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iSchool, AT&T, City of Syracuse Partner to Launch Civic Data Hackathon Focused on Snow Removal
The School of Information Studies (iSchool), AT&T and the City of Syracuse have announced the launch of a civic hackathon, Plowing Through the Data, powered by AT&T. The partnership between the iSchool, the city and AT&T is the second community-based hackathon in Syracuse…
Maxwell School to Host 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has been selected for the fifth consecutive year as an Institute Partner for the 2018 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, the Maxwell School will host 25 of…
Newhouse’s Annual Graphic Design Workshop to Support My Journey to Freedom Refugee Project
The fourth annual Pixels & Print Design Workshop, to be held Feb. 8-10 at the Newhouse School, will focus on the refugee experience in support of a new collaborative project, My Journey to Freedom. According to the United Nations High…
University Hosts Second Annual Sexual Health Awareness Month
Syracuse University’s Sexual Health Awareness Month, called Frisky February, is back for the second year. The Office of Health Promotion (OHP), in collaboration with student organizations, University offices and departments, community partners and the OHP Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships…
Moving the Needle
George M. Langford is famously soft-spoken, but do not expect the dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) to slip quietly into retirement. On the contrary, he is about to make the biggest noise of his career. In…
South Asia Center Calls for FLAS Summer 2018 Applications
Syracuse University’s South Asia Center announces its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2018. Summer 2018 Fellowships—Deadline: Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. EST The FLAS Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under…
U.S.-UK Fulbright Awards Give Students Life-Changing Experiences
Newhouse senior Hannah Butler spent the summer of 2016 as a student cultural ambassador through the U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission’s UK Summer Institute program. A public relations major with minors in English and marketing, she participated in the Fulbright-Scotland Summer Institute….
School of Education’s Haddix Wins AACTE Outstanding Book Award
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) has announced Marcelle Haddix as the recipient of the 2018 AACTE Outstanding Book Award for her book “Cultivating Racial and Linguistic Diversity in Literacy Teacher Education: Teachers Like Me.” Haddix is Dean’s…
Road to Oz Leads to Russia
L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” stands as one of America’s most beloved children’s stories, with endless spinoffs and familiar pop culture references. Mention “Wicked Witch of the West” or “Yellow Brick Road” and most people—especially in Central…
University Announces $2.28M Invest Syracuse Gift for the College of Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University Life Trustee William “Bill” F. Allyn G’59 and his wife, Janet “Penny” Jones Allyn ’60, have made a gift that will augment the student experience in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and help students across the University bring their inventions to life, as part of the college’s Transforming Our Future plan.