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Burton Blatt Institute, Eastern Washington University partner to promote entrepreneurship for people with disabilities in Ghana

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, By News Staff

Gary Shaheen G’86, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University senior vice president, and Romel Mackelprang, Eastern Washington University professor and noted researcher on accessibility for people with disabilities, worked on site during the week of Feb. 7 with partners…

Campus & Community

Call for participation for Imagining America 2012 National Conference

Monday, February 20, 2012, By Jamie Haft

‘Linked Fates and Futures: Communities and Campuses as Equitable Partners?’ is the conference theme, Oct. 5-7 in New York.

Arts & Culture

Independent filmmaker awarded Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership

Friday, February 17, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Burton Blatt Institute Prize for Arts Leadership has been awarded to Sharon Greytak, an independent filmmaker and film professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, for her entire body of work and its importance to the…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville CEO Troy Tomlinson to speak via videoconference Feb. 21

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By Erica Blust

Troy Tomlinson, a 27-year publishing veteran who serves as president and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville, will speak via videoconference on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin…

Volkswagens as metaphor for life

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By News Staff

Christopher Boucher G’02 will read from ‘How to Keep your Volkswagen Alive’

A look at abolitionist, suffragist Lucretia Mott at next session of IRP

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

At the Feb. 16 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP), Carol Faulkner, associate professor and chair of the Department of History at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, will discuss Lucretia Mott and the Seneca Falls Convention. Mott, a Quaker…

Campus & Community

PLACA Summer Research Grants – Call for Proposals

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, By News Staff

Attention Graduate and Doctoral Students: This year the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) will grant awards to graduate students of up to $2,000 (with committee discretion to award partial funding in some cases) to support field research…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, February 13

Monday, February 13, 2012, By News Staff

Research by Arts and Sciences’ Susan Parks linking whale stress to underwater noise reported by international and online media

Feb. 14 event to celebrate Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center earning LEED certification

Friday, February 10, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center has earned LEED® certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), for its green design and construction. The SU community will celebrate this…

A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.