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STEM

Project ENABLE launches training website for school librarians to better serve students with disabilities

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access by Librarians Everywhere) has launched a training website, made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. Librarians and other educators can freely access the self-paced…

Campus & Community

President Obama appoints Suzanne Thorin to National Institute of Museum and Library Services board

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Suzanne E. Thorin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at Syracuse University, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Museum and Library Services Board.

Campus & Community

iSchool Graduate Student Organization hosts book drive

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) Graduate Student Organization (ISGO) is holding a book drive to benefit the Hive Colab in Kampala, Uganda. As a global collaborator and information advocate, the iSchool has teamed up with the Hive Colab to…

Arts & Culture

SU Brass Ensemble rings in the holiday season

Monday, November 19, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), housed in The College of Arts and Sciences and conducted by James T. Spencer, continues its 2012-13 season with three holiday concerts. Performances are Sunday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. at Saints Peter and…

STEM

From atoms to satellites

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….

Media, Law & Policy

‘The Elections: What Happened? What Now?’ at next session of IRP

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Nov. 15 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Robert McClure, a political science and public affairs professor and Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy Emeritus at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. The session is open…

Campus & Community

Citizen students making an impact

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

About 100 students spread out into the community over the past week to make an impact—and see the city beyond the campus. They cooked dinner at the Ronald McDonald House, spent time with children at the Salvation Army, collected toiletries…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club’s eighth annual Charity Sports Auction to benefit Special Olympics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Michele Barrett

The Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its eighth annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, December 8, at the Carrier Dome. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics New York. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports…

Media, Law & Policy

Empowering young people an ocean away

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

By Melanie Deziel G’13 Emily Ballard ’15 came to SU from California, excited about the political science program and determined to make a difference. She didn’t predict she’d be helping to change lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo….

Arts & Culture

SU Women’s Choir to present fall concert ‘Women as Peace Makers, Women as Healers’ Nov. 15

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Women’s Choir, under the direction of Barbara M. Tagg, instructor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present its fall concert,…