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Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by Librarians Everywhere) has launched a training website, made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Librarians and other educators can freely access the self-paced…

Campus & Community

SU professor to direct Great Law of Peace Educational Center

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Philip P. Arnold, associate professor of religion and director of the Native Studies Program in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed founding director of the Great Law of Peace Educational Center. The center will be located…

Campus & Community

The NewsHouse video: interview with Marion Nestle

Friday, November 16, 2012, By Keith Kobland

NYU professor Marion Nestle was the featured speaker at the University Lectures series. Her eye opening comments should be of interest to anyone who cares about what they eat. Professor Nestle’s interview with The NewsHouse can be viewed below.

Campus & Community

Syracuse leaders recognized with U.S. Green Building Council award

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Keith Kobland

As the not-so-great philosopher Kermit (the frog) once opined, it’s not easy being green. Regardless of that mindset, a growing number of communities are realizing the quality-of-life benefits of “going green.” The Central New York community and Syracuse University are leading the charge and receiving recognition as a result.

Media, Law & Policy

‘How Corporate Socialism is Devastating America’ at Nov. 15 TMR

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Nov. 15 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature David Cay Johnston, visiting distinguished lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management. He will discuss how corporate socialism is devastating America. Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning…

Campus & Community

Citizen students making an impact

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

About 100 students spread out into the community over the past week to make an impact—and see the city beyond the campus. They cooked dinner at the Ronald McDonald House, spent time with children at the Salvation Army, collected toiletries…

Campus & Community

Prince Sultan bin Salman of Saudi Arabia receives Chancellor’s Medal

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chairman of the board of trustees of the Prince Salman Center for Disabilities Research in Riyadh and the first Arab astronaut, will be awarded Syracuse University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 16.

STEM

Multicultural performances celebrate International Education Week

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

The annual “Music Beyond Borders: International Music Festival” is scheduled to present a rich display of local and international cultural artists at the Schine Underground on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 6-8 p.m. Coordinated by the Slutzker Center for International Services…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club’s eighth annual Charity Sports Auction to benefit Special Olympics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Michele Barrett

The Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its eighth annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, December 8, at the Carrier Dome. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics New York. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports…

Media, Law & Policy

Empowering young people an ocean away

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

By Melanie Deziel G’13 Emily Ballard ’15 came to SU from California, excited about the political science program and determined to make a difference. She didn’t predict she’d be helping to change lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo….