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Edelman Digital VP Michael Brito to visit Newhouse April 26
Michael Brito (@Britopian), vice president of social media with Edelman Digital, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, April 26. He will speak on “From Social Business to Social Brand” at 6:30 p.m. in 102…
Wiles quoted in Bioscience journal article on teaching evolution
Jason Wiles, assistant professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is mentioned and quoted in a journal article on expanding the understanding of evolution.
Whitman School announces winners of 2011 Panasci Business Plan Competition
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has announced the winners of its annual Panasci Business Plan Competition, overseen by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition is made possible by long-time Whitman School supporter the late…
TRAC: Weapons prosecutions decline
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during January 2011, the U.S. government reported 484 new weapons prosecutions, the lowest level since January 2001. The comparisons of the number of defendants charged with weapons-related offenses are based…
Energy Systems & Sustainability Management is new department name for ECM
Syracuse University’s Energy and Computing Management (ECM) department has been renamed Energy Systems & Sustainability Management (ESSM). The name change comes after the department restructured last summer and its computing group, which serves Business, Finance, and Administrative Services (BFAS), became…
2011 SU Showcase Fellows announced, presentations to be part of May 2 events
An eclectic field of SU Showcase Fellows will present their original research and projects relating to sustainability at SU Showcase 2011, “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” in the Schine Student Center on May 2. The works of 16 fellows will…
School of Education Urban Education lecture series continues with ‘Waiting for Superman’ and panel discussion April 26
The Syracuse University School of Education‘s next installment in its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series will be a screening and discussion of “Waiting for Superman,” the powerful 2010 documentary about urban education reform. “Who Are We Waiting For?: Profiling…
School of Education launches new free mobile app to assist parents, advocates
Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies…
University of Memphis music educator to speak on increasing urban students’ access to quality music instruction
Nicole R. Robinson, an associate professor and head of the music education division at the University of Memphis, will present the lecture “The Middle School Memphis Project: Increasing Urban Students’ Access to Quality Music Instruction through a School-Community-University Partnership” on…
VPA printmaking program to present ‘Art Formerly Known as Prints’ in New York City
Monumental-scale prints created by artists at Lake Effect Editions, the press of the printmaking program at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), are the subject of the New York City exhibition “Art Formerly Known as Prints” at…