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Donald W. Meinig, Maxwell Research Professor of Geography Emeritus at Syracuse University, is among the 229 leaders in the sciences, humanities and arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Two longtime members of the Syracuse University community will receive the Diversity Achievers Award from the YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

Brand-Yourself.com, a Web 2.0 company created by a team of Syracuse University students, has been named one of five finalists competing for $200,000 in New York’s Creative Core® Emerging Business Competition

John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Public Administration and Economics in the Maxwell School and The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2010 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students.

Six Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive The Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence on April 15.

Social Workers United, a student organization in the College of Human Ecology’s School of Social Work, will recognize Hope Wallis, former director of the InterReligious Council of Central New York’s Refugee Resettlement Program as its 2010 Annual Social Justice Award winner.

The S.I. Newhouse School has announced that Bloomberg will receive the Fred Dressler Achievement Award and Twitter will receive the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the fourth annual Mirror Awards luncheon ceremony June 10.

On Tuesday, April 6, Syracuse University will name Helen M. Doerr, dual professor of teaching and leadership programs and mathematics in The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, and Margaret Himley, professor of writing and rhetoric, and co-director of the LGBT Studies Program and minor in Arts and Sciences, as this year’s Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professors. Additionally, SU will recognize the 2010 recipients of the Teaching Recognition Awards, and Theodore L. Brown, associate professor in the School of Architecture, will receive the 2010 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award.

Syracuse University will honor students, faculty, staff and community partners who exemplify SU’s commitment to engagement with the community and Scholarship in Action with the 2010 Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship at a celebration dinner on Monday, April 5.

Syracuse University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the fourth consecutive year.