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Campus & Community

Stanford’s Adrienne Mayor to speak on Mithradates at Moses Finley Memorial Lecture Oct. 18

Monday, September 27, 2010, By News Staff

Adrienne Mayor, research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, will deliver the Moses Finley Lecture Monday, Oct. 18.

Campus & Community

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series to feature Michael Bevis Oct. 7

Monday, September 27, 2010, By News Staff

Bevis will speak on “”Geodetic studies of geodynamic processes in the Central and Southern Andes.”

STEM

Center for Digital Literacy releases free eBook for K-12 educators

Friday, September 24, 2010, By News Staff

Organized around four broad educational standards, the new free eBook “From The Creative Minds,” produced by Syracuse University’s Center for Digital Literacy (CDL), showcases a collection of engaging lesson plans grouped by content suitable for elementary, middle and high school levels.

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School receives major gift from Chicago businessman Andrew Berlin

Thursday, September 23, 2010, By News Staff

The Maxwell School has announced that it has received a $500,000 endowment gift to fund faculty research relating to issues of national security.

Arts & Culture

Artist Stephen Talasnik to give talk Sept. 28

Thursday, September 23, 2010, By Erica Blust

New York City-based artist Stephen Talasnik will give a talk about his work on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium.

Campus & Community

Fall 2010 fire drill schedule for academic and administrative buildings

Thursday, September 23, 2010, By News Staff

The Safety Department will conduct the fall 2010 fire drills in academic and administrative buildings from Monday, September 27 through Friday, October 8.

Campus & Community

Call for SU honorary degree nominations by Oct. 12

Thursday, September 23, 2010, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all students, faculty, staff and alumni to nominate candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2011 and 2012 Commencement Ceremony.

Campus & Community

Final Enitiative grants focus on sustainable projects

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, By News Staff

Enitiative (the Syracuse Campus-Community Entrepreneurship Initiative) has awarded sustainability grants to six projects that connect campus and community through entrepreneurship.

STEM

World-renowned literacy activist Stephen Krashen to deliver CDL lecture on Sept. 27, Brown Bag lecture on Sept. 28

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, By News Staff

Literacy activist and expert on second language learning Stephen Krashen believes that the best way to improve reading is to read.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium hosts yearlong Perpetual Peace Project

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center has announced the Perpetual Peace Project, a joint initiative with the Slought Foundation, the European Union National Institutes of Culture, International Peace Institute and United Nations University through 2011.