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iSchool to host second annual ‘Girls are I.T.’ event in March

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), in conjunction with the Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways and Say Yes to Education Syracuse, will host a number of middle school-aged girls from the Central New York area on Saturday, March 5,…

Penn State’s Michael Berube to lecture on humanities March 4

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, By News Staff

Michael Berube, professor and director of the Institute for Arts and the Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, will visit campus on Friday, March 4, to deliver two talks on the humanities.  On Friday morning, Berube will give the talk “Narrative…

SU’s 2010 United Way campaign sets record

Monday, February 21, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University raised $214,300 during the 2010 United Way of Central New York campaign.

Former assistant general counsel for GlaxoSmithKline to visit Newhouse March 8

Monday, February 21, 2011, By News Staff

Mary Nell Cummings, former assistant general counsel for GlaxoSmithKline, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, March 8, as part of the Newhouse Advertising Leadership Speaker Series. She will give a public address, “Navigating Treacherous…

Renowned literary theorist addresses language, thinking at SU Humanities Center March 4

Monday, February 21, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences continues its mini seminar series with a presentation by renowned literary theorist David Wills. The SUNY Albany professor will discuss “From the Mercantilism of Language to the Commerce…

Syracuse University scientist presents new research on evolution and Islam at AAAS annual meeting

Friday, February 18, 2011, By News Staff

Fierce debate over teaching evolution in public schools has raged across the United States since the epic courtroom battle between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Science education researchers are now turning their attention…

Driscoll discusses historical changes, restoration of Florida Everglades

Friday, February 18, 2011, By News Staff

Charles Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems at the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) at Syracuse University, offered a look at the historical changes of the Florida Everglades along with an overview of the ongoing restoration program and challenges associated with its implementation.

Warehouse Gallery features emerging female artists

Thursday, February 17, 2011, By News Staff

This spring, both spaces at The Warehouse Gallery (the main gallery and Window Projects) feature emerging female artists and celebrate their artistic achievements at a time that coincides with International Women’s Day (March 8).The Warehouse Gallery presents “The Quadrangular Cloud”…

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture featuring Sonia Sanchez rescheduled for March 9

Thursday, February 17, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture featuring poet, activist and playwright Sonia Sanchez, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, in the Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture was originally scheduled to take…

President of the 4A’s to visit Newhouse School March 2

Thursday, February 17, 2011, By News Staff

Nancy Hill, president-CEO of the 4A’s (American Association of Advertising Agencies), will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, March 2, as part of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will give a public address, “The…