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Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by Librarians Everywhere) has launched a training website, made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Librarians and other educators can freely access the self-paced…

Campus & Community

President Obama appoints Suzanne Thorin to National Institute of Museum and Library Services board

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Suzanne E. Thorin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at Syracuse University, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Museum and Library Services Board.

Campus & Community

Nov. 30–‘Re-Enchanting Humanity: Building the Story for a Sustainable Future’

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Friday, Nov. 30, 10:40 a.m. Global Collaboratory, 060 Eggers Hall On Nov. 28-30, nearly 50 visionary leaders representing diverse ideologies and disciplines will gather to engage in a dialog, telling the stories of our civilization and searching for a shared…

Campus & Community

Nov. 29–‘Re-Enchanting Humanity: An Evening of Stories and Music for Sustainability’

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Nov. 29, 7-8:30 p.m., Maxwell Auditorium (with open reception in Maxwell Foyer at 6 p.m.) Nearly 50 visionary leaders representing diverse ideologies and disciplines will gather at Syracuse University to engage in a dialog, telling the stories of our civilization…

Campus & Community

iSchool Graduate Student Organization hosts book drive

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) Graduate Student Organization (ISGO) is holding a book drive to benefit the Hive Colab in Kampala, Uganda. As a global collaborator and information advocate, the iSchool has teamed up with the Hive Colab to…

Campus & Community

Tools and tips for analyzing social media using the So.cl research dataset

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff

Analyzing social media may be a daunting task, given its overwhelming size and messy, unstructured nature. Further, for those new to analyzing social behavior in online systems, there are any number of pitfalls that make it challenging to find the…

Campus & Community

Drumlins open for holiday parties

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff
Campus & Community

Can you spell I-N-T-E-G-R-I-T-Y?

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff

University College of Syracuse University was one of a dozen companies and organizations in Syracuse to participate in the Corporate Volunteer Council’s annual dictionary day. Every third grade student in the Syracuse City School district received a dictionary as part…

Arts & Culture

SU Brass Ensemble rings in the holiday season

Monday, November 19, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), housed in The College of Arts and Sciences and conducted by James T. Spencer, continues its 2012-13 season with three holiday concerts. Performances are Sunday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. at Saints Peter and…

Veterans

Syracuse veteran-owned Iron Art partners with IVMF, Warrior Salute/CDS Monarch, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Nov. 23 benefit slated A pair of Syracuse “vetrepreneurs”—U.S. Army National Guardsmen Specialist Brian Kennedy and 1st Lt. Jason Uhlig, veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom most recently deployed to Afghanistan with the Syracuse-based 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Brigade—are…