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Marion Wilson appointed director of community initiatives in the visual arts
Jennifer Russo(315) 443-4751 Marion Wilson has been appointed director of community initiatives in the visual arts in the School of Education at Syracuse University. In this role, she will continue her work with the Partnership for Better for Education (PBE)…
Message from SU Chief and Director of Public Safety Tony Callisto Regarding Incident at Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House
Dear SU Community Members, As chief of Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS)—but also as a parent of a current SU student—my utmost priority is the safety of our students. I want to take this opportunity to address concerns…
Imagining America receives $12,000 Enitiative grant to train Say Yes to Education arts after-school workshop facilitators
Jemeli Tanui(315) 443-5172 Imagining America has been awarded a $12,000 Enitiative grant for 2009-11 to fund its new “Educating After-School Arts Educators” project that aims to train student and community artists to teach their skills to elementary school students. The…
Syracuse University hosts Winslow Homer symposium Sept. 25-26
Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 Winslow Homer’s time at Houghton Farm in downstate New York is the subject of a major symposium at Syracuse University. “Winslow Homer in the 1870s: A Time of Crisis in American Culture” is a free public symposium…
Emeritus professor of philosophy William Payne Alston dies
SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Professor emeritus of philosophy William Payne Alston, 87, a major figure in Syracuse University’s philosophy department whose teaching career spanned 50 years, died Sept. 13 at the Nottingham Residential Health Care Facility in Jamesville, N.Y. He…
Twenty parking spots along Connective Corridor transformed into one-day ‘green’ spaces
Jemeli Tanui(315) 443-5172 Joining thousands from around the world, 75 people from various Syracuse organizations and SUNY-ESF students are celebrating Global PARK(ing) Day by transforming 20 parking spots along the Connective Corridor into public art and relaxation spots. National PARK(ing)…
U.S. EPA’s Tom Kelly highlights role of science, communication in indoor air quality policy
Liz Miller(347) 432-2709 The opening plenary speaker on the fourth day of the Ninth International Healthy Buildings Conference, hosted by the Syracuse Center of Excellence, was Tom Kelly, director of the Indoor Environments Division (IED), a non-regulatory body of the…
Syracuse University hosts Winslow Homer symposium Sept. 25-26
Winslow Homer’s time at Houghton Farm in downstate New York is the subject of a major symposium at Syracuse University.
SU in the News: Thursday, September 17, 2009
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on the future of soap operas in a Cleveland Plain Dealer article on the end of “Guiding Light.” He…
Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards
Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of civil liberties and women’s rights, international business and law, the performing arts, social activism and literature will be honored with George Arents Awards during the…