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STEM

Small awarded grant to redesign web evaluation tools

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Ruth Small received a $21,800 SPARKS! Ignition Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to redesign the Website Motivational Analyis Checklist (WebMAC). smallOriginally designed in 1999, WebMAC has seven web…

Veterans

University establishes Cynthia Reynolds Memorial Fund for Veterans in memory of staff member

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By News Staff

Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds (1957-2012), known to her children as “Mia,” was a 13-year employee of Syracuse University and veteran of the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of sergeant. In her memory, her colleagues and friends at the University have established…

Arts & Culture

Araca Project announces 2012 season of works by emerging theater artists

Wednesday, July 11, 2012, By Erica Blust

Six works by up-and-coming theater artists make up the 2012 season of the Araca Project, an early career development initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), the University of Michigan and…

New endowed chair in Newhouse School will support journalism innovation

Thursday, June 28, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Digital journalist Dan Pacheco was named Horvitz Chair last month The Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation, newly established in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will help lead the school’s continued efforts toward expanding teaching…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, June 27

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Chancellor Cantor was quoted in the Washington Post and the Hechinger Report on the anniversary of the Morrill Act—establishing higher education access through land-grant universities—in the face of cuts in federal support that may limit…

USA Funds presents Excellence in Debt Management award to SU

Tuesday, June 26, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University is among three winners of the 2012 Excellence in Debt Management Awards from USA Funds. USA Funds recognized three postsecondary institutions for their efforts to promote financial literacy and help their students minimize and manage student loan debt….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, June 22

Friday, June 22, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Commencement speech delivered by Aaron Sorkin ’83 on May 13 was highlighted in NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams” in a segment on Sorkin’s life. The Tallahassee Democrat, Denver Post and Epoch Times mention…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, June 18

Monday, June 18, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Research by Mathew Maye, assistant professor of chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, and Rabeka Alam, chemistry doctoral student, on harnessing bioluminescence by using nanotechnology, is featured in Futurity, Science Daily, Phys.org, Smart…

EarthScope national seismic monitoring project arrives in Upstate New York

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

Upstate New York is about to become part of EarthScope, the largest science project on the planet. Robert Moucha, a geophysicist in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is in charge of scouting locations…

Shenandoah Trio to hold fundraising concert in Hendricks Chapel June 17

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, By News Staff

The Shenandoah Trio and Mohawk journalist Doug George-Kanentiio will hold a fundraising concert and lecture honoring Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, June 17, at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. Tekakwitha (1656-1680), a Mohawk-Algonquin, will be canonized by Pope Benedict…