 5381 Throughout her career, Daniela Mosko-Wozniak has approached her work in developing and nurturing community art programs with a guiding principle–that art has the unique opportunity to connect and communicate globally. She will now apply this…

Math education doctoral student Levi Molenje named Project NExT fellow

Monday, June 9, 2008, By News Staff

Patrick Farrell315 443 5421 Levi Molenje, a doctoral student in Syracuse University’s Mathematics Education Program, has been selected as a Project NExT fellow for 2008-09. Project NExT is a professional development program of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The…

iSchool launches new professional doctorate program

Monday, June 9, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has launched a part-time executive doctoral program for highly qualified middle level managers looking to boost their careers. The Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information Management is a three-year…

University Senate designates 17 retiring faculty as emeriti

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, By News Staff

Cynthia J. Moritz315 443 9039 The University Senate voted to recognize 17 faculty members with emeritus status. The honorees were invited to accompany the Chancellor’s party during the 2008 Commencement ceremony. They are: Stanley Alten, professor in the S.I. Newhouse…