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Design students to propose ways to reuse former Tupper Lake factory
This semester the industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design challenged its fourth-year students to envision a creative new use for the former Oval Wood Dish (OWD) factory in Tupper Lake, N.Y.
Maxwell’s Henry Lambright penning history of Mars exploration program for NASA
As a graduate student at Columbia University in the early 1960s, Henry Lambright immersed himself in government and political science studies only to discover that his true passion lay a bit farther afield—in outer space.
Irving Berlin’s musical ‘White Christmas’ delivers romance, comedy, holiday cheer
The title song alone is a celebration and a reminder of a time when the simplest pleasures mattered most and having a big heart was genuinely considered a virtue. Two successful showmen join forces to help out their old army…
$1 million gift to Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies makes Sims Hall renovations a reality
A walk down the hallways of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) on the first floor of Sims Hall reveals the unmistakable sights and smells of a freshly completed makeover: crisp paint, new carpeting and a lighter, brighter…
BBI receives MarCom Awards for 2012 magazine, new website
The 2012 issue of Snapshots of Impact, the annual magazine of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has received a Platinum Award in the MarCom Awards competition. The Platinum Award recognizes the magazine as one of the most…
Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities
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…
From atoms to satellites
Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….
BBI’s Southeast ADA Center creates guide for veterans: ‘Know Your Employment Rights Under the ADA’
The Southeast ADA Center (a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University) and its Kentucky affiliate, MLM Associates, have created an employment rights guide for veterans with disabilities. The guide includes practical information to help veterans with disabilities…
‘Positions of Dissent’ lecture on New American Poetry by Lytle Shaw planned
Lytle Shaw, associate professor of English at New York University, will present a lecture entitled “Olson’s Archives: From Cosmology to Discourse in New American Poetry” on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the…
2012 United Way campaign under way
Syracuse University has launched campus-wide activities and events to support the 2012 United Way Campaign, which will run through the end of the calendar year. In October, a pledge card with a message from Chancellor Cantor was sent to all…