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Health & Society

Ethiopia trip provides Syracuse University audiology student opportunity to ‘pay it forward’

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

“Do you want to go to Ethiopia?” The question came during a winter break phone call to Caithlin MacNeil, a second-year audiology graduate student, from a faculty member she had recently worked with on a research project. The phone call…

2011 SU Showcase Fellows announced, presentations to be part of May 2 events

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, By News Staff

An eclectic field of SU Showcase Fellows will present their original research and projects relating to sustainability at SU Showcase 2011, “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” in the Schine Student Center on May 2. The works of 16 fellows will…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 18

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Associated Press quotes Maxwell School’s Len Burman on tax rates, tax breaks

School of Education launches new free mobile app to assist parents, advocates

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies…

Wildrick speaks at events in Cazenovia, Ithaca

Sunday, April 17, 2011, By Erica Blust

Chris Wildrick, assistant professor in the School of Art and Design’s Department of Foundation, delivered a talk at Cazenovia College on Tuesday, April 12 at as part of the college’s “Contemporary Developments in the Arts” seminar.

Business & Economy

Whitman hosts semifinals, finals of 2011 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Friday, April 15, 2011, By News Staff

Social content communities where users who are passionate about, or have expertise on, a shared topic can interact; an online fighting game that allows users to upload their own drawings and watch as they come to life and battle against…

‘Organic’ fashion designer John Patrick to speak April 19

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By Erica Blust

John Patrick, the renowned fashion designer behind Organic, a clothing collection for men and women that exemplifies contemporary fashion with a conscience, will speak on Tuesday, April 19, at 2 p.m. in The Warehouse Auditorium, first floor, The Warehouse, 350…

STEM

LCS engineering students place first in IEEE Micromouse Competition

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

Four engineering students in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University took first prize at the annual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micromouse Competition in Boston on March 26. Sponsored by the local…

Eight SU faculty members to be honored April 13 for teaching excellence; Kutcher, Lane named Meredith Professors

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University has named Norman A. Kutcher, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, and Sandra D. Lane, professor of public health and anthropology in the College of…

Ray von Dran Awards provide $70,000 to SU student startups at Emerging Talk

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Twelve Syracuse University student startups won a combined $70,000 in seed funding at the second annual Emerging Talk conference on April 1 at the AXA Towers, Syracuse.  Student companies pitched to panels of judges composed of alumni, entrepreneurs and faculty…