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Message from Chancellor Cantor

Monday, May 2, 2011, By News Staff

Dear Faculty and Staff: As you may have read today in the media, we have been in discussions with the Association of American Universities about their membership review; along with the University of Nebraska, we will be leaving the AAU….

Campus & Community

Jane’s Walk 2011 promotes walkable communities

Monday, May 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Environmental Finance Center will host Jane’s Walk 2011 on Saturday, May 7, beginning at 10 a.m. Jane’s Walk is a walking tour that takes place in more than 60 cities to promote walkable communities. The route in Syracuse will…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, April 29

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Albany Business Review reports Helios startup led by SU student Luis Romo wins NYS Business Plan Competition

Arts & Culture

‘The Clean House’ premieres at Syracuse Stage

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Matilde (pronounced Ma-chil-gee) has a problem: she’s a cleaning lady who doesn’t like to clean. She’d rather think up the perfect joke. Now that her parents (once the funniest people in Brazil) are dead—her mother died laughing—she is the funniest…

Campus & Community

Engagement Fellows will remain in Syracuse post graduation to continue Scholarship in Action initiatives

Friday, April 29, 2011, By News Staff

Twenty-one Syracuse University seniors have been selected as the 2011 Engagement Fellows, a yearlong program supported by the Kauffman Foundation that assists with securing local employment and arranges remitted tuition for courses at SU with professional and faculty mentors. This…

Barkun evaluates terrorism threat in ‘Chasing Phantoms’

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By News Staff

In his 11th book, “Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11” (UNC Press, 2011), Professor Michael Barkun examines the huge gap that exists between the realities of the terrorism threat facing the United States and the everyday discourse about that threat among government officials and the general public.

Scholarship in Action En Route

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, By News Staff

Dear Members of the SU Community: As we approach the conclusion of another successful academic year, we’re not only reaching the end of 2010-11, but marking a decade of work at Syracuse University to build on the 2001 Academic Plan…

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts to present New York City gala May 19; Vanessa Williams to receive Icon of Style Award

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, By Erica Blust

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Administrative Officer Frank Bisignano to be presented with Dean’s Award of Distinction; SU men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and wife, Juli, to be special guests Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will…

Campus & Community

First public workshops on the future of I-81

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC) and the New York State Department of Transportation will be hosting the first set of public workshops for The I-81 Challenge on May 3, 4 and 7 at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse.

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR students to highlight ‘green’ work at SU Showcase

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

Going “green” for a group of Newhouse public relations students doesn’t mean hopping on the sustainability bandwagon with some superficial eco-friendly spin just to attract publicity. For the members of Hill Communications, the Newhouse School’s student-run public relations agency, it’s…