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Discovery President and CEO to Be Honored at Mirror Awards Ceremony June 4

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, will be honored with the Fred Dressler Leadership Award at the eighth annual Mirror Awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 4. Seven juried journalism awards will also be presented. The Newhouse School will…

Connective Corridor, Centscere, Community Foundation Launch Micro-Giving Project

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Can social media and social entrepreneurship help leverage small change to make a big difference? Centscere, an SU student start-up, is putting this theory into action.

Genet Gallery Presents ‘Philippe Halsman’s Hollywood’

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Sue & Leon Genet Gallery in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is presenting “Philippe Halsman’s Hollywood,” an exhibition of work by noted photographer Philippe Halsman. On view through April 15, the exhibition includes 30 portraits of…

Chancellor Syverud’s Inauguration to Be Held April 11

Monday, March 3, 2014, By News Staff

Kent Syverud will be inaugurated as Syracuse University’s 12th Chancellor and President on Friday, April 11. The day will include a series of campus ceremonies, events and celebrations to bring the University community together and mark Chancellor Syverud’s formal installation….

Plan to End U.S. Control of ICANN Submitted to Brazil Meeting on Future of Internet Governance

Monday, March 3, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Researchers at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have released an innovative proposal to resolve the 15-year controversy over the U.S. government’s special relationship to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The proposal, which involves removing root…

Disability Rights Activist to Visit Campus on Wednesday, March 5

Monday, March 3, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Wednesday, March 5. Heumann will speak as part of a panel titled “Promoting Inclusion of People with Disabilities—Through Law…

National Workshop on Digital Archiving Coming to SU Libraries in March

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries is partnering with two national organizations, the Association of Research Libraries and the Society of American Archivists , to offer a series of Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses at SU from March 10–14. Hosted by the Libraries’…

‘Invention of Religion: Jews and Christians in the Ancient World’ to Be Presented March 26

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

A renowned authority in Talmudic culture, Daniel Boyarin from the University of California at Berkeley will speak at the Judaic Studies Program’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture. He will present “Jewish and Christian Apologetics and the Inventions of Religion” on Wednesday, March…

Hollywood Executive to Discuss Purpose and Faith with SU Community

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By News Staff

DeVon Franklin, senior vice president for production at Columbia Pictures, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype for a conversation on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse…

Omnicom Group EVP Troy Ruhanen coming to Newhouse March 3

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Troy Ruhanen, executive vice president of Omnicom Group, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, March 3, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3….