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Syracuse University begins Zipcar program on campus

Tuesday, October 28, 2008, By News Staff

Syracuse University begins Zipcar program on campusOctober 28, 2008Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Syracuse University and Zipcar, the world’s largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, today announced a joint partnership to provide Zipcars on campus to University faculty,…

SU Library sponsors fall Food for Fines event Nov. 20

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 It’s the ultimate win/win/win proposition: borrowers get a break on their fines, the library gets back overdue and missing materials, and families in Onondaga County struggling to keep food on the table get a helping hand. And…

CNY Humanities Corridor hosts symposium on music of Haudenosaunee culture

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 In a world of global musical flows, who determines access to and ownership of traditional musical knowledge? How can music serve the common good, and whose common good? Such questions hold special importance not only for Haudenosaunee…

Actor Kal Penn to speak at SU Nov. 15 for Syracuse Asian Awareness Week

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Helen Koutsourades(845) 494-0623 Best known for his role as Kumar in the film “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” actor Kal Penn will speak at Syracuse University on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the…

Newhouse School to host CNN’s ‘Election Express Yourself Tour’ Oct. 29

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Wendy S. Loughlin(315) 443-2785 Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host CNN’s “Election Express Yourself Tour” on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. in the Q-1 parking lot between Archbold North and the Physics Building on…

U. Encounter grants to provide funding for students, artists to work together

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Matthew R. Snyder(315) 443-7082 Syracuse University’s U. Encounter grant program-a collaborative initiative of the Division of Student Affairs and the Division of Academic Affairs-is seeking applications by Friday, Nov. 14, for the year’s final round of grants. U. Encounter grants,…

SU’s Newhouse School to host CNN’s ‘Election Express Yourself Tour’ Oct. 29 on campus

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

SU’s Newhouse School to host CNN’s ‘Election Express Yourself Tour’ Oct. 29 on campusOctober 27, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host CNN’s “Election Express Yourself Tour” on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m.–3…

Saigon to perform at SU on Nov. 12

Monday, October 27, 2008, By News Staff

Helen Koutsourades(845) 494-0623 The second concert of the Bandersnatch Music Series held at the Schine Underground will feature acclaimed hip-hop artist Saigon live on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. Tickets-$5 with valid Syracuse University or SUNY College of Environmental…

Bonzi appointed to new position dedicated to instructional quality in SU School of Information Studies

Sunday, October 26, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate professor Susan Bonzi has been named to the new position of director of instructional quality in the school. She assumes her new responsibilities July 1. Dean Elizabeth…

M-LAB: where learning sneaks up on students while they are having fun

Thursday, October 23, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 “It’s cold in here,” complained the students as they slowly filtered into the M-LAB, a mobile classroom parked outside Syracuse City School District’s Fowler High School. “Don’t worry, it will warm up really fast–you know, body heat!”…