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Newhouse professor brings Antarctic pioneer diary to life in ‘Aurora Passage’
On Saturday, Aug. 18, Arc Cinema in Australia will host the inaugural live performance of “Aurora Passage” by sound designer and composer Douglas Quin, associate professor in the Newhouse School. The performance is a multimedia composition combining piano, live narration,…
OIRA Director Bobbi Yonai to retire in 2013
After nearly 30 years as a member of the Syracuse University community, Barbara (Bobbi) A. Yonai, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), has announced plans to retire from the University in January 2013. Yonai joined the…
Call for poetry
For 2013, the Syracuse Poster Project will supplement its traditional poster series with a poster of church-going women in fancy hats (see image at left). The project now invites Central New York poets to submit haiku poems to both the…
SU London staff member volunteers as ‘Games Maker’ during 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London have undeniably captivated the world, and one Syracuse University staff member is doing her part to make this global-scale event in her home city a success. From the beginning of the games, Ria…
IVMF announces appointment of VMI’s Roger Thompson as senior fellow
Continuing its commitment to leveraging the national resources of higher education in service to the nation’s veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the appointment of Roger Thompson, professor of…
WiGiT’s iDAWG communications elements progressing to field test
Technology improving interoperability of public emergency response communication devices with each other—and with cell phones, CB radios and walkie-talkies—is continuing development this summer, providing a testing ground for planners and experiential learning for School of Information Studies students. Hardware and…
Small awarded grant to redesign web evaluation tools
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Ruth Small received a $21,800 SPARKS! Ignition Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to redesign the Website Motivational Analyis Checklist (WebMAC). smallOriginally designed in 1999, WebMAC has seven web…
Whitman graduate Salas ’12 to serve as communicator of SU Career Services
Syracuse University Career Services has announced the appointment of J. Magnolia Salas ’12 as its new communication and marketing coordinator. In this role, Salas will manage communications, marketing and outreach efforts to promote full awareness and use of Career Services…
Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research names new director
A leading researcher on child and family policy and co-author of two recent Pew Charitable Trusts studies on economic mobility, Leonard Lopoo, has been named director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program…
SU in the News: Tuesday, July 31
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Forbes feature and a Central New York Business Journal article reported on the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program held at Syracuse University this past weekend. The EBV was founded at the…