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Banner-raising event to celebrate Salem Hyde Elementary School as SCSD’s latest School of Promise

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, By News Staff

Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 Syracuse City School District (SCSD) Superintendent Daniel Lowengard and SCSD senior administrators will join Syracuse University School of Education Dean Douglas Biklen on Thursday, Dec. 4, to take part in a banner-raising event to celebrate Salem Hyde…

Urban schools expert Sonia Nieto to present next Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Dec. 4

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, By News Staff

Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 Sonia Nieto, professor emerita of language, literacy and culture in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will present the next Syracuse University School of Education Landscape of Urban Education Lecture. Titled “Urban Schools,…

Newhouse School, Office of Electronic Media Communications to host ‘Frost/Nixon’ advance screening Dec. 4

Tuesday, November 25, 2008, By News Staff

Wendy S. Loughlin(315) 443-2785 Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Office of Electronic Media Communications will present an advance screening of the film “Frost/Nixon” on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse…

SU researchers partner with RPI in NASA-funded New York Center for Astrobiology

Monday, November 24, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 With today’s opening of the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., Syracuse University researchers will join a national effort to advance the understanding of the origin and distribution of life in…

Syracuse University Library acquires National Plastics Center collection, artifacts

Friday, November 21, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 Syracuse University Library and the National Plastics Center in Leominster, Mass., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding transferring the center’s collection to the library and creating the National Plastics Center at Syracuse University. Founded in 1982, the…

Library seeks feedback to develop new Web-based catalog

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 Information technology has advanced rapidly since the SUMMIT library catalog was developed. User needs and preferences have also changed as Web tools have become prevalent. To address new needs and expectations, improve functionality and take advantage of…

SU College of Law alumna, staff member named to ’40 Under 40′ list

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Kim Wolf Price L’03, director of professional and career development at SU College of Law, was recognized with a “40 Under 40” award at a Nov. 19 event at the Oncenter. The award acknowledges the region’s…

Environmental Finance Center launches NYFoodtrader.org

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Melissa Young(315) 443-8488 The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at Syracuse University has launched NYFoodtrader.org, a virtual farmer’s market that will connect New York producers, consumers and traders with local food fresh from the field. NYFoodtrader.org provides farmers with a no-cost,…

SU Archivist Edward Galvin, Montauk artist Suse Lowenstein honored for their work in advancing the legacy of Pan Am Flight 103

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 Edward L. Galvin, Syracuse University archivist, and Suse Lowenstein of Montauk, N.Y., mother of Pan Am 103 SU student victim Alexander Lowenstein and creator of the Dark Elegy sculpture collection, are the 2008 recipients of the…

Ten Tons of Love drive adds winter collection

Thursday, November 20, 2008, By News Staff

Eileen Jevis(315) 443-3527 The Ten Tons of Love donation drive is adding a winter collection to its annual spring effort to assist those in need with clothing, household items, nonperishable food, books and school supplies. Syracuse University students, both on…