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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.

Brand-Yourself.com, a Web 2.0 company created by a team of Syracuse University students, is among 10 semi-finalists vying for $200,000 in New York’s Creative Core® Emerging Business Competition.

Tom Sherman, professor of art video in the School of Art and Design’s Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named one of eight recipients of Canada’s 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

Tyler Dunne placed third, winning a $1,000 scholarship, while Jared Diamond placed ninth, earning a $500 scholarship.

The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center has received the 2010 Good Earthkeeping Award from the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association (NYSH&TA) for successfully implementing many green initiatives.