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Library’s ‘Orange Pulp’ exhibition features pulp magazines, paintings
Syracuse University Library’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will feature the exhibition “Orange Pulp: The Pulp Magazine and Contemporary Culture.” The purpose of the exhibition is, first, to showcase the University’s world-class collection of pulp magazines and pulp paintings—starting with…
SU receives record number of applications for second year
Undergraduate applications to Syracuse University for fall 2011 are running 13 percent ahead of last year. This is the second year in a row that application numbers have reached record highs. Don Saleh, SU vice president for enrollment management,…
SRC provides $5 million community matching gift to Say Yes to Education Syracuse—largest single external gift the program has ever received
Syracuse becomes first ‘Say Yes to Education City’ in the nation At a Jan. 22 reception at the Central New York Philanthropy Center, officials from SRC, Inc.—formerly Syracuse Research Corporation—announced that the company is making a $5 million community matching…
The NewsHouse: Set in stone: Syracuse statues and sculptures
More than 30 statues and sculptures stand on campus but their stories and artists behind these works of art have remained a mystery to students.
Stone Canoe to have exhibition at XL Projects
A display of artwork from the fifth edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary, will be on display beginning Jan. 26 and run through Feb. 20 at the XL Projects Gallery, 307–313 S. Clinton St.,…
SU in the News: Friday, January 21, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE 9WSYR’s “Bridge Street” hosted Juli Boeheim and Rachel Gazdick, Say Yes Syracuse executive director, to speak about the plans for the first ever Say Yes to Education Day this Saturday, to raise money for Say…
Cutting-edge GPS bus tracking system comes to Connective Corridor
Syracuse University, through the Connective Corridor, is partnering with Centro on an 18-month pilot program that will provide real-time predictive bus information for riders along the Corridor and many campus shuttle routes. The technology is called “Bus Time,” and involves…
SU in the News: Thursday, January 20, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Businessweek reported that an idea submitted by Mariana Lebron, a Whitman School of Management graduate student, was named among the 20 winning entries in the Graduate Management Admission Council contest on ideas to improve management…
Maxwell’s Mehrzad Boroujerdi named president-elect of the International Society for Iranian Studies
The prestigious International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has named Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and founder-director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program at SU, as its president-elect. He will assume the office in November 2012.
iSchool’s Scott Nicholson wins ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award
The Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award Committee has selected Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicholson as this year’s recipient of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation award for his creative use of gaming and social media to attract more users to public libraries.