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Task Force to Study New Pedagogies

Thursday, February 21, 2013, By News Staff

A new task force composed of faculty and staff from all of the University’s schools and colleges and several key academic support departments is working to understand how new technologies and diverse, innovative teaching methods are being utilized across campus.

Campus & Community

Video: Winter Carnival at Schine Student Center

Thursday, February 21, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The Winter Carnival is an SU tradition dating back to the 1930s. It’s a chance for students to unwind, have fun, and beat the winter blahs. This video highlights some of the activities taking place. Winter Carnival 2013 from Syracuse…

$1 Million Gift to School of Education Recognizes Work of Professor Corinne Smith

Thursday, February 21, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education has received a gift of $1 million to be used over the next five years to support students who study abroad and to further develop signature global education programs. The Himan Brown Charitable Trust of New…

Let’s All Play Accessible Athletics

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Members of the SU campus and Central New York community are invited to participate in Syracuse University’s second Accessible Athletics Expo, “OrangeAbility.”

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…

Campus & Community

Immerse Yourself in the Spanish Language in Two-week Summer Course

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Learn the Spanish language this summer by immersing yourself in a two-week credit or non-credit program that will allow you daily practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students will improve their ability to express themselves while increasing their awareness…

School of Education’s Douglas Biklen Announces Retirement from Deanship

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Douglas P. Biklen, dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education and founder of the Inclusion Institutes at Syracuse University, announced today that he will retire from his position effective January 31, 2014. Biklen has served as dean of the School…

Putting a Little Love into the World

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

’Cuse Spot at Syracuse’s Wilson Park Community Center  Six-year-old Amaree Green proudly holds up her paper mosaic heart after gluing on the final scrap of colored paper from the mounds of scraps scattered across the table. “How beautiful,” exclaims Syracuse…

Entrepreneurship Club and Whitman School host ‘Undercover Boss’ Sheldon Yellen, CEO, BELFOR Holdings, Inc.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By Lindsay Wickham

The Whitman School of Management and Entrepreneurship Club at Syracuse University will host entrepreneur and business mogul Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings, Inc. The event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 28, from 7-8 p.m. in Whitman’s Lender Auditorium….

Percussionist, Composer Glenn Kotche to Perform with SU Percussion Ensemble

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By Erica Blust

Percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche, a member of the groundbreaking American rock band Wilco, will perform a free concert on Thursday, March 7, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The program will feature…