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‘Speaking of Science’ seminar series continues in D.C.October 16, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu On Oct. 19, The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University will present another installment in its successful “Speaking of Science” series in Washington, D.C., for a panel…

Syracuse University-based project fosters global dialogue on controversial Internet issues at inaugural meeting of United Nations forumOctober 16, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu As Internet technology and access continue to expand both in the United States and globally, two of the most…

Venkatesh to study video-delivered interpreting services for persons with hearing impairments, supported by first Innovation Grant from Burton Blatt InstituteOctober 16, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Individuals with hearing impairments often lack the American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services necessary to effectively…

Renowned architect Richard Gluckman receives SU’s highest alumni honorOctober 12, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Nationally acclaimed architect Richard Gluckman ’70, G’71 was honored Oct. 10 with Syracuse University’s highest alumni award, the George Arents Pioneer Medal. SU presented Gluckman with the Arents…

Eggers endowment gift honors Mildred Eggers, UC’s Bea Gonzalez and supports Maxwell economics departmentOctober 12, 2006Eileen Jevisejevis@uc.syr.edu William Eggers, Richard Eggers and the Melvin and Mildred Eggers Charitable Family Foundation have pledged a $1 million gift to Syracuse University that…

SU’s South Side Innovation Center awarded $750,000 federal grant for women’s business developmentOctober 11, 2006Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) Program in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has received a $750,000 grant over five years…

Development, democracy, peace are topics of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai’s University Lecture, Oct. 17October 11, 2006Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu The University Lectures and The College of Arts and Sciences’ Geoffrey O. Seltzer Lecture Series will present 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and…

Center on Digital Literacy to study eighth-graders’ information-seeking abilitiesOctober 11, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Researchers at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies’ Center on Digital Literacy (CDL) have begun a new study that focuses on what eighth-graders do when given…

New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert to give 2006 Honors Lecture at Syracuse UniversityOctober 11, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Elizabeth Kolbert, award-winning writer for The New Yorker and author of an acclaimed book on global warming, will visit Syracuse University on Oct….

CNY state legislators secure grant for communication devices for children with special needs at SU’s ‘Saturday Clinic’October 11, 2006Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu State Sen. John DeFrancisco (R-50th SD) and Assemblyman Jeff Brown (R-121st AD) have secured a special, one-time $8,000 grant to…