National and local media report on $15 million gift to SU from alumni David and Rhonda Falk

A team of six examiners representing the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) will be on campus March 26-30.

Students Matthew S. Lax and Ellen A. Burke cordially invite you to THE M.E. SHOW–a multi-media, multi-personality extravaganza featuring their new work in installation, performance and video.

The shows will run April 8-21.

Cara A. Howe has been named Syracuse University’s assistant archivist for the Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives. Howe started her new position on March 16 and reports to Edward L. Galvin, director of archives and records management in the Division of the Office of the Chancellor. In this role, she is responsible for day-to-day [...]

SU announces David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics Syracuse University alumni David B. Falk and Rhonda S. Falk have committed $15 million to SU—one of the largest-ever single gifts to the University. In honor of the Falks’ generosity and support of SU, the College of Human Ecology, and the College’s Falk Center [...]

The Syracuse University Residence Hall Association (RHA) will hold a "Go Green for Sustainability" event Friday, March 25, from 1-5 p.m. on the Quad.

Ronald L. Jackson II, head of the University of Illinois’ Department of African American Studies and a professor of media and cinema studies, will present the talk “What Do Contemporary Films Teach Us about Race and African American Culture?” on Thursday, March 31, at 6 p.m. in Watson Theater. The talk, which is free and [...]

Architect Enrique Norten, founder of TEN Arquitectos—with offices in Mexico City and New York City and a Smithsonian Institution Legacy Award winner—will deliver the Werner Seligmann Lecture at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, March 29, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. Norten’s lecture will focus on the firm’s recent work. A [...]

Carol Stevens ‘77, print editor of USA Today, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, March 29. She will meet with students in a one-on-one session at 3 p.m. in the Career Development Center, 313 Newhouse 3. She will also tour the Newhouse Complex and meet with classes. As print [...]

Bea González, dean of University College, has been named to the University Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Board of Directors for the 2011/2012 term.

BBC quotes Arts and Sciences' Britton Plourde on progress in quantum computing

Professor Timothy Stenson has been appointed the new chair of the undergraduate program at the Syracuse University School of Architecture, effective July 1, 2011, Dean Mark Robbins has announced. Prior to coming to Syracuse Architecture in 2005, Stenson taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan. His teaching encompasses design studios, advanced fabrication, [...]

Please join us as the Center for Health and Behavior Spring Seminar Series continues this Friday.

University College (UC), home to Syracuse University’s English Language Institute, has 10 Japanese students from Tokai University on campus this semester. Tokai University has been sending students to the ELI for many years as part of their study abroad experience. As news of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan broke, administrators at UC focused on [...]

Students scrambling to apply for one of the limited number of SU Showcase Fellow spots can stress less now because they’ve been given a little extra time.  Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and student organizations now have until Friday, April 8, to submit their SU Showcase Fellow applications. If [...]

Whether you’re a film major, an avid YouTube video creator or a student who is passionate about environmental issues, here’s your chance to show off your filmmaking skills in front of a campuswide audience.  Students for Tomorrow’s Environmental Policy (STEP) and Spark Contemporary Art Space are coordinating a sustainability video exhibition, which will run in [...]

You are invited to participate in a confidential study conducted by the Psychology Department at Syracuse University.

The Impunity Watch Law Journal of Syracuse University College of Law will host its annual symposium, “Humans as Commodities: Child Soldiers,” on Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m. in Grant Auditorium. The event addresses the use of child soldiers in armed conflict and examines the chilling realities facing child soldiers, the root causes of the [...]

MEISA, Syracuse University's chapter of Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association, will present Nigel Hall with Sophistafunk Thursday, March 24, at 8:30 p.m. at Funk ‘n’ Waffles. MEISA is a student run group that books, markets and produces high-quality musical events in the greater Syracuse area. MEISA strives to provide students a quality music industry [...]

On Thursday, March 24, at 8:30 p.m. at Funk 'N Waffles, the Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association is presenting Nigel Hall, soul singer and pianist.

Study is cover article of prestigious Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics A Syracuse University chemist has developed a way to use very low frequency light waves to study the weak forces (London dispersion forces) that hold molecules together in a crystal. This fundamental research could be applied to solve critical problems in drug research, manufacturing and [...]

The conference, “Can’t Get No Satisfaction, An Integrative Couples Approach to Sex Therapy,” will be held Friday, April 29, in the Goldstein Student Center at Syracuse University from 9 a.m. –4:30 p.m., featuring presenter, David Olsen, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT, author, educator, minister and clinician. The conference is sponsored by the College of Human Ecology’s Department [...]

It’s against the law to share a person’s medical information with others without written consent. However, it’s almost impossible to prevent outsiders from overhearing private conversations in hospital rooms between doctors and hearing-impaired patients. It’s an all-too-common situation that a team of researchers from Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University are working to resolve. [...]

Open Doors, a graduate group of queer and queer-friendly Syracuse University students, announces its 12th annual Reel Queer Film Festival on March 31, April 1 and April 2. The group will present a diverse platform of films that give voice to a spectrum of queer individuals and their experiences, while also presenting a genre of [...]

As part of the University’s continuing efforts to improve emergency preparedness information provided to the University community, a new topic, “Suspicious Package,” has been added to the Emergency Procedures Reference Guide at http://emergencyguide.syr.edu/.

San Diego's KGTV cites TRAC research in report on deportation cases being dismissed

Cannonball Press, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based alternative pirate press co-founded by artists Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston, will present an exhibition and artists’ lecture in April at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). The exhibition, which includes new, large-scale graphic works, installations and sculpture, will be held April 3-17 at VPA’s XL Projects, [...]

Enrique Salem, president and CEO of Symantec and a member of the federal President’s Management Advisory Board, will share his perspectives on the state of global cybersecurity in a special presentation at Syracuse University. He will also share insights on cybersecurity issues affecting our business and personal lives. The event, “Securing the Cyber Landscape,” is sponsored [...]

Jill Morgan Brenner, a senior vocal performance major in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a recital March 27 at 5 p.m.

Global Panel Foundation and the Prague Society, in partnership with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, are hosting a public policy roundtable and global panel board meeting in Syracuse. This is a continuation of the Transatlantic Drift Debates, which is a series of off-line discussions, with the intention to brief governments on the [...]

Participants are needed for a study of life perspective, health behaviors and health.

The library's fine amnesty program, "Food for Fines", will take place on Thursday, April 14, at Bird Library, the Science and Technology Library, Geology Library, Barclay Law Library, the Architecture Reading Room and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library.

From chat rooms to sexting, how do we keep our children safe from online predators? The Syracuse Law Review and Syracuse College of Law community will present a groundbreaking conference, "Predators, Porn and the Law: America's Children in the Internet Era," at the College of Law on Saturday, April 9, which will bring together legal scholars, [...]

David Liebman, a legendary saxophonist who shot to fame with Miles Davis in the 1970s and was awarded the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award, is making a rare Syracuse appearance April 15-16. Liebman’s visit is made possible by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences, in conjunction with the CNY [...]

Newhouse School's Robert Thompson quoted in Christian Science Monitor on NPR and federal funding

The Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI) will offer a half-day workshop on April 1 for area K-12 educators on improving school climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and questioning (LGBTQ) students. Pre-service teachers, students and allies are also welcome to attend. "Queer Students CNY: A Day of Art, Education and Action" will run [...]

Three graduate student guitarists from the Eastman School of Music will be featured in a concert presented by the Great Lakes Guitar Society on Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of a three-city tour that [...]

The iMBA program in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been ranked among the top 40 international online MBA programs for 2011 by the Financial Times. Rankings were released in the March 14 edition. The Financial Times does not individually rank the top schools, but instead compiles an inclusive listing of the [...]

Find out how majoring in English and textual studies (ETS) will provide the skills needed to be successful in law school and beyond at a panel discussion "ETS Goes to Law School: How and English major can prepare you for a
career in law.”

Jaimison Roberts, a music business attorney and the founding partner of Roberts & Hafitz pllc, and Steve Rifkind, founder of Street Records Corp. (SRC Records), will present a joint lecture as part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series in the Setnor School of Music.

Syracuse University will be celebrating on Thursday, March 24, as the University and SU alumni clubs around the country mark National Orange Day. This year is the 141st anniversary of SU’s founding on March 24, 1870. “On National Orange Day, we celebrate the University’s rich traditions and join together with our alumni clubs to support [...]

The Syracuse University School of Education will continue its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series with a talk by Mariana Souto-Manning, associate professor of early childhood education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her lecture, "Culture Circles as a Framework for Fully Inclusive Education," will be at 4 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in 132 Lyman Hall. [...]

Jaimison Roberts, a music business attorney and the founding partner of Roberts & Hafitz pllc, and Steve Rifkind, founder of Street Records Corp. (SRC Records), will present a joint lecture on Tuesday, March 22, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The [...]

The buses link the University Hill with downtown Syracuse.

Syracuse University Bookstore will host U.S. Senator Scott Brown for a book signing on Saturday, March 26, from 1-2 p.m. Brown will sign copies of his new memoir “Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks and Second Chances” (Harper Collins, 2011) on the main level of the bookstore, located in the Schine Student [...]

In an effort to assist students with their transition to off-campus living in the Syracuse University neighborhood, the Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services (OCCS)
has created the Community Ambassador Program.

You are invited to participate in a confidential study conducted by the Psychology Department at Syracuse University.

Local media report on relief and awareness efforts by School of Architecture's Yutaka Sho for disaster in Japan

Maxwell School's Soonhee Kim writes in Korea Times on citizen participation and government