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SU in the News: Thursday, January 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Businessweek reported that an idea submitted by Mariana Lebron, a Whitman School of Management graduate student, was named among the 20 winning entries in the Graduate Management Admission Council contest on ideas to improve management…

STEM

Burton Blatt Institute hosts seminar on rheumatoid arthritis

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

Inspired by aunt’s battle, Professor Rebecca Bader’s research focuses on improving lives of those with RA Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, afflicting approximately 1 percent of the population and causing a significant financial and…

Maxwell’s Mehrzad Boroujerdi named president-elect of the International Society for Iranian Studies

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

The prestigious International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has named Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and founder-director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at SU, as its president-elect. He will assume the office in November 2012.

iSchool’s Scott Nicholson wins ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

The Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee has selected Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson as this year’s recipient of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation award for his creative use of gaming and social media to attract more users to public libraries.

‘Black Syracuse & Beyond: the Richard Breland Photograph Collection’ on exhibit at Syracuse University

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

The work of local community activist and lifelong Syracuse resident Richard Breland will be featured in a special exhibition “Black Syracuse & Beyond: The Richard Breland Photograph Collection.” The exhibition will be located in Syracuse University’s Panasci Lounge on the…

Dutch expert on film studies, neuroscience speaks at SU Humanities Center Mini Seminar Feb. 9

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The intersection of digital screen culture, philosophy and neuroscience is the subject of an upcoming mini seminar presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences. Patricia Pisters, professor of film studies and head of…

GE to select 60 SU students for exclusive leadership training series

Thursday, January 20, 2011, By News Staff

General Electric has partnered with SU Career Services to present the sixth annual “Leadership At Work” series, a leadership development program that helps students at SU translate their campus leadership experience into the increasingly complex and diverse world of work….

More than 60 employers to recruit SU students at Career Expo

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, By News Staff

The job market is making a comeback, and more than 60 employers will recruit SU students for jobs and internships at this semester’s Career Expo. The Career Expo will take place on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in…

SU in the News: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Newsweek’s education site online features an article on the documentary “Wretches and Jabberers,” about the travels of disability rights advocates Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, co-produced by Douglas Biklen, dean of the School of Education…

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SU in the News: Wednesday, January 19

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, By News Staff

“Wretches and Jabberers” documentary and soundtrack featured in Newsweek online