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New steam station equipment saves 3 million gallons of water each year
The Syracuse University Steam Station is now a lot greener when it comes to water. The plant recently installed two new air compressors that will cut its water use by three million gallons a year. The energy-efficient equipment will also…
Former Near Westside restaurant to become arts hub, artist housing thanks to $400,000 ArtPlace grant
The former Sherman’s Restaurant, located at 115 Otisco St. on Syracuse’s Near Westside, will be transformed into a center for the arts, with artist studios, exhibition space and affordable housing, thanks to a $400,000 grant from ArtPlace. The grant is…
IVMF wins CNY Best Learning and Performance Award for EBV and EBV-F
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has won the fifth annual CNY Best Learning and Performance Award in the not-for-profit segment from the CNY Chapter of the Society for Training & Development (ASTD). The award…
SU, IBM host second annual Green Data Center summit
Syracuse University and IBM on Tuesday, June 5, jointly hosted a strategic gathering of select chief information officers and facilities managers from industry and academe to learn how to dramatically reduce the energy consumed in the operation of their data centers, while…
Shenandoah Trio to hold fundraising concert in Hendricks Chapel June 17
The Shenandoah Trio and Mohawk journalist Doug George-Kanentiio will hold a fundraising concert and lecture honoring Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, June 17, at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. Tekakwitha (1656-1680), a Mohawk-Algonquin, will be canonized by Pope Benedict…
WISE Women’s Business Center hosts ‘pitch party’ for area women entrepreneurs as part of national business growth initiative
The WISE Women’s Business Center has teamed up with Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence (CMI), the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs, to identify promising local women-owned businesses to participate…
Project Advance 2012 Teachers of the Year ignite passion in the classroom
What qualities should a Teacher of the Year have? Should he or she be memorable, or well-liked, or have students who regularly achieve outstanding test scores? Certainly, all these are necessary to be an effective teacher, says Maria Zeitlin Trinkle….
IVMF issues guide supporting employment of veterans, military families
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), in collaboration with a large cross section of the nation’s leading employers of veterans and military family members today released the publication “Guide to Leading Policies, Practices & Resources:…
New faculty research fund honors Maxwell Senior Associate Dean Michael Wasylenko
Providing a significant increase in funds available to support diverse research around the world—and to honor the dedication and service of a longtime Maxwell leader, colleague and interim dean—the faculty and the advisory board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship…
High school students can plug into Student Entrepreneurial Experience
Students aren’t waiting to graduate from college before starting a business. And now Central New York students who aren’t waiting to graduate from high school before starting their business have the opportunity to plug into Syracuse University’s Student Entrepreneurial Experience (SEE)….