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Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, October 6

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Newhouse School’s Robert Thompson quoted in international and regional media on passing of Steve Jobs and A.C. Nielsen Jr.

Campus & Community

Persons named associate vice president of government and community relations

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Eric Persons has been named associate vice president of government and community relations at Syracuse University. The appointment, made by Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs, was effective Sept. 26.  Persons will be responsible for developing and implementing the…

Campus & Community

Ernie Davis Hall to celebrate LEED Gold certification Oct. 10

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s newest and first “green” residence hall has been awarded LEED® Gold certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Ernie Davis Hall will celebrate this achievement with a…

Campus & Community

iSchool to Host Career Fair

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies will host a Career Fair on Thursday, October 6, from 9:00 – 11:30 AM in Hinds Hall. Employers at the fair will be looking for students interested in both internship and full-time opportunities. The list…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute receives $6.2 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to continue leadership of ADA Center in southeastern United States

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, By News Staff

The U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research has awarded the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University a $6.2 million, five-year grant to continue its leadership of the Atlanta-based Southeast ADA Center. Established in 1991…

Business & Economy

‘Airport 101’ at this week’s IRP

Monday, October 3, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Christina R. Reale, commissioner of aviation at Syracuse International Airport, will provide an overview of the airport from a management, operational and financial perspective at the Thursday, Oct. 6, meeting of the Institute for Retired People (IRP). Meetings are held…

Veterans

IVMF leadership to speak on SU’s longstanding commitment to vets and military families in D.C.

Friday, September 30, 2011, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University; SU alumnus Ken Quaglio G’91, principal at Ernst and Young; and graduates of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program will speak…

Campus & Community

Mathematics department adds applied mathematics B.A. and B.S.

Thursday, September 29, 2011, By News Staff

New programs of study in Applied Mathematics are available, effective fall 2011, from the Mathematics Department (http://math.syr.edu) in The College of Arts and Sciences.

STEM

iSchool’s Dedrick to study wind energy jobs

Thursday, September 29, 2011, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jason Dedrick has been awarded a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to analyze jobs associated with the wind energy industry in the United States and around the globe. Dedrick will address this issue…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University receives designation as Economic Development Administration University Center

Friday, September 23, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University has received a $500,000 award from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the designation as an EDA University Center. The award is aimed at igniting innovation and accelerating entrepreneurship, and launching student ventures throughout upstate…