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Business & Economy

‘Returning From War: Helping Veterans Reenter Civilian Life’ topic at this week’s IRP

Monday, March 1, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The March 4 session of the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host J. Michael Haynie, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises at SU’s Whitman School of Management.

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School launches collaborative project to study, address communications industry in flux

Monday, March 1, 2010, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School today announced the launch of Navigate New Media, a web-based collaborative project intended to bring together the best thinking on the rapidly changing communications industry.

Arts & Culture

NPR’s Scott Simon shares perspective from covering the world in March 9 University Lectures presentation

Monday, March 1, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edition Saturday,” writer and novelist, will share his experiences in reporting from every continent on the globe during a University Lectures presentation on Tuesday, March 9.

Campus & Community

Mellon CNY Humanities Corridor earns extension to continue operations through 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010, By Rob Enslin

The Andrew W. Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor—an interdisciplinary partnership involving Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester—has been approved for a no-cost extension, Syracuse University recently announced.

Sustainability expert Alex Steffen to speak March 2 as part of the University Lectures series

Wednesday, February 17, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Steffen will speak on “Worldchanging: A User’s Guide.”

STEM

Syracuse iSchool doctoral student granted access to U.S. research facility supporting Nobel Prize-winning scientists studying climate change

Monday, February 15, 2010, By News Staff

John D’Ignazio, Ph. D. student in the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool), was accepted into the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Graduate Visitor Program.

Media, Law & Policy

Mexican journalist, human rights activist Lydia Cacho to receive free speech award from Newhouse School

Tuesday, February 9, 2010, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mexican journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho is the 2010 recipient of the Tully Free Speech Award from the Tully Center for Free Speech in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Campus & Community

Classical duo mark Women’s History Month with album, recitals devoted to author Margaret Atwood

Tuesday, February 9, 2010, By Rob Enslin

Soprano Eileen Strempel and pianist Sylvie Beaudette—also known as the Strempel-Beaudette Duo—are marking the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project with the release of “(In) Habitation.”

Nobel Peace Prize recipient will give first University Lecture for spring

Thursday, February 4, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Muhammad Yunus will speak on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Arts & Culture

Spring 2010 Nonfiction Reading Series welcomes ‘Beyond Duty’ authors

Tuesday, February 2, 2010, By News Staff

The Writing Program has announced that its spring featured speakers in the Nonfiction Reading Series will be Shannon Meehan and Roger Thompson, authors of “Beyond Duty: Life on the Front Line in Iraq.”