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Syracuse University goes public with the largest fundraising campaign in its 137-year history; total of $509,283,799 already committed toward $1 billion goalNovember 02, 2007Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University today launched the public phase of the most ambitious capital campaign in the…

Chronicle of child soldier chosen as Syracuse University’s 2008 Shared Reading titleOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah has been selected as the title for the 2008 Syracuse University Shared…

For students, innovative internships are a crucial highlight of the SU experienceOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Syracuse University student Stuart Angus stood before the international scientific community this past summer in Granada, Spain, to present his research on Myxococcus xanthus….

eProfessors/ePractitioners partner for entrepreneurship projectsOctober 30, 2007Eileen Jevisejevis@uc.syr.edu Professors and practitioners have been chosen to launch the first projects for “Enitiative” — the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative — which connects campus and community organizations by providing entrepreneurship grants to fund…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder visits Syracuse on Nov. 6 as part of The University Lectures seriesOctober 30, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Tracy Kidder, author of “Mountains Beyond Mountains” (Random House, 2004), Syracuse University’s 2007 Shared Reading Program selection and the…

iSchool secures grant to fund five future library professorsOctober 23, 2007Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (iSchool) has received an $885,600 grant from the Laura Bush 21st Century Library Program, funded by the Institute of…

Syracuse University researchers develop, patent promising oral insulin for treatment of diabetesOctober 22, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Syracuse University researchers have designed, tested and patented a new method of oral insulin delivery that can potentially help reduce daily insulin injections for millions…

Wilmots give gift of $6 million to Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science October 22, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu A Syracuse University trustee and alumnus and his wife have made a $6 million gift to the University…

‘Rising Star’ Bradley Fitch to perform in first Malmgren Concert of the season on Nov. 4 at Syracuse UniversityOctober 22, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Organist Bradley Fitch will kick off the 2007-08 Esther Drake and John Vincent Malmgren Concert Series at…

McNair Program receives funding for additional 5 years October 22, 2007Susan Feightnersfeightn@syr.edu The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program at Syracuse University was recently awarded funding for an additional five years by the U.S. Department of Education. SU’s application received…