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SU Library awarded Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to conduct ethnographic study of academic and library culturesNovember 08, 2007Pamela McLaughlinpwmclaug@syr.edu Syracuse University Library has been awarded a $53,000 planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct an ethnographic…

Youth Literature Collection inspires collaboration on campus and commemoration from alumniNovember 05, 2007Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu For years after getting a Master of Library Science degree from Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), Rosemary Scalessa G’72 kept in touch with…

Award-winning environmentalist, physicist Amory Lovins to visit Syracuse University Nov. 15November 05, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Amory Lovins, a renowned consultant experimental physicist and co-founder, chair and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, will visit Syracuse University on Thursday, Nov….

‘Kite Runner’ film to have sneak preview at SUNovember 05, 2007Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu University Union Cinemas and Allied Advertising have announced a sneak preview of “The Kite Runner,” based on Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7…

Grant allows New York City-area parents to visit SU studentsNovember 05, 2007Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Friday, Nov. 9, 57 parents of first-generation, first-year Syracuse University students will arrive on campus from New York City for Family Weekend. Their round-trip bus excursion,…

Innovation executive Sala to speak at Whitman Nov. 19November 05, 2007Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host a lecture by Lawrence A. Sala, president and CEO of Anaren Inc., on Monday, Nov. 19, at 1…

Election Day at SUNovember 05, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Polls on Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 6) will be open from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Students and faculty/staff residents who registered by Oct. 12 to vote locally in Onondaga County should have received…

Syracuse University goes public with the largest fundraising campaign in its 137-year history; total of $509,283,799 already committed toward $1 billion goalNovember 02, 2007Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University today launched the public phase of the most ambitious capital campaign in the…

Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Steven R. Brechin make campaign leadership giftOctober 31, 2007Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor and her husband, Steven R. Brechin, have made a $1 million planned gift to the institution’s capital campaign, The…

Chronicle of child soldier chosen as Syracuse University’s 2008 Shared Reading titleOctober 31, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah has been selected as the title for the 2008 Syracuse University Shared…