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New freshmen first-semester program to be inaugurated in FlorenceOctober 17, 2007Stephen Secorasmsecora@syr.edu Syracuse University is introducing a new study abroad opportunity that will offer a fall semester in Florence, Italy, to select first-semester freshmen enrolling in liberal arts majors. “Discovery…

SU study finds that online multiplayer video games create greater negative consequences — yet elicit greater enjoyment — than traditional video games among college student playersOctober 17, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Online video games with thousands of simultaneous players, such as…

SU London announces new support network for LGBT studentsOctober 15, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Syracuse University London has expanded its extracurricular programming with a new resource specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, and their straight allies. Faraday Pride, the…

Torres-Saillant, Van Gulick named Tolley ProfessorsOctober 11, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Silvio Torres-Saillant, associate professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Latino-Latin American Studies Program at Syracuse University, and Robert Van Gulick, department chair and…

Syracuse University in Florence exhibit examines anti-SemitismOctober 11, 2007Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu Syracuse University in Florence (SUF) has confirmed an agreement with the Foundation for Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milan to translate the texts (including images) for an exhibit titled “1938-1945: The…

Shhhh, it’s a secret…October 11, 2007Wendy Harris Mary Gilmore Smith (’29, G’38) will be 100 years old on Nov. 2. University College (UC) will honor her with a SURPRISE reception on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Drumlins Country Club. If you…

SU, SUNY-ESF to host on-campus farmers’ market Oct. 26October 11, 2007Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Long before there was a Hall of Languages or Crouse College or Bray Hall, the lands that now comprise Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science…

President, daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group speaks at Syracuse University Oct. 24October 10, 2007Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Brian Frons G’78 (Newhouse), president, daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group, will speak at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public…

iSchool at Syracuse researchers improving access to digital resourcesOctober 10, 2007Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Reading about Egyptian mummies or papyrus pales in comparison to seeing a sarcophagus or the ancient paper. Or simply knowing the local newspaper was first printed in…

iSchool at Syracuse researchers improve teachers’ ability to research lesson plans October 10, 2007Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Educators across the country face the challenge of teaching to the standards mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act and to meeting…