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New public art installation features large-scale, digital photographs by Syracuse City School District students
New public art installation features large-scale, digital photographs by Syracuse City School District studentsJuly 21, 2009Erica Blustesblust@syr.edu “The Best Part of Us,” an installation of large-scale digital photographs by Syracuse City School District (SCSD) students from the Franklin Magnet School…
Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse University
Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse UniversityJuly 21, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Legendary television newsman Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University some 40 years ago. Below is…
Syracuse Center of Excellence announces technology demonstration awards to three Central Upstate companies
Carissa Matthews(315) 443-3507 The Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) today announced that three Central Upstate New York companies have received a total of $415,798 in the third round of Technology Application and Demonstration (TAD 2009) awards. These demonstration projects are…
Remembering Frank McCourt
Remembering Frank McCourtJuly 20, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Frank McCourt, the former New York City school teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Angela’s Ashes,” died Sunday in New York City. He was 78. In 2007, he was the Commencement speaker for…
Syracuse University College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications for Supreme Court position
Syracuse University College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications for Supreme Court positionJuly 17, 2009Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu Syracuse University College of Law provided one of the two academic reading groups that evaluated Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s written work as…
College of Law professors selected to review Sotomayor’s qualifications
Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Syracuse University College of Law provided one of the two academic reading groups that evaluated Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s written work as part of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) evaluation of her qualifications for the position of…
Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center collects old cell phones to help individuals affected by domestic violence
Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center collects old cell phones to help individuals affected by domestic violenceJuly 17, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu As part of its ongoing efforts in both sustainable leadership and community engagement, Syracuse University has partnered with HopeLine, a program…
Syracuse high school students test journalism skills at Newhouse School’s J-Camp
Syracuse high school students test journalism skills at Newhouse School’s J-CampJuly 15, 2009Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu Ten Syracuse City School District high school students learned to be storytellers in words, sounds and pictures at J-Camp, a program sponsored by Syracuse University’s…
SU in the News: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commented on use of the word “absolutely” in a CNN article, and on media coverage of the Caylee Anthony case,…
College of Law professor David M. Crane featured in NBC’s ‘The Wanted”
Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 On Monday, July 20, NBC News premieres a groundbreaking television event when it sets forth on an international hunt for an accused terrorist. Airing at 10 p.m. ET, “The Wanted” brings together an elite team with…