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SU Abroad students give back to Florence community through volunteer programNovember 27, 2006Daeya Malboeufdmking04@syr.edu “Not only taking, but also giving back” is the volunteer program motto developed by Syracuse University in Florence (SUF) and highlighted in an official visit by…

Alcoff named to Hispanic Business Magazine’s Top 100 listNovember 21, 2006Sara Millersemortim@syr.edu Linda Martin Alcoff, director of the Women’s Studies Program and professor of philosophy, women’s studies and political science in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been…

SU to host wireless grid meeting for new university-industry research consortiumNovember 21, 2006Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu Syracuse University, Tufts University, the Museum of Science Boston and the Syracuse-based Wireless Grids Corp., host the first Wireless Grids Research Consortium and Future Industry…

Bolton lecture canceledNovember 20, 2006Jill Leonhardtjlleonha@maxwell.syr.edu The talk by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton at the Maxwell School, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 21, has been canceled. It may be rescheduled for a later date.

SU’s Burton Blatt Institute, SU Archives chronicle roots of disability movement with catalogued archive of Blatt’s complete papers; major pieces available onlineNovember 20, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Burton Blatt Institute: Centers of Innovation on Disability at Syracuse University (BBI) has…

SU hosts Baba Brinkman’s ‘The Rap Canterbury Tales’ Nov. 29November 19, 2006Jaime Winne Alvarezjlwinne@syr.edu The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University is sponsoring a performance of “The Rap Canterbury Tales” by…

Syracuse University’s African American Male Congress to host Nov. 17 public appearance by Jesse JacksonNovember 17, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu The African American Male Congress (AAMC) at Syracuse University will celebrate its fourth annual baccalaureate ceremony with a free, public lecture…

Build ‘Em and Bust ‘Em Bridge Building Competition to be held SaturdayNovember 17, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu On Saturday, Nov. 18, the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) will host the annual Build ‘Em and Bust ‘Em Bridge…

Author Ama Ata Aidoo visits SyracuseNovember 17, 2006SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Author Ama Ata Aidoo, left, chats with an audience member during a booksigning after her recent lecture at the Community Folk Art Center. Aidoo was a guest of the African…

Birns to discuss revivals of neglected booksNovember 16, 2006Mary Beth Hintonmbhinton@syr.edu Nicholas Birns, faculty member at Eugene Lang College in The New School, will give a talk, “When Neglected Books Are Revived: The Cases of William Godwin and Dawn Powell,”…