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Chemistry Department honors students with annual awards

Monday, May 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will present the following awards during its annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 4.

Business & Economy

‘Is the United States headed for a catastrophic budget failure?’ at May 5 Institute for Retired Professionals

Monday, May 2, 2011, By News Staff

Leonard Burman, professor of practice in public administration and economics at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will speak at the Thursday, May 5, program of University College’s Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP). IRP, which takes place…

Campus & Community

Chemistry Department honors students with annual awards

Monday, May 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will present the following awards during its annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, May 4: Gershon Vincow Award for Excellence in General Chemistry Lindsay McCabe (undeclared biology major)…

Veterans

SBA deputy administrator keynotes inaugural V-WISE entrepreneurship training program for women veterans in San Antonio May 5-7

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will hold its inaugural Veterans as Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program in San Antonio, May 5-7 at the…

Campus & Community

SU beats UConn in annual blood drive competition, effort benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University rallied in the final days of competition to beat rival University of Connecticut.  The annual “Are you up for the Challenge: Give Blood!” competition keeps track of which school donates the most pints…

Arts & Culture

‘The Clean House’ premieres at Syracuse Stage

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Matilde (pronounced Ma-chil-gee) has a problem: she’s a cleaning lady who doesn’t like to clean. She’d rather think up the perfect joke. Now that her parents (once the funniest people in Brazil) are dead—her mother died laughing—she is the funniest…

Campus & Community

Engagement Fellows will remain in Syracuse post graduation to continue Scholarship in Action initiatives

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Twenty-one Syracuse University seniors have been selected as the 2011 Engagement Fellows, a yearlong program supported by the Kauffman Foundation that assists with securing local employment and arranges remitted tuition for courses at SU with professional and faculty mentors. This…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, April 28

Thursday, April 28, 2011, By News Staff

WOAI-TV highlights the Whitman School and SBA’s upcoming V-WISE program in San Antonio for women veterans

Arts & Culture

Students to debut original puppetry performance at SU Showcase

Thursday, April 28, 2011, By News Staff

A group of fifth-grade students at Van Duyn Elementary School in Syracuse recently got a crash course in sustainability while creating their original “Voices in the Wind” theater/puppetry performance, which they’ll premiere at SU Showcase on May 2. Eighteen SU…

Barkun evaluates terrorism threat in ‘Chasing Phantoms’

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By News Staff

In his 11th book, “Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11” (UNC Press, 2011), Professor Michael Barkun examines the huge gap that exists between the realities of the terrorism threat facing the United States and the everyday discourse about that threat among government officials and the general public.