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‘Greater Syracuse Land Bank’ at April 17 Session of IRP

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

The April 17 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Katelyn Wright, executive director of the Greater Syracuse Land Bank. Wright will discuss the 165 dilapidated, decaying, and/or tax delinquent properties that the Land Bank has acquired…

Campus & Community

National Attention for Fisher House

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, By Keith Kobland

First Lady Michelle Obama made quite a splash during her trip to the Fisher House in Bethesda, Md. The Fisher House Foundation helps provide a place to stay for military families who have loved ones receiving medical care nearby. There…

Campus & Community

Student Startups Win over $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Student start-ups won a combined $153,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 11 and 12. Emerging Talk was a weekend full of inspiring Power Chats by local and national entrepreneurs, a keynote by “Shark…

STEM

Bei Yu Awarded IMLS Grant to Build Citation Opinion Analysis Tool

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A team at the School of Information Studies will be able to start building a valuable new academic research citation tool with newly awarded grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Assistant Professor Bei Yu has…

STEM

Geologists Prove Early Tibetan Plateau Was Larger than Previously Thought

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Earth scientists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the Tibetan Plateau—the world’s largest, highest and flattest plateau—had a larger initial extent than previously documented. Their discovery is the subject of an article in the journal…

iSchool, Marist, Linux Foundation, IBM Presenting MOOC Series on Enterprise Computing

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Diane Stirling

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, two IT-savvy colleges, a nonprofit consortium and an IT industry leader are combining academic efforts to present a massive open online educational series whose curriculum is centered on mainframe-computing operations. The School of Information Studies (iSchool),…

Campus & Community

Students Interested in Higher Education Can Apply to Fellows Program

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

Applications are now being accepted for the Syracuse University NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program (NUFP), which is a semi-structured mentoring program aimed at exposing undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups to careers in student affairs and higher education. Students who identify…

Falk Scholar Lecture, Presentation of Rubenstein Social Justice Award Planned for April 17

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Michele Barrett

On Thursday, April 17, the Falk College welcomes the campus and local communities to participate in two special events. The inaugural Falk Scholar Lecture, sponsored by the Falk College Research Center, will take place in 312 Lyman Hall, at 2…

Karin Ruhlandt Named Interim Dean-Designate of The College of Arts and Sciences

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named Karin Ruhlandt interim dean-designate of The College of Arts and Sciences. Ruhlandt has served as chair of the Department of Chemistry since 2009 when she was also named a…

Campus & Community

Into a New Era: Syracuse University Inaugurates 12th Chancellor and President Kent Syverud

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The inauguration of Kent Syverud as the 12th Chancellor and President was a reflection of the University’s past, an examination of where it must go and a celebration of community and its greatest asset—its students.