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Syracuse Responds: urgent fundraising appeal to meet current students’ financial aid needs

Thursday, December 4, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin Morrow(315) 443-3784 With the goal of raising several million dollars in the next 45 days to help meet urgent financial aid appeals from current students, Syracuse University has launched Syracuse Responds. The initiative is a rapid, short-term fundraising effort…

National Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Vets with Disabilities program adds Purdue to consortium

Tuesday, December 2, 2008, By News Staff

National Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Vets with Disabilities program adds Purdue to consortium December 02, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The innovative Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) today announced a fifth partner in its national consortium. The Krannert School of Management at…

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…

SU implements new 2008-09 winter break schedule to promote sustainable leadership

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 In continuation of Syracuse University’s Flexible Work and Sustainability Initiative, the University today announced a new 2008-09 winter break work schedule for employees considered non-essential for the break period. The new schedule will promote sustainability and energy…

Syracuse University implements new 2008-09 winter break schedule to promote sustainable leadership

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, By News Staff

Syracuse University implements new 2008-09 winter break schedule to promote sustainable leadershipNovember 26, 2008Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu In continuation of Syracuse University’s Flexible Work and Sustainability Initiative, the University today announced a new 2008-09 winter break work schedule for employees considered non-essential…

Syracuse University Library acquires National Plastics Center collection, artifacts

Friday, November 21, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 Syracuse University Library and the National Plastics Center in Leominster, Mass., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding transferring the center’s collection to the library and creating the National Plastics Center at Syracuse University. Founded in 1982, the…

Environmental Finance Center launches NYFoodtrader.org

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Melissa Young(315) 443-8488 The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at Syracuse University has launched NYFoodtrader.org, a virtual farmer’s market that will connect New York producers, consumers and traders with local food fresh from the field. NYFoodtrader.org provides farmers with a no-cost,…

SU Archivist Edward Galvin, Montauk artist Suse Lowenstein honored for their work in advancing the legacy of Pan Am Flight 103

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 Edward L. Galvin, Syracuse University archivist, and Suse Lowenstein of Montauk, N.Y., mother of Pan Am 103 SU student victim Alexander Lowenstein and creator of the Dark Elegy sculpture collection, are the 2008 recipients of the…

Ten Tons of Love drive adds winter collection

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Eileen Jevis(315) 443-3527 The Ten Tons of Love donation drive is adding a winter collection to its annual spring effort to assist those in need with clothing, household items, nonperishable food, books and school supplies. Syracuse University students, both on…

Syracuse University to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance Thursday, Nov. 20, at noon at Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Matthew R. Snyder(315) 443-7082 On Thursday, Nov. 20, at noon in Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University will observe the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to honor the hundreds of individuals who have lost their lives since 1970 due to…