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University Lectures series to engage educational policy scholars in discussion on race, desegregation, American public schooling on Nov. 11

Monday, November 3, 2008, By News Staff

Kelly Homan Rodoski(315) 443-3784 The challenging landscape in K-12 American education and in higher education in terms of access, equity and future effects of current federal and local policy and the law will be the focus of the next University…

Blanck, Myhill to co-present Practising Law Institute’s ‘Website Accessibility: Avoid Potential Liability Under Disability Laws’

Monday, November 3, 2008, By News Staff

Blanck, Myhill to co-present Practising Law Institute’s ‘Website Accessibility: Avoid Potential Liability Under Disability Laws’November 03, 2008Me’Shae Brooks-Rollingmrolling@law.syr.edu Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and University Professor; William N. Myhill, BBI senior research associate,…

Self-made civil rights activist to speak at College of Law Nov. 5

Friday, October 31, 2008, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Civil rights activist Alvin Sykes Jr. will speak at the Syracuse University College of Law on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 100. Sykes was instrumental in getting the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights…

CASE Center company receives grant from NIH to develop biological probes

Friday, October 31, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 OrthoSystems Inc., a biotechnology start-up company founded by Syracuse University researchers, has been awarded a $977,000 Phase II grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the National Institutes of Health to further develop and…

9/11 family relief executive to speak at College of Law Nov. 3

Friday, October 31, 2008, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 On Sept. 11, 2001, Cantor Fitzgerald lost more employees than any other company as a result of the New York City terrorist attacks, including the brother of Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. Lutnick vowed to take…

SU fans encouraged to curb carbon footprint to beat Notre Dame

Thursday, October 30, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 As part of NBC Universal’s Green Week, Syracuse University and the University of Notre Dame will battle it out to see which university can achieve the greatest carbon footprint reduction. The Fighting Irish and Orange will meet…

SUNY Upstate Medical University, SU to offer joint master of public health degree in fall 2009

Thursday, October 30, 2008, By News Staff

Darryl Geddes(315) 464-4828 SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University are joining forces to offer a master of public health degree program beginning in fall 2009 that is the first of its kind in Central New York and the first…

SU, Rockapella set the stage for Family Weekend 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008, By News Staff

Matthew R. Snyder(315) 443-7082 As many as 4,000 family members from around the country are getting ready to come to Syracuse University to visit their students during Family Weekend 2008 — and more than a few might be packing Halloween…

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter joins SU faculty as Distinguished Visiting Lecturer

Thursday, October 30, 2008, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston has joined the faculty of the Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management as a distinguished visiting lecturer. He recently retired from The New York Times and…

College of Visual and Performing Arts launches Golden Mean Series exploring relationships among design, business, society

Thursday, October 30, 2008, By News Staff

Erica Blust(315) 443-5891 Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Golden Mean Series in the School of Art and Design’s Department of Design. The series, whose name references balance and harmony, will…