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DPS announces key leadership appointments and structural changes
Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Tony Callisto has announced key leadership appointments and structural changes in the organization. The changes will create better lines of communication throughout the DPS organization and more effectively align operations, resulting in more efficient and…
Inaugural ‘Positions of Dissent’ symposium lecture is Sept. 20
Helen Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of History emerita at Smith College, will give the inaugural lecture in the library’s Ray Smith Symposium, “Positions of Dissent,” on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the…
Colleen Bench appointed assistant vice president for student affairs
Colleen O’Connor Bench has been appointed assistant vice president for the Division of Student Affairs (DSA). Bench joined the University in 1991 and became director of the Parents Office in 1993, where she has managed the administrative, financial and operational…
ISchool student awarded scholarship to cloud computing conference
Cloud computing has expanded into a useful resource for businesses to collaborate, store information and create programs to improve their organizations. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), students, faculty members and entrepreneurs work closely together to both understand these…
Q&A with political speech expert Amos Kiewe
Amos Kiewe, professor and department chair of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and an expert in political rhetoric, answers a few questions on speeches at the just-concluded political conventions. Q:How do you think the two nominees did in their convention speeches?…
First hour of first class, #ElectionClass trends on Twitter
Within the first 45 minutes of the first session of the new course “Social Media in the 2012 Election,” the class hashtag became a top trending topic in the United States on Twitter.
EBV grad business ranked #106 by Inc. Magazine as one of 500 fastest growing private companies
Former Marine John Raftery credits EBV with helping him launch, grow Patriot Contractors Patriot Contractors, a specialty construction company owned and operated by 2007 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program graduate John Raftery (U.S. Marine Corps, retired), was…
Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign
When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the young Democrat’s victory made history in more ways than one. It not only shattered the color barrier to the highest office in the land; it also heralded social media as a powerful—and powerfully underestimated—strategic tool that aspiring politicians from that day forth would ignore at their own peril.
SU teams with LinkedIn to help students, alumni build career connections
Syracuse University and the world’s largest professional network on the Internet are now further linked to the benefit of SU students and alumni all over the world. SU has joined a select group of higher education institutions that are partnering…
Q and A: Humanities Center’s Gregg Lambert speaks on peace
Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and Founding Director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, answers questions on the topic of world peace. What is your perspective on world peace and how it can be achieved? In her filmed…