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Campus & Community

History of the American wilderness movement at this week’s IRP

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Thomas Welch, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will present “Exploitation, Exploration and Expeditioning: Three Men, Their Mountains and the Birth of the American Wilderness Movement” at the May 19 session of  the…

Campus & Community

Weight Watchers summer sign-ups

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By News Staff

The summer session of Weight Watchers at Work will begin on June 15 and runs for 12 weeks.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse International Film Festival announces visiting artist

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By News Staff

Israeli film director Dani Menkin has been selected to receive a visiting artist grant that will bring him to Syracuse for four months to live and work in the community. Menkin recently was awarded a Schusterman Visiting Artist Grant from…

Business & Economy

South Side Innovation Center announces 2011 Chase Business Plan Challenge

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By News Staff

The 2011 Chase Business Plan Challenge will take place on Friday, May 20, beginning at 6 p.m. at the South Side Innovation Center (SSIC), 2610 S. Salina St., Syracuse. The competition will occur during graduation ceremonies for SSIC clients who…

Business & Economy

SyracuseCoE announces $200,000 in TAD awards to four Upstate companies

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) today announced that four Upstate New York companies have received a total of $200,000 in the fourth round of Technology Application and Demonstration (TAD 2011) awards. These demonstration projects are designed to improve air…

Campus & Community

SU faculty collaborate with Willow Field Elementary May 19 to host public research lesson

Monday, May 16, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

Faculty from the Syracuse University Department of Science Teaching have partnered with the teachers and administration of Willow Field Elementary in Liverpool to explore a process called “lesson study.” Their efforts will culminate this Thursday, May 19, at 6 p.m….

Arts & Culture

SU unveils professional graduate certificate in language teaching

Monday, May 16, 2011, By Rob Enslin

In response to the shrinking global economy and the growing influx of immigrants to the United States, Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences is offering the certificate of advanced studies (CAS) in language teaching. The certificate is a 12-credit…

Campus & Community

Remarks by J. Craig Venter at Syracuse University’s 157th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s 114th Commencement

Sunday, May 15, 2011, By News Staff

Thank you, Chancellor Cantor, for a very warm introduction.  I wish you’d told me that I was going to be following the mascot. Chancellor Cantor, trustees, faculty, students: thank you for allowing me to come here to address you for your…

Catherine Bertini appointed to USAID Advisory Committee

Friday, May 13, 2011, By News Staff

Catherine Bertini, professor of practice in public administration, has been appointed by the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to a two-year term on its Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, which facilitates the exchange of ideas…

Arts & Culture

ArtsEmerging at Syracuse Stage presents ‘Perceptions’

Friday, May 13, 2011, By News Staff

Works written and performed by students from Nottingham and Fowler high schools will be presented at Syracuse Stage at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17. The works were created as part of a year-long ArtsEmerging program called “Perceptions,” which culminated…