Campus & Community
Citizens Academy accepting applications for new participants
The Citizens Academy is now accepting applications for the free eight-week program to learn how local governments work, how individuals can get involved and effect change, and how individuals can help create the future of the community. The Citizens Academy…
BBI launches new website
BBI’s home on the web, bbi.syr.edu, has a new look! The new BBI website launched in conjunction with the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, celebrated July 26. The website exemplifies BBI’s impact, with an emphasis on people…
SU in the News: Friday, July 20
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The London Times reported on Syracuse University’s “Gap Year Semester” pilot program at the London Center, which will provide credit coursework for gap-year studies for U.K. students. ASEE First Bell and the Post-Standard reported on…
University announces new leadership in Office of Human Resources
Tom Rose, formerly an assistant vice president with Sun Life Financial, Canada’s largest insurance company, has been appointed vice president for human capital development and chief human resources officer. The position has been open since 2010, and Rose was recruited…
SU in the News: Monday, July 16
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Media reporting on the launch of Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs, includes McClatchy Newspapers, Washington Post, Washington Times (fifth item), Oregonian,…
Place of Remembrance, Gateway to Campus undergo planned summer refurbishing work
One of Syracuse University’s most symbolic and cherished campus locations is undergoing a planned refurbishing this summer—a project that will ensure the structural longevity of the area that honors the 35 SU study abroad students whose lives were lost in…
Project Advance Summer Institute 2012 welcomes teachers from Vietnam, pilots new courses
Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) kicked off the 2012 edition of its Summer Institute training on June 25. The annual event this year brings 116 high school teachers from across the Northeast and abroad to the SU campus to be…
SU in the News: Friday, July 13
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Kansas City Star highlighted the “Healthy Monday” campaigns, developed by Syracuse University alumnus Sid Lerner. Bloomberg Businessweek, the Central New York Business Journal, and Marketwatch reported on the launch of Operation Boots to Business:…
BBI’s Southeast ADA Center, Leadership Network offer online toolkit to celebrate 22nd anniversary of ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will celebrate its 22nd anniversary on July 26. To celebrate this milestone, the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, and its State Leadership Network have created an…
SU in the News: Wednesday, July 11
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE David Yaffe, assistant professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, authored a Chronicle of Higher Education commentary on the academic credentials of renowned poets. The Post-Standard reported on the plans for the…