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Laura J. Steinberg named dean of Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
Kevin C. Quinn 315 443 8338 Laura J. Steinberg, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and an internationally known civil and environmental engineering scholar, has been named the…
New study links desire, competency, career path
Amy Mehringer(315) 443-3834 In today’s fast-paced, quickly changing work world, the days of working for the same company for an entire career are well over. In the 21st century, most people understand that they will work in multiple positions for…
Academic calendar unveiled for 2009-10
Academic calendar unveiled for 2009-10May 06, 2008Kevin Morrowkdmorrow@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Academic Calendar Committee has released the 2009-10 academic calendar. The calendar is very similar to past University schedules and includes no major changes. However, in the Fall 2009 semester, two…
International developer Abdallah Yabroudi pledges $5 million to his alma mater, Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, to create international engineering professorship and Dubai internship program
Trisha Hopkins315 443 2546 Nearly 30 years after graduating from Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), Abdallah Yabroudi, chairman of the internationally known Dubai Contracting Company (DCC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has become…
New York Center for the Book at Syracuse University Library reauthorized through 2010
Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 The New York Center for the Book at Syracuse University Library has been reauthorized by the Library of Congress to continue through 2010. The New York Center is a state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center…
Physics Library to close May 9
Pamela McLaughlin(315) 443-9788 Due to growing demands for faculty and laboratory spaces in the Physics Building, Syracuse University Library and the Department of Physics have agreed to close the Physics Library. The last day of operation will be Friday, May…
Economy slowing down? Not for SU alumni, Center for Career Services reports
Matthew R. Snyder315 443 7082 Even as the broader economy has entered a period of uncertainty, the 2007 demand for recent graduates of Syracuse University was near an all-time high, and alumni entered the career market at salaries slightly higher…
School of Education’s Taylor named the Society for Disability Studies first Senior Scholar
Patrick Farrell(315) 443-5421 The Senior Scholar Award Committee of Society for Disability Studies (SDS) has selected Steven Taylor, professor of cultural foundations of education in Syracuse University’s School of Education and director of SU’s Center on Human Policy, Law and…
Open forum May 9 presents inside view of Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life
Sara Miller315 443 9038 Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International ServicesCommencement exercises on Sunday, May 11 — and Edward Ericson Jr., professor emeritus at Calvin College. are hosting a public forum…
Vanessa Williams to deliver 2008 convocation address for College of Visual and Performing Arts, receive BFA degree
Erica Blust(315) 443-5891 Actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams will deliver the 2008 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 10,…