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Arts & Culture

Fall exhibition at SU Library: ‘Just One Word: Plastics’

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The opening and reception for Syracuse University Library’s fall exhibition, “Just One Word: Plastics” will be held in the Special Collections Research Center Gallery, sixth floor, Bird Library on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit will run from…

Campus & Community

Colorfornia: New Forms in West Coast Street Art: Apex, Chor Boogie and Jet Martinez

Tuesday, August 23, 2011, By News Staff

This fall/winter, the Warehouse Gallery’s exhibitions focus on the medium of painting.

STEM

Ancient clams yield new information about greenhouse effect on climate

Thursday, August 18, 2011, By News Staff

Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany.

Arts & Culture

New initiative from VPA, the Araca Group fosters emerging theater artists’ entrepreneurial spirit

Tuesday, August 9, 2011, By Erica Blust

Up-and-coming theater artists anxiously awaiting their big break in the industry now have a new way to enhance their professional development. The Araca Project, a new initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced a “Commitment to Action” stemming from its participation in the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The CGI was established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton to inspire,…

Campus & Community

Margaret Himley named associate provost for international education and engagement

Monday, August 1, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina has announced that Margaret Himley, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, professor of writing and rhetoric, and co-director of the LGBT Studies Program and minor in The…

Eileen Strempel named American Council on Education fellow

Friday, July 29, 2011, By News Staff

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education (ACE), has announced that Eileen Strempel, assistant vice president for academic advancement in Syracuse University’s Division of Enrollment Management, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2011-12.

College of Arts and Sciences welcomes advancement dean

Thursday, July 28, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University has appointed Karen Weiss Jones as its new assistant dean for advancement. Weiss Jones comes to SU from Boston University, where she served as chief advancement officer in the College and…

Media, Law & Policy

Partnership with alumni-owned agency leads to establishment of Dubai Internship Program

Wednesday, July 27, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A student and a recent graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications spent six weeks in Dubai this summer, interning at TBWA/RAAD, an advertising and public relations agency run by SU alumnus Reda Raad ’95. Emmelie De…

Campus & Community

Words of JFK inspire immigrant to seek new life in the U.S.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

In his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roland Nzima was working as a technical engineer and a project manager. While he experienced some level of success, Nzima knew he had to make a choice between his career and…