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Teach For America founder to speak about the state of public education Jan. 31January 23, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Wendy Kopp, president and founder of Teach For America, as well as the keynote speaker at the 1992 Syracuse…

Spina appointed vice chancellor and provost at Syracuse UniversityJanuary 18, 2007Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Eric F. Spina has been appointed Syracuse University’s vice chancellor and provost by Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor, following the recommendation by the Vice Chancellor Search Committee…

Holocaust historian to explore role of teaching in Nazi Germany for SOE Centennial Lecture SeriesJanuary 18, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Among the many lessons of the Holocaust, perhaps one of the most disturbing is the complicity of people from all segments of…

Syracuse University announces recipients of 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes AwardsJanuary 12, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Syracuse University Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has selected the recipients of the 2007 Unsung Heroes Awards. The awards are presented…

Explorer Wade Davis shares insights, images about vanishing cultures in next University Lectures presentation, Feb. 28 January 04, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Wade Davis, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, has made a career of visiting some of the most remote…

Kauffman Foundation awards $3 million to Syracuse University and its partners to take Scholarship in Action to next levelDecember 14, 2006Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today awarded Syracuse University a five-year, $3-million grant that will allow SU,…

Syracuse University student starts Teddy Bears for Hope to aid children in need of comfortDecember 13, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Many people can recall a special teddy bear or stuffed animal from their childhood that was a reliable source of comfort and…

School of Ed alumnus named Gallaudet interim president December 13, 2006Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University alumnus Robert Davila G’72 has been named interim president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Davila, 74, a nationally known deaf leader, returned from retirement to…

Smithsonian Institution exhibition to include design of Syracuse Center of Excellence headquarters buildingDecember 08, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The design of the headquarters building for the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (Syracuse CoE) has been selected for…

Winkler tells tale of ambivalence, discord through 17th-century theatrical musicDecember 05, 2006Roxanna Carpenterrocarpen@syr.edu Disorder provides fertile ground for Amanda Eubanks Winkler’s scholarship, so much that while examining a favorite topic — early English music and society — she needed to…