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Campus & Community

Syracuse University announces 2010-11 Remembrance Scholars

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2010-11 Remembrance Scholars.

Early Education and Child Care Center, VPA students collaborate on play-centric learning tools

Monday, May 3, 2010, By Erica Blust

The tools were designed and built by students in the Environmental Practicum class.

STEM

SU professor to chair national Water Sciences & Technology Board

Friday, April 30, 2010, By Rob Enslin

Donald I. Siegel, a Meredith Professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed chair of the Water Sciences & Technology Board. The nationally renowned scientist, whose research encompasses contaminant hydrology, paleohydrogeology and wetland hyrdology, will serve a three-year term beginning in July.

Campus & Community

Mexican folk art collection closes at the Community Folk Art Center with Cinco de Mayo celebration sponsored by La Casita

Friday, April 30, 2010, By News Staff

“Tesoros del Pueblo” (Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico), an exhibition featuring the collection of Alejandro Garcia, opened at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on Jan. 23. The show will close on Wednesday, May 5 from 7-9 p.m. with a Cinco de Mayo program sponsored by La Casita Cultural Center Project.

Campus & Community

Syracuse University featured in green colleges guidebook

Friday, April 30, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University is one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company selected SU for inclusion in a unique new resource it has created for college applicants, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.”

STEM

Research finds low oxygen resources in CNY’s Three Rivers system

Thursday, April 29, 2010, By News Staff

A unique three-year longitudinal and vertical study of Central New York’s Three Rivers system—involving the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers—has revealed that oxygen resources have become degraded by several stressors, including the impact of wastewater treatment plants, nonpoint runoff, an increase in invasive zebra mussels and channelization of the flow.

Business & Economy

Brand-Yourself delivers impressive last pitch in $200k emerging business competition

Thursday, April 29, 2010, By News Staff

The team of Syracuse University students who make up Brand-Yourself led off the five finalists’ presentations in NY’s Creative Core’s $200,000 Emerging Business Competition on April 27 at Onondaga Community College’s Storer Auditorium.

Campus & Community

SU Student Association, University Union present Mayfest 2010 Friday afternoon in Walnut Park

Wednesday, April 28, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Mayfest 2010 celebration will take place Friday, April 30, from 1-5:30 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. This SU/SUNY-ESF students-only event has been co-produced by the SU Student Association and University Union in partnership with…

Campus & Community

Callahan and Williams represent SU’s Class of 2010 as senior class marshals

Wednesday, April 28, 2010, By News Staff

Senior class marshals Kate Pettitt Callahan and Timeka N. Williams will carry the Class of 2010 banner to open the 156th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16, and continue a longstanding tradition by representing their class on this special occasion.

Media, Law & Policy

Students from SU’s Newhouse School to go to ‘Bollywood’ through SU Abroad May 21

Tuesday, April 27, 2010, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will continue a pioneering effort in global communications this spring when nine of its students will travel to Mumbai, India, as part of a unique course not offered by anyone else in the world.