Search Results for: ,sSo

Syracuse University’s Shaw sets a winning example with high-profile leadership awardJanuary 28, 2003Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Recognizing Syracuse University Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw for his leadership in academe and in the community, the nation’s largest nonprofit education association will honor him…

Discussion series on racism draws strong response from campus communityJanuary 27, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu In his book “Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America” (Augsburg Press, 1991), Joseph Barndt writes of how racism permeates not only individual attitudes, but…

Syracuse University’s Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off for semester with Jan. 29 fiction readingJanuary 24, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Raymond Carver Reading Series begins this semester with a fiction reading by noted author and cartoonist Lynda Barry on Jan….

The media, the Gulf War and Iraq is the topic for next installment of Syracuse University’s Iraqi forumJanuary 23, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The way in which the media covered the Gulf War in 1991 and the coverage of the current…

Syracuse University’s School of Education hosts’Sacred Cows!’ discussion of standardized testingJanuary 23, 2003Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Focus On, a publication from the Education Research Service Foundation, asked: “Standards accountability for schools and students, high-stakes tests-are they part of a movement that…

Syracuse University Brahms Festival continues Jan. 28 with performances by Setnor School of Music facultyJanuary 23, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu The Syracuse University Brahms Festival will continue at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 with performances by faculty members in the Rose, Jules R….

Parents Office to study family involvement in student success and retentionJanuary 22, 2003Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Parents Office will launch a two year study of ways to support families of students from historically underrepresented groups and to enhance student…

Science made ‘Exciting’ in University Neighbors Lecture SeriesJanuary 22, 2003Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence Marvin Druger will make a multimedia presentation Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. on “Making Science Exciting,” launching the 2003 season of the University…

South Asia Center, Newhouse present ‘Illuminating Oppression’ starting Jan. 24January 22, 2003Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu On Jan. 24, Syracuse University’s South Asia Center and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in collaboration with Breakthrough, an international nonprofit organization, will launch…

Syracuse University to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera ‘The Gondoliers’ Jan. 24 and 25January 17, 2003Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Opera Workshop and Arts Adventure will present “The Gondoliers,” a classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, at 8 p.m. Jan….