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iSchool makes strides in closing digital divideJanuary 31, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu This semester, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) will help launch the South Side Initiative Networking Academy, a program to provide free professional computer training to 15 residents…

Donald J. Western joins Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic DevelopmentJanuary 31, 2008Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Donald J. Western, director of economic development for Onondaga County, has been appointed executive director of community engagement and economic development at Syracuse…

Newhouse School to remember David Ifshin, student activists of 1960s and ’70s, in First Amendment Year eventJanuary 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, as part of its yearlong celebration of the First Amendment, will…

Television writer/producer to visit SU’s Newhouse School Feb. 12January 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Television writer and producer Alison Taylor will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Feb. 12, as part of the school’s Leaders in…

Renowned historian Joseph Levine dies at age 75January 30, 2008SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Joseph Levine, an internationally respected historian and the first director of Syracuse University’s London program, died Saturday of cancer at age 75. Levine taught at SU from 1966…

Circuit Court Judge Joanne F. Alper ’72 to speak as part of IJPM lecture series ‘Law, Politics and the Media’ Feb. 6 January 30, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Joanne F. Alper ’72, a judge serving on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of…

Light Work hosts exhibition of retablos by AntonJanuary 30, 2008Jessica Heckmanjhheckma@syr.edu Light Work has announced an upcoming exhibition, “Ollin Mecatl: The Measure of Movements,” featuring 38 photographic retablos by Don Gregorio Anton. It will run until March 6, with a…

Global disability and poverty efforts get key boost from agreement between SU’s Burton Blatt Institute and World BankJanuary 29, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu A promising new collaboration between the World Bank and Syracuse University could spur global efforts to reduce poverty…

Lore appointed director of Syracuse University Department of Recreation ServicesJanuary 29, 2008Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu Joseph D. Lore has been named director of the Department of Recreation Services at Syracuse University, a principal unit of the Division of Student Affairs that…

iSchool club launches program to assist women in IT trainingJanuary 29, 2008Kristen Blake For years, women have supported themselves and their families by working from home. But it was only after working closely with a student who prepared medical transcriptions…