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School of Education Urban Education lecture series continues with ‘Waiting for Superman’ and panel discussion April 26

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University School of Education‘s next installment in its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series will be a screening and discussion of “Waiting for Superman,” the powerful 2010 documentary about urban education reform. “Who Are We Waiting For?: Profiling…

School of Education launches new free mobile app to assist parents, advocates

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies…

University of Memphis music educator to speak on increasing urban students’ access to quality music instruction

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Erica Blust

Nicole R. Robinson, an associate professor and head of the music education division at the University of Memphis, will present the lecture “The Middle School Memphis Project: Increasing Urban Students’ Access to Quality Music Instruction through a School-Community-University Partnership” on…

Health & Society

‘Personalized Medicine’ at this week’s IRP

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The April 21 session of Institute for Retired Professionals will host Robert West, associate professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University. West will discuss “Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Health Care in the Information Age.” Genotyping,…

VPA printmaking program to present ‘Art Formerly Known as Prints’ in New York City

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Erica Blust

Monumental-scale prints created by artists at Lake Effect Editions, the press of the printmaking program at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), are the subject of the New York City exhibition “Art Formerly Known as Prints” at…

Six honored with Women of Distinction Award

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six women were honored by Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs on March 24 with the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The ceremony was held in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, and the keynote address was given by Jackie…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage announces 2011-12 season

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage has announced its 2011-12 season. Offerings will include “The Turn of the Screw” from the book by Henry James; comedy and compassion in “The Boys Next Door;” a musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and…

Arts & Culture

Nikola Tesla comes to life in Syracuse Stage Backstory program

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

Each spring, Syracuse Stage’s Backstory program tours Central New York, inviting students to step back in time for an interactive experience with a featured historical character portrayed by a Syracuse Stage artist-in-residence. New this year, a Backstory titled “Nikola Tesla:…

Hawai’i professor, musician headlines Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month on April 15

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

A highlight of the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Asian-Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month is commemorative speaker Jon Osorio, professor and renowned musician from the University of Hawai’i-Mānoa. Osorio will present on Friday, April 15, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, April 12

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By News Staff

SU alumnus Don McPherson featured in Wall Street Journal article