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VPA Advisory Council member, former professor establishes $1M endowed professor of practice in design innovation

Friday, April 1, 2011, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the creation of the Iris Magidson Professor of Practice in Design Innovation. The professorship, which will be based in the college’s Department of Design, was established through a $1…

Yale University biologist to present annual Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture

Friday, April 1, 2011, By News Staff

Günter Wagner, the Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, will present the 2011 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, “How Evolution is Cheating Probability,” will be from noon-1 p.m.,…

PR executive Richard Edelman to speak at Newhouse Convocation May 14

Friday, April 1, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm, will speak at the convocation ceremony for Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Saturday, May 14, at noon in the Carrier Dome. Under…

Light Work, VPA’s Department of Transmedia co-sponsor Women in Photography NYC lecture

Thursday, March 31, 2011, By Jessica H. Reed

The Department of Transmedia in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and Light Work have announced the Women in Photography NYC lecture on Tuesday, April 12, at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art…

Aflac chairman and CEO to speak at eighth annual Whitman Day April 6

Thursday, March 31, 2011, By News Staff

In honor of the school’s namesake, Martin J. Whitman ’49, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host its eighth annual Whitman Day on Wednesday, April 6. Dan Amos, chairman and CEO of Aflac, will deliver the keynote…

University commemorates Asian-Pacific American Heritage in April

Thursday, March 31, 2011, By News Staff

APA Heritage Month celebrates Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Pete Yorn to deliver 2011 convocation address for SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By Erica Blust

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Pete Yorn will deliver the 2011 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m. in the…

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LCS’s Dacheng Ren given prestigious NSF CAREER Award to study biofilms

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By News Staff

Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been given the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Sherburne Abbott appointed Syracuse University’s vice president for sustainability initiatives and University Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today announced the appointment of Sherburne “Shere” Abbott as vice president for sustainability initiatives and University Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy. Abbott, a leading expert in the field of sustainability…

James B. Steinberg named dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By Kevin C. Quinn

James B. Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, has been named dean of SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs and Law. The appointment, which will become effective this summer, was…