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Campus & Community

Syracuse University joins ranks of sustainability leaders by achieving Climate Registered status

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

Measuring its carbon footprint is the first step toward reducing it Syracuse University became one of the first educational institutions—and the first private university—in North America to achieve Climate Registered™ status by successfully measuring its carbon footprint according to the…

Campus & Community

SU Warehouse site of EPA announcement: Syracuse, Onondaga County named one of 10 top green communities in nation

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By News Staff

Before a standing-room-only crowd at Syracuse University’s Warehouse, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County one of 10 top green communities in the nation. “It’s an amazing vision,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe,…

STEM

Nunan Research Day lecture addresses water challenge

Friday, April 15, 2011, By News Staff

On April 8, Professor Sotira Yiacoumi G’87, ‘92, spoke at Syracuse University about innovative methods to remove ionic pollutants from aqueous solutions. These methods, driven by the formation of an electrical double layer, are part of research aiming to address the…

Visual, sound artist David Schafer to speak April 26

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, By Erica Blust

Schafer works across multiple platforms of production.

BBI meets with top White House staff on entrepreneurship for people with disabilities

Monday, April 4, 2011, By News Staff

On March 28, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University Executive Director Michael Morris, Senior Vice President Gary Shaheen G’86, and BBI Board of Advisors member John Robinson ’90 met at the White House with Special Assistant to the President…

Light Work, UVP announce April programming for Everson site

Friday, April 1, 2011, By Jessica H. Reed

A series of videos titled “Dress Up” by John D. Freyer will be featured.

Thirty-fifth annual Quality Infant/Toddler Caregiving (QIC) Workshop to be held May 16-20

Tuesday, March 29, 2011, By Michele Barrett

The College of Human Ecology announced the 35th annual Quality Infant/Toddler Caregiving (QIC) Workshop will be offered May 16-20 at Syracuse University. Training caregivers of children younger than three, the world-renowned QIC workshop is based on research and theory in…

BBI Chair Peter Blanck noted as authority in new ADA rules

Monday, March 28, 2011, By News Staff

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) extensively cited the research of University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, in its final rules and regulations for the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities…

Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred

Friday, March 25, 2011, By News Staff

J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned scientist regarded as one of the most influential people in the world for his efforts to decode the human genome, will deliver the Commencement address to the 2011 graduates of Syracuse University, Syracuse University College…

Syracuse Architecture appoints new chair of undergraduate program

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, By News Staff

Professor Timothy Stenson has been appointed the new chair of the undergraduate program at the Syracuse University School of Architecture, effective July 1, 2011, Dean Mark Robbins has announced. Prior to coming to Syracuse Architecture in 2005, Stenson taught at the…