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Kirt Wilson chosen as keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Kirt Wilson, associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State and an African American scholar, will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Heirs of a King: Remembering and Continuing the…
Near Westside Initiative elects seven new members to board of directors
The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) recently elected Tanya Eastman, Karla Green, Elizabeth Nolan, Maria Revelles, Isaac Rothwell, Benjamin Sio and Peter Thompson to its board of directors. “From its inception, the NWSI has had a board of directors comprised of…
Artist, critic William Powhida ’98 to give talk Nov. 16
Artist and critic William Powhida, a 1998 graduate of the painting program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will give a talk on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer…
SU in the News: Friday, November 12, 2010
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE On Nov. 11 the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University was featured on ABC World News (view clip). Mike Haynie, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and…
Final day for Open Enrollment; benefits-eligible employees, graduate assistants, and fellows—make your benefits choices today
The annual period for Syracuse University employees to enroll for benefits or update their current choices—known as Open Enrollment—concludes today, Nov.12. There is no make-up period after today.
IDEAS Collaborative seeks input from SU community about role of local arts and cultural organizations via online survey
As part of a communitywide effort to examine the role arts and cultural organizations play in Central New York, the IDEAS Collaborative (Initiative to Develop and Engage Audiences in Syracuse) is asking for input from the Syracuse University community through…
SU in the News: Thursday, November 11, 2010
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE CNBC’s “Squawk Box” highlighted the work of the Whitman School’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) to expand its programs to more veterans around the country. The Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, USA…
Carnegie Mellon’s Jamie Callan to present on search engine support
Jamie Callan, professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University’s Language Technologies Institute and School of Information Systems and Management, will present “Search Engine Support for Software Applications.” His presentation is part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series at the…
Globalization and its discontents is subject of Maxwell School graduate symposium
The Maxwell School‘s Sociology Department will sponsor a symposium, “The Challenges of Globalization: Theories and Practices,” on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 15 and 16. The opening speaker on Monday from 4-6 p.m. is Professor Gavin Fridell, author of “Fair Trade…
Using the Visual History Archive, world’s largest collection of eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust
Douglas Ballman of the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education will present an open training session on the Visual History Archive (VHA) on Friday, Nov. 12.