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Katherine McDonald to receive Early Career Award from American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, By News Staff

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has selected Katherine McDonald, assistant professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), as the…

Vera House White Ribbon Campaign presentation March 8

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In support of the campuswide White Ribbon Campaign, Syracuse University Library will host a presentation by Vera House representatives at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, located on the first floor of Bird Library. The event…

Nationally Competitive Scholarships Committee helps students obtain coveted awards

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, By News Staff

Sarah Wendel ’11 has the job of her dreams thanks to the mentorship she received through Syracuse University’s Nationally Competitive Scholarships Committee (NCSC). Wendel, who graduated in May 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in Chinese studies from…

SUA awarded at National Collegiate EMS Conference

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University Ambulance recently was represented at the 19th annual National Collegiate EMS Foundation Conference, held in Baltimore, Md. While at the conference, SUA received two awards recognizing accomplishments made over the past year.  SUA received an award for EMS Website of…

Whitman team needs your vote for WaterPort in Dell Social Innovation Challenge

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Lindsay Wickham

WaterPort, a team created by Whitman School of Management seniors Christopher Grant, Victoria Di Napoli, William Crane and Hunt Lau, is competing in the 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge. The company’s goal is to create a portable and self-sustained rainwater harvesting and…

SU Sport Management Club makes $30,444 gift to Upstate Cancer Center

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Michele Barrett

Since its founding in 2005, the Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club, a student-run organization in the Falk College’s Department of Sport Management, has donated nearly $155,000 to Central New York charities. As a result of its most successful annual…

Say Yes to Education receives commitments from local businesses building up to ‘Say Yes Day’ March 3

Monday, February 27, 2012, By News Staff

Several companies have contributed nearly $500,000 in support of Say Yes Scholarship Endowment fund On Saturday, March 3, the second annual “Say Yes Day” at the Carrier Dome will celebrate Say Yes to Education and the commitment of its supporters…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s John Laverty produces new album ‘Rock Stars,’ featuring two renowned musicians

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Erica Blust

John Laverty, professor of applied music and performance in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, has produced the new album “Rock Stars” on Mark Records, which features soloists Joseph…

SU professors edit landmark book on Afro-Latin American rights

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The rise of Afro-Latin American social movements is the basis of a new book, edited by Syracuse University professors Kwame Dixon and John Burdick. “Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America” (University Press of Florida, 2012) is a collection of original essays…

Burton Blatt Institute staff members to present at national ADA Symposium

Monday, February 27, 2012, By News Staff

William Myhill, director of legal research and writing; Kelly Bunch L’09, law and policy research associate; and L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu, assistant director of BBI’s Southeast ADA Center, will present four workshops at the 2012 Orlando ADA Symposium.  The symposium,…