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SU receives record number of applications for second year
Undergraduate applications to Syracuse University for fall 2011 are running 13 percent ahead of last year. This is the second year in a row that application numbers have reached record highs. Don Saleh, SU vice president for enrollment management,…
SU in the News: Friday, January 21, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE 9WSYR’s “Bridge Street” hosted Juli Boeheim and Rachel Gazdick, Say Yes Syracuse executive director, to speak about the plans for the first ever Say Yes to Education Day this Saturday, to raise money for Say…
SU in the News: Friday, January 21
Plans for first Say Yes to Education Day highlighted by local media
Cutting-edge GPS bus tracking system comes to Connective Corridor
Syracuse University, through the Connective Corridor, is partnering with Centro on an 18-month pilot program that will provide real-time predictive bus information for riders along the Corridor and many campus shuttle routes. The technology is called “Bus Time,” and involves…
Maxwell’s Mehrzad Boroujerdi named president-elect of the International Society for Iranian Studies
The prestigious International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has named Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and founder-director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at SU, as its president-elect. He will assume the office in November 2012.
iSchool’s Scott Nicholson wins ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award
The Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee has selected Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson as this year’s recipient of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation award for his creative use of gaming and social media to attract more users to public libraries.
SU’s South Side Innovation Center awarded $85,000 grant from Chase
Job creation in Syracuse has received a major boost with an $85,000 grant from Chase to the South Side Innovation Center (SSIC). SSIC, the area’s leading small business incubator and training center, was launched by Syracuse University’s Whitman School of…
iSchool’s R. David Lankes will keynote Florida Library Association’s annual conference
The Florida Library Association has announced that Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor R. David Lankes will keynote the association’s 2011 annual conference, to be held May 4-6 in Orlando. In addressing the more than 600 public, academic,…
SU in the News: Tuesday, January 18
Arts and Sciences’ George Saunders quoted in Buffalo News on revisions to ‘Huckleberry Finn’
SU in the News: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Watertown Daily Times previewed the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama production of the musical “Rent.” The Post-Standard reported on Syracuse University being the second-most influential college on Twitter. The Post-Standard reported on Juan Cruz as artist-in-residence…