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Whitman to host lecture on pricing fashion products
Whitman to host lecture on pricing fashion productsSeptember 10, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Ever wonder how retailers determine the best price for winter boots before snow has even fallen? Or how to sell a high-priced bathing suit before the season passes and…
Syracuse University scientists discover how some bacteria may steal iron from their human hosts
Judy Holmes315) 443-2201 Like their human hosts, bacteria need iron to survive and they must obtain that iron from the environment. While humans obtain iron primarily through the food they eat, bacteria have evolved complex and diverse mechanisms to allow…
SU’s Start-Up hosts guest speaker on disability, self employment
Amy Mehringer315 443 3834 Syracuse University’s Start-Up NY, a collaborative project of the Whitman School of Management, the Burton Blatt Institute Centers of Innovation on Disability, ARISE and the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development and Department of Social Services,…
BBI helps support new Global Universal Design Commission; SU’s Peter Blanck named chairman of board
Jaime Winne Alvarez315-443-3784 Peter Blanck, University Professor and chair of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI), has been named chairman of the board of directors for the new Global Universal Design Commission Inc. (GUDC). The commission, a nonprofit…
Open forum May 9 presents inside view of Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life
Sara Miller315 443 9038 Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International ServicesCommencement exercises on Sunday, May 11 — and Edward Ericson Jr., professor emeritus at Calvin College. are hosting a public forum…
Syracuse University to present honorary degrees to nine individuals of exceptional achievement at Commencement May 11
Sara Miller315 443 9038 Syracuse University will award honorary degrees to nine individuals of exceptional achievement in the areas of business, physical sciences, performing arts, global literacy, literature, economics and journalism. Honorary degrees will be presented at the 154th Commencement…
School of Education’s Facilitated Communication Institute awarded $500,000 Hussman grant to pursue research, training and documentary film projects
School of Education’s Facilitated Communication Institute awarded $500,000 Hussman grant to pursue research, training and documentary film projectsApril 16, 2008Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen has announced that the Facilitated Communication Institute (FCI), part of the…
Syracuse psychology professor lauded for local autism research, service
Syracuse psychology professor lauded for local autism research, serviceApril 15, 2008Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu Laura Lee McIntyre, assistant professor of psychology and a senior scientist in the Center of Health and Behavior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is the…
SU’s Burkard, Mitchell named 2008 Guggenheim Fellows
SU’s Burkard, Mitchell named 2008 Guggenheim Fellows April 14, 2008Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that in its 84th annual competition for the United States and Canada, Syracuse University’s Michael P. Burkard, associate professor of English…
Nursing home study finds that short-term care is on the rise in New York state
Nursing home study finds that short-term care is on the rise in New York stateMarch 28, 2008Jill Leonhardtjlleonha@maxwell.syr.edu A new report on New York state nursing homes finds that short-term stays in these facilities have tripled in the past decade…