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Gwen Ifill selected as the keynote speaker for 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of PBS’ “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Continuing the…
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities expands reach to assist more veterans
Amy Schmitz(315) 443-3834 The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) has undertaken three major initiatives that will significantly expand the reach and impact of the EBV to assist in rebuilding the lives and economic potentials of U.S. veterans with disabilities….
Masingila makes Kenya connection
Joanna Masingila served as the catalyst for a partnership between the School of Education at Syracuse University and Kenyatta University.
iSchool professor creates new course to help nonprofits use digital media, with assistance from Imagining America grant
Margaret Spillett(315) 443-1069 When School of Information Studies professor Marilyn Arnone first learned about a grant to fund new courses at SU that exemplify the University’s mission of Scholarship in Action, she jumped at the chance to apply. The Imagining…
SU Abroad announces new SU Europe venture, new appointments
Daeya Malbouef(315) 443-2007 Syracuse University Abroad has launched a brand new addition to its existing study abroad centers, SU Europe. Housed in separate offices within the SU London facility, the mission of SU Europe is two-fold: 1) to further intensify…
SU in the News: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Rick Burton, David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management in the College of Human Ecology, authored an article in Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal (subscription required) on the effects of the United States facing a generation without hosting the…
Masingila makes Kenya connection
Jennifer Russo(315) 443-4751 When Joanna Masingila, professor of mathematics and mathematics education in The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, respectively, was a Fulbright Scholar at Kenyatta University near Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 she did not know…
Tennis, everyone! Inclusion Tennis Program teaches skills to those with disabilities
Jennifer Russo(315) 443-4751 Visiting instructor Delynn Orton’s goals at the Syracuse University School of Education are similar to many educators who embrace the school’s legacy of inclusion and community engagement. Unlike other faculty members, though, Orton’s inclusion tools include tennis racquets….
SU Abroad announces new SU Europe venture, new appointments
Syracuse University has announced the launch of SU Europe.
SU in the News: Monday, November 9, 2009
The world premiere of choreographer Paul Taylor’s “Brief Encounters,” commissioned by Syracuse University, was reviewed in New York Times and Post-Standard articles. Additionally, WAER radio reported on the Taylor 2 residency. Deborah Freund, distinguished professor of public administration and economics…