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First Near Westside Initiative microloan to support new business creating eight jobs
The Near Westside Initiative (NWI) has approved its first microloan since launching an innovative micro-lending program in an effort to spur economic development on the Near Westside. The first loan, in the amount of $12,000, has been approved for the…
Onondaga Citizens League honors 40 Below at annual meeting
Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) will award the 2011 Levi L. Smith Civic Education Award to 40 Below at the OCL annual meeting, to be held at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo on Wednesday, June 8, at noon. 40 Below is an…
Belfer’s ‘Sound Beat’ radio program awarded NEA grant
“Sound Beat,” a public radio program originating in the Belfer Audio Archive at the Syracuse University Library, was awarded a $15,000 Arts on Radio and Television grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). “Sound Beat” is a daily…
History of the American wilderness movement at this week’s IRP
Thomas Welch, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will present “Exploitation, Exploration and Expeditioning: Three Men, Their Mountains and the Birth of the American Wilderness Movement” at the May 19 session of the…
Disability Cultural Center to open on SU campus in fall 2011
Syracuse University continues to be a national leader in higher education as it will open the doors to a Disability Cultural Center in the fall of 2011. This groundbreaking center will be the only one of its kind across the…
Thompson becomes chairman of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees
At Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees annual meeting held this past Saturday, May 14, Chairman-elect Richard L. Thompson G’67 officially assumed the role of chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees. Outgoing chairman John H. Chapple ’75 completed his term as…
Case worker steers student up the hill to SU degree
At the age of 17, Oubon Phommanyrath was living on her own in the Salvation Army Transitional Apartments on Salina Street in Syracuse. Phommanyrath had fled from a physically and emotionally abusive home life at age 14, ending up on…
SU in the News: Wednesday, May 11
Associated Press quotes Mehrzad Boroujerdi of the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences on Iran’s Supreme Leader
SU in the News: Tuesday, May 10
Len Burman of Maxwell School launches Impertinent Economist blog in Forbes
R.A.P.E Center volunteers honored for outstanding service
The Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center hosted its annual volunteer appreciation event on Wednesday, May 4, recognizing more than 60 student and staff volunteers for their critical impact on the community through advocacy, prevention and education. Graduating student volunteers received an…