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VPA professor to host WCNY’s new classic movie nightJanuary 04, 2007Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Beginning this weekend, television audiences can tune to WCNY-TV to see Syracuse University professor Kendall Phillips host the new show “WCNY’s Classic Movie Night.” Phillips, associate professor…

SU students spend winter vacation continuing Katrina cleanupJanuary 03, 2007Matthew R. Snydermrsnyder@syr.edu With Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly a year and a half behind them–and much of the nation’s attention now focused elsewhere–the residents of New Orleans and many other Gulf…

Nigerian writer Chris Abani will keynote Syracuse University’s 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. CelebrationJanuary 02, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Chris Abani, an award-winning writer who as a teenager in Nigeria was imprisoned for his fiction, will give the keynote address at…

Training program aims to turn students into lifelong leadersDecember 20, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Students at the School of Information Studies benefit from academic programs rich in technology and management skills. But between learning to create databases and install wireless hotspots,…

Dischiaves win IBM’s 2006 Faculty AwardDecember 20, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Most IT labs on college campuses provide information studies students with hands-on experience in dealing with laptops and personal computers, similar to a home computing environment. These students learn how…

SU law clinic receives $429,000 state grantDecember 19, 2006Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu The Syracuse University College of Law’s Office of Clinical Legal Education received a $429,000 grant to continue its securities arbitration work in the Syracuse community for an additional three…

Kauffman Foundation awards $3 million to Syracuse University and its partners to take Scholarship in Action to next levelDecember 14, 2006Kevin C. Quinnkcquinn@syr.edu The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today awarded Syracuse University a five-year, $3-million grant that will allow SU,…

Syracuse University student starts Teddy Bears for Hope to aid children in need of comfortDecember 13, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Many people can recall a special teddy bear or stuffed animal from their childhood that was a reliable source of comfort and…

School of Ed alumnus named Gallaudet interim president December 13, 2006Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Syracuse University alumnus Robert Davila G’72 has been named interim president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Davila, 74, a nationally known deaf leader, returned from retirement to…

SU’s Ping Zhang named a top information systems researcher in CAIS studyDecember 08, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Ping Zhang, an associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, was named a top information systems researcher in a study published…