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University-wide series on crisis begins Oct. 4September 29, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The first installment of The University Forum: The Global Response to Terrorism, a series of University-wide forums dealing with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the emerging global crisis,…

School of Education project to raise disability awarenessSeptember 29, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Although many students in middle school and high school know about the life of Helen Keller, her struggles and triumphs are only one representation of people with disabilities…

Johnson appointed executive vice provostSeptember 29, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Vice Chancellor and Provost Deborah A. Freund has named Howard C. Johnson, dean of the University’s Graduate School and a nationally known graduate administrator and scholar in the field of mathematics…

John Mercer named acting dean of the Graduate SchoolSeptember 29, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu John Mercer, professor of geography in The College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and associate dean of the Graduate School, has been named acting…

Rape Awareness Week focus is wider in wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacksSeptember 29, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu Coming just three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Rape Awareness Week focuses this year not just on individual acts of violence, but…

Performance to raise funds for SU’s Students Offering Service community service activitiesSeptember 26, 2001Nicci Brownnicbrown@syr.edu Nationally recognized soprano Marcy Anne Betzer will perform at 4 p.m. Oct. 4 in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel in a benefit concert sponsored by the…

ECS students experience the ride of a lifetime in NASA programSeptember 24, 2001Jonathan Hayjhay@syr.edu While some students might have spent the last days of their summer vacation on a ride at a state fair or theme park, a team of…

Trademark Licensing Advisory Board searches for student representativeSeptember 22, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu The Trademark Licensing Advisory Board (TLAB) is seeking a student representative to serve on the board. The TLAB advises Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw on activities related to the…

Dipping into retirement funds doesn’t necessarily have a bad effectSeptember 22, 2001Cynthia J. Moritzcjmoritz@syr.edu Workers, at least those born between 1931 and 1941, have not doomed themselves to a poverty-stricken old age by frittering away their retirement nest eggs, according…

SU’s ERIC/IT becomes the first in the nation to launch a Full-Text databaseSeptember 22, 2001Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology (ERIC/IT) has launched the first Full-Text database in the national ERIC system. Users can now search ERIC/IT…