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Arts & Culture

Thirty-ninth annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition to be presented by The Links Inc., Community Folk Art Center

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse chapter of The Links Inc. and the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) will be hosting the 39th annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition from May 24 through June 4. A closing reception and awards presentation will be held at CFAC,…

SU director of multicultural affairs honored by city and community

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

James Duah-Agyeman, director of Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, was recognized on Saturday, April 30, at the City Hall Commons as part of Ms. Mary’s Philanthropy Day.

Business & Economy

Whitman launches master’s advantage programs in finance, accounting and business administration; partners with institutions

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has launched the Whitman Advantage Program for master’s work in finance, accounting and business administration. The one-year degree programs are well suited to the needs of individuals with an undergraduate degree who…

Business & Economy

Whitman recognized in 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek undergraduate specialty rankings

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

Bloomberg Businessweek recently released a ranking of specialty undergraduate business programs as a follow-up to its March 2011 undergraduate business program ranking, in which the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University held on to the 47th spot for the…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University pilots ‘Transfer Transition Team,’ innovating model for community college transfers

Tuesday, May 24, 2011, By News Staff

With a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Syracuse University is piloting a revolutionary new practice for transfer enrollment—combining academic advising with predictive financial aid modeling for community college students.   This proposed new model is possible through the work…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, May 23

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

Women’s Wear Daily reports on VPA NYC Gala 2011 honoring Vanessa Williams and Frank Bisignano

BBI’s Marcia Scherer ’70 to receive mentor award from Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

Marcia Scherer ’70, of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will receive the Sam McFarland Memorial Mentor Award from the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America (RESNA). The award recognizes Scherer for having influenced, counseled and nurtured others…

Business & Economy

Whitman hosts second annual African Business Conference

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the second annual African Business Conference, sponsored by the Africa Business Program in the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies, through May 24. This year’s theme is “Entrepreneurship in Africa,”…

Business & Economy

First Near Westside Initiative microloan to support new business creating eight jobs

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

The Near Westside Initiative (NWI) has approved its first microloan since launching an innovative micro-lending program in an effort to spur economic development on the Near Westside. The first loan, in the amount of $12,000, has been approved for the…

BBI research associate elected to Society for Disability Studies board

Friday, May 20, 2011, By News Staff

Omolara Funmilola Akinpelu, research associate with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). Akinpelu’s three-year term begins at the conclusion of June’s…