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iSchool makes strides in closing digital divideJanuary 31, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu This semester, Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool) will help launch the South Side Initiative Networking Academy, a program to provide free professional computer training to 15 residents…

Circuit Court Judge Joanne F. Alper ’72 to speak as part of IJPM lecture series ‘Law, Politics and the Media’ Feb. 6 January 30, 2008Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu Joanne F. Alper ’72, a judge serving on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of…

Prominent information scientist to speak at iSchoolJanuary 22, 2008Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu In 1945, long before the advent of the information super highway, Vannevar Bush described what he saw as “bewildering array of knowledge” — an information explosion phenomenon — and…

MLK keynote speaker to discuss book at Sunday afternoon eventJanuary 16, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu “An Open Conversation with Barbara Ransby,” an event featuring a discussion with the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, will…

Pajak named chief emergency management officer at Syracuse UniversityDecember 18, 2007Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu David Pajak, director of risk management at Syracuse University, has been named the institution’s chief emergency management officer (CEMO), responsible for coordinating the elements of the University’s institution-wide…

SOE professors take center stage at Shanghai forum on teacher educationDecember 10, 2007Patrick Farrellpmfarrel@syr.edu Dean Douglas Biklen and a contingent of faculty members from Syracuse University’s School of Education were among the featured presenters at the Third International Forum on…

University Lectures requests speaker proposals for 2008-09 seasonDecember 07, 2007Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu In the seven years since its inception, the University Lectures series has been a force for engagement and inclusion on the Syracuse University campus, bringing together diverse communities…

Gift from alumnus William ‘Ted’ Frantz ’80 will help engineering students take flightDecember 03, 2007Tricia Hopkinsthopkins@syr.edu Beginning in the Fall 2008 semester, aerospace engineering students in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) will be able to…

Physician, professor to speak about heart healthNovember 30, 2007SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Jim Longo, a physician who has been practicing cardiology at Crouse Hospital for 20 years, and Raja Velu, professor of managerial statistics in the Whitman School of Management, will…

Whitman entrepreneurship professor to speak on ‘E-Revolution’ Dec. 11November 27, 2007Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu Michael H. Morris, the Chris Witting Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will give a keynote address on Tuesday, Dec. 11, as…