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Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech completes comprehensive study on public access to military court proceedings

Friday, August 15, 2008, By News Staff

Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech completes comprehensive study on public access to military court proceedingsAugust 15, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today released research from…

VPA’s Interdisciplinary Research Group seeks faculty fellows for yearlong seminar on ‘New Relevance for Arts and Design Practices’

Monday, August 11, 2008, By News Staff

VPA’s Interdisciplinary Research Group seeks faculty fellows for yearlong seminar on ‘New Relevance for Arts and Design Practices’August 11, 2008Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu The Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is seeking faculty members…

SU Ph.D. student from China, 28, dies from injuries incurred in accidental fall

Tuesday, July 29, 2008, By News Staff

SU Ph.D. student from China, 28, dies from injuries incurred in accidental fallJuly 29, 2008Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Weixing Cai, 28, a Ph.D. candidate in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Monday at University Hospital from injuries sustained Sunday when…

New study finds that some plants can adapt to widespread climate change

Tuesday, July 8, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 While many plant species move to a new location or go extinct as a result of climate change, grasslands clinging to a steep, rocky dale-side in Northern England seem to defy the odds and adapt to long-term…

Syracuse University Library receives major gift of more than 200,000 78-rpm sound recordings from family of late Manhattan record store owner Morton J. Savada

Wednesday, July 2, 2008, By News Staff

Syracuse University Library receives major gift of more than 200,000 78-rpm sound recordings from family of late Manhattan record store owner Morton J. SavadaJuly 02, 2008Pamela McLaughlinpwmclaug@syr.edu Syracuse University Library’s Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive has received a major gift…

National higher education consortium urges reform that values public scholarship

Friday, June 27, 2008, By News Staff

Peter Englot315 443 1921 Higher education leaders in the humanities, arts and design from across the United States are amplifying a wave of reform to recognize public scholarship in faculty tenure and promotion decisions. The catalyst for this movement is…

SU part-time faculty approve three-year union contract

Tuesday, June 24, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin Morrow443-3784 Syracuse University part-time faculty members on Monday approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT). Voting for the more than 500…

Maxwell professor Catherine Bertini to moderate panel at first annual meeting of Global Humanitarian Forum in Switzerland

Thursday, June 19, 2008, By News Staff

  Catherine Bertini, professor of practice in public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, who was named a founding member of the board of the Global Humanitarian Forum by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan last…

SU, National Grid present sixth annual Duck Race to End Racism June 7 at Inner Harbor

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 InterFaith Works’ Community-Wide Dialogue to End Racism (CWD) will host the sixth annual Duck Race to End Racism, on Saturday, June 7, from noon-4 p.m. at the Syracuse Inner Harbor. Syracuse University and National Grid are…

School of Education’s inaugural Centennial Professor Steven Taylor to develop new undergraduate disabilities studies program

Monday, June 2, 2008, By News Staff

Patrick Farrell315 443 5421 Steven J. Taylor, professor of cultural foundations and co-director of Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, has been named Centennial Professor in Disability Studies in the School of Education. Taylor’s appointment as…