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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.
‘Black Syracuse & Beyond: the Richard Breland Photograph Collection’ on exhibit at Syracuse University
The work of local community activist and lifelong Syracuse resident Richard Breland will be featured in a special exhibition “Black Syracuse & Beyond: The Richard Breland Photograph Collection.” The exhibition will be located in Syracuse University’s Panasci Lounge on the…
Dutch expert on film studies, neuroscience speaks at SU Humanities Center Mini Seminar Feb. 9
The intersection of digital screen culture, philosophy and neuroscience is the subject of an upcoming mini seminar presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences. Patricia Pisters, professor of film studies and head of…
SU’s 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture to feature award-winning poet Sonia Sanchez
Syracuse University’s 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture will feature poet, activist and playwright Sonia Sanchez, who will present “The legacy of Martin Luther King: How we must continue his work” at 7 p.m. Wednesday,…
GE to select 60 SU students for exclusive leadership training series
General Electric has partnered with SU Career Services to present the sixth annual “Leadership At Work” series, a leadership development program that helps students at SU translate their campus leadership experience into the increasingly complex and diverse world of work….
VPA announces inaugural Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist
Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has named New York City-based artist Stephen Talasnik as its inaugural Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. The Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist Endowed Fund was established by Alpert, a 1945 alumna…