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POMCO Group selected as new administrator for Syracuse University’s medical plans

Wednesday, July 9, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 Syracuse University has selected POMCO Group to administer its medical plans. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, POMCO will serve as the medical benefits administrator for the more than 5,500 employees, graduate assistants and retirees enrolled in medical coverage…

‘The Express’ to have gala premiere Sept. 12 at historic Landmark Theatre in Syracuse

Wednesday, July 9, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin C. Quinn(315) 443-8338 Syracuse University and Universal Pictures have announced that the movie premiere of “The Express” will take place on Friday, Sept. 12, in Syracuse. The film chronicles the life and legacy of Ernie Davis, the first African…

New study finds that some plants can adapt to widespread climate change

Tuesday, July 8, 2008, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 While many plant species move to a new location or go extinct as a result of climate change, grasslands clinging to a steep, rocky dale-side in Northern England seem to defy the odds and adapt to long-term…

With third issue on the way, award-winning Stone Canoe journal makes first step in Second Life

Tuesday, July 8, 2008, By News Staff

With third issue on the way, award-winning Stone Canoe journal makes first step in Second LifeJuly 08, 2008Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, has developed a devoted following and a…

AAHRPP gives full accreditation to Syracuse University’s human subjects research protection program

Tuesday, July 1, 2008, By News Staff

Sara Miller(315) 443-9038 The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs Inc. (AAHRPP) has granted Syracuse University full accreditation for its human subjects research protection program for the next three years. In meeting AAHRPP’s high accreditation standards, SU…

National higher education consortium urges reform that values public scholarship

Friday, June 27, 2008, By News Staff

Peter Englot315 443 1921 Higher education leaders in the humanities, arts and design from across the United States are amplifying a wave of reform to recognize public scholarship in faculty tenure and promotion decisions. The catalyst for this movement is…

Syracuse iSchool helps launch new international academy of library and information science in China

Thursday, June 26, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy and iSchool associate professor Jian Qin participated earlier this month in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the International Collaborative Academy of Library and Information Science…

SU researcher dies unexpectedly at age 37

Monday, June 23, 2008, By News Staff

Kevin Morrow315-443-3784 Todd Reynolds, a post-doctoral fellow at Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, died unexpectedly of natural causes Sunday (June 22) at his home in Syracuse. He was 37. Reynolds had recently completed an advanced…

Two VPA students win Disney Imagineering’s ImagiNations competition

Monday, June 23, 2008, By News Staff

Erica Blust315 443 5891 Lauren Baldesarra ’09 and Jason Christopher Yeadon’09, communications design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Art and Design, have won the first place and best in show awards of the…

Center for Natural Language Processing appoints new interim director

Wednesday, June 18, 2008, By News Staff

Margaret Costello Spillett315 443 1069 The Center for Natural Language Processing in Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies has named information studies professor Kevin Crowston as interim director. He replaces assistant research professor Anne Diekema, who has served in the…