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SU in the News: Thursday, February 10, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Grist online featured Syracuse University’s numerous community revitalization programs that are helping create a new epicenter of artistic and cultural development in the Syracuse and Central Upstate New York area. The Concordia Sentinel (Ferriday, La.)…
Former Northwestern dean named Watson Visiting Collaborator at SU
David Zarefsky, an expert in rhetorical history and criticism, is the next Jeanette K. Watson Visiting Collaborator in the Syracuse University Humanities Center, in conjunction with the Mellon CNY Humanities Corridor. As part of his appointment, the former dean of…
SU in the News: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Providence Journal cited a recent report by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in an article on the number of non-immigrant felonies charged in Rhode Island. A book signing at Butler University by…
Nominations sought for 2011 Women of Distinction Awards
Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs is seeking nominations for the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The awards are presented annually to women who have made significant contributions to leadership, academics, service, social justice or to their profession. This year’s…
Community Folk Art Center to host ‘Amos Kennedy Prints!’
Kennedy will collaborate with students from the Syracuse area and Syracuse University.
iSchool’s Venkatesh bridging civic engagement in South Africa, Syracuse
Syracuse University School of Information Studies Associate Professor Murali Venkatesh presented a paper at the colloquium “Conceptualizing the Integration of Teaching and Learning, Research, and Community Engagement” on Nov. 24 at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa…
Lambert headlines ‘Perpetual Peace’ lecture at Haverford College
The Perpetual Peace Project—a joint initiative with The Syracuse University Humanities Center, the Slought Foundation, the European Union National Institutes of Culture, the International Peace Institute and United Nations University—continues its yearlong slate of activities with a lecture at Haverford…
Three iSchool graduate students are awarded IBM Destination z scholarships
Three of the top five scholarship winners of the third Annual Destination z Enterprise Computing scholarship are graduate students in the information management program at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool). “I’m thrilled,” says iSchool Professor Dave Dischiave,…
Art educator Graeme Sullivan to speak on ‘the escape of art’ Feb. 22
Graeme Sullivan, director of the School of Visual Arts and a professor of art education at The Pennsylvania State University, will present the lecture “The Escape of Art” on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the…
Sherman’s art videos featured at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Tom Sherman, professor of art video in VPA’s School of Art and Design’s Department of Transmedia, has his videos “Merger” and “Wamboldt’s Pines” in “The Last Frontier,” an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, Nova Scotia through April 26.