Business & Economy
#IDEAchat to Launch During Global Entrepreneurship Week
This year, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is Nov. 18-24 and IDEA is prepped and ready to keep Syracuse on the GEW map. #IDEAchat is a weekly web show with entrepreneurs, investors, students, faculty and community leaders about topics that matter….
Brown Elected to Board of Directors for NYS Business Council
Terry Brown, executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, was recently elected to a three-year term as a member of the Business Council of New York’s board of directors. In addition, he received…
Eat to Live Food Co-op Opens on South Side
Several years in the making, the urban food cooperative offers fresh and affordable food in an area of Syracuse that until now has had few other nutritious options.
Workforce Recruitment Program Seeks Applicants for 2014
The Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP) is seeking applicants for participation in its 2014 program. WRP is an annual recruitment and referral program that connects public and private sector employers with students and recent graduates with…
NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…
Career Services Hosts ’Cuse Career Week Beginning Sept. 30
Career Services, within the Division of Student Affairs, kicks off its annual ’Cuse Career Week on Monday, Sept. 30, with Resumania and continues throughout the week with Diversity in the Workplace, Career Fair @ the Dome, Graduate School Information Fair…
Connective Corridor Announces Second Round of Facade Grants
Partners with Central New York Community Foundation on new Syracuse Beautification Fund Syracuse University today announced the recipients of $250,000 in the second round of Connective Corridor Façade Improvement grants to 16 businesses who will make significant investments to improve…
Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked among Best by Princeton Review
Program also featured in Entrepreneur magazine The Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company has named the school…
Plastics Pioneers Reading Room to Open in Bird Library
On Friday, Sept. 27, from 2:30–4 p.m., the Plastics Pioneers Reading Room, a gift of donors Glenn and Patsy Beall, will officially be dedicated and opened on the sixth floor of Syracuse University’s Bird Library. The public is invited to…
Critical Connections Lecture on Plastics by Robert Friedel
Robert Friedel, professor of technology and science at the University of Maryland, will present “Is it Real? Imitation and Style in the First Plastics” on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the first…