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SU Press named Publisher of the Year by The Bloomsbury Review

Thursday, December 18, 2008, By News Staff

Lisa Kuerbis(315) 443-5546 The Bloomsbury Review (TBR), a national literary magazine, has named Syracuse University Press as 2008 Publisher of the Year, due in large part to its Middle East Literature in Translation series. TBR editor Jeff Biggers cites both…

Researcher’s discoveries spawn Upstate New York company

Monday, December 15, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 While it may seem that products sporting the “Made in New York” label are becoming an endangered species in today’s challenging business and economic climate, one small Upstate New York company is defying the odds. SensGard Sensory…

MacJannet Foundation global citizenship prize deadline extended

Monday, December 15, 2008, By News Staff

MacJannet Foundation global citizenship prize deadline extendedDecember 15, 2008Peter Englotptenglot@syr.edu The deadline for nominations for the first-ever MacJannet Prize has been extended to Jan.15, 2009. The competition is presented by the MacJannet Foundation and the Talloires Network, of which Syracuse…

School of Education’s Dawn Johnson named to ACPA Professional Preparation Commission

Tuesday, December 9, 2008, By News Staff

Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 Dawn Johnson, assistant professor of higher education in Syracuse University’s School of Education, has been named to the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Professional Preparation Commission Directorate. “This is a great honor and a super group,” says…

Film screening and cultural forum to be presented at The Warehouse Dec. 10

Tuesday, December 9, 2008, By News Staff

Film screening and cultural forum to be presented at The Warehouse Dec. 10December 09, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Casita Cultural Center Project, an initiative affiliated with the Latino-Latin American Studies Program in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, will…

Dawn Johnson, associate professor of higher education, named to ACPA Professional Preparation Commission

Tuesday, December 9, 2008, By News Staff

Dawn Johnson, associate professor of higher education, named to ACPA Professional Preparation CommissionDecember 09, 2008Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Dawn Johnson, assistant professor of higher education in Syracuse University’s School of Education, has been named to the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Professional…

Stone Canoe promotes artists worldwide via cyberspace with virtual gallery and Internet/Second Life arts journal

Friday, December 5, 2008, By News Staff

Stone Canoe promotes artists worldwide via cyberspace with virtual gallery and Internet/Second Life arts journalDecember 05, 2008Allison Vincentadvincen@uc.syr.edu Stone Canoe, the Syracuse University-based community arts journal, now entering its third year, has been successful in helping regional artists and writers…

VPA faculty Demo, Vivian honored by National Communication Association

Wednesday, December 3, 2008, By News Staff

VPA faculty Demo, Vivian honored by National Communication AssociationDecember 03, 2008Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu Anne Demo and Bradford Vivian, assistant professors in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), received awards from…

Area women get a BOOST

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett(315) 443-1069 Ten women in the Syracuse area received certificates of completion for their participation in a new program aimed at teaching displaced homemakers marketable technology skills. The program, called the BOOST Initiative (Bolstering Original Opportunity and Self…

College of Human Ecology, School of Education partnership with University of the West Indies benefits early childhood education

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, By News Staff

Michele Barrett(315) 443-6172 A month-long visit to Syracuse University in October by Carol Logie, chair of the National Council for Early Childhood Education and lecturer at the University of the West Indies, marked another important step in a collaborative global…