AP and LA Daily News feature "Wretches and Jabberers" documentary, co-produced by School of Education Dean Biklen

On Saturday, April 30, 85 of Syracuse University’s prospective first-year students will present their ideas on public policies that can improve their community at the 65th annual Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship Conference, sponsored by the Public Affairs Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences. The participants have [...]

In March, a diverse group of 11 Syracuse University students—Buddhist, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, undecided and hyphenated combinations thereof—traveled to London for “Many Faiths, One Humanity,” an interfaith study experience and experiment in religious pluralism. Interlaced among the experiences were opportunities to simply “be,” as the students and other participants walked through London and took [...]

Measuring its carbon footprint is the first step toward reducing it Syracuse University became one of the first educational institutions—and the first private university—in North America to achieve Climate Registered™ status by successfully measuring its carbon footprint according to the Climate Registry’s best-in-class program, then having it third-party-verified and reporting the data on the Registry’s [...]

“Do you want to go to Ethiopia?” The question came during a winter break phone call to Caithlin MacNeil, a second-year audiology graduate student, from a faculty member she had recently worked with on a research project. The phone call turned MacNeil’s world upside down, as she scrambled to prepare for a trip that would [...]

The Syracuse University Oratorio Society, a vocal ensemble comprised of SU students and Syracuse community members, will present a concert featuring Haydn’s Mass in D minor on Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at Park Central Presbyterian Church, 504 E. Fayette St., Syracuse. The concert is free and open to the public. The Oratorio Society [...]

The Office of Student Activities presented “The 44 Stars of Excellence Gala & Celebration,” sponsored by Macy’s and Bloomingdales, on Tuesday, April 19, in the Goldstein Auditorium. Hosts Mehegan Murphy and Aaron Hudson conducted an exciting evening filled with dinner, awards and performances by First Year Players and Groovestand. In total, 18 awards were presented [...]

The Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra (SUSO) will present a concert Tuesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The SUSO performs under the direction of James Tapia and James Welsch, [...]

The indie pop band Big Tree will play at Syracuse University’s Jabberwocky Café in the Schine Student Center at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 27. This free, general admission concert is part of a weeklong schedule of events leading up to SU Showcase “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” which will take place on May 2 in the [...]

Before a standing-room-only crowd at Syracuse University’s Warehouse, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County one of 10 top green communities in the nation. “It’s an amazing vision,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe, a Syracuse University graduate, who made the announcement with EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, Onondaga County [...]

To improve transparency and accountability in Syracuse University’s business transactions, employment practices and relationships with external parties, SU is instituting a new way to facilitate disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) for all full-time and regular part-time faculty and staff (excluding student employees, temporary employees, those whose conditions of employment is currently bound by [...]

Winners will be announced at awards luncheon June 7 in New York City Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the fifth annual Mirror Awards competition. The competition drew over 200 entries. Finalists, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are: Best Single Article, Traditional Media Devin [...]

Ten Tons of Love (TTL) is Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's semi-annual food and clothing drive. Last year, more than 45 tons of donated goods were collected. The TTL program collects non-perishable food, clothing, furniture and other used items from on-campus and off-campus student residences. Ten Tons of Love [...]

Office debuts new space.

Due to a website error that prevented filmmakers and film lovers from accessing http://www.syrfilmfest.com, the SYRFILM staff and directors have decided to extend the submission deadlines for the 2011 festival. SYRFILMFEST’11 late deadline will now be May 20, and the WAB (withoutabox) extended deadline will now be June 1. Visit http://www.withoutabox.com to submit a film. [...]

PBS features Arts and Sciences' Silvio Torres-Saillant in "Black in Latin America" documentary

Two graduates of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications – Nikki Kahn G’04 and Paloma Esquivel G’06 – have been named 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners. Kahn was part of a team of three photographers from The Washington Post who won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their images of the devastation [...]

Human Resources Student Employment Services (HRSES) encourages supervisors, departments and colleges to celebrate student employee contributions during Student Employment Week, April 25-29, 2011.

A full schedule of fun and interactive programs is slated for SU Showcase 2011 “Sustainability for a Livable Future” on May 2 in the Schine Student Center. Both the campus community and the general public are invited to explore the various attractions geared toward sustainability novices and gurus alike. Dave Eichorn, meteorologist and current SUNY-ESF [...]

An exhibition of work by bachelor of fine arts degree candidates in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will be held May 4-15 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. A reception will be held on Thursday, May 5, from 6-8 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. [...]

The Syracuse University Concert Band will present a concert on Saturday, April 30, at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The Concert Band performs under the direction of Justin J. Mertz, assistant [...]

The Connective Corridor invites the entire community to “Explore the Corridor” on Saturday, April 30, to learn more about the Corridor and find great prizes, fun and food along the way. “This event is due to the dedication of a group of Syracuse University students who wanted to be involved in the community outside of [...]

On Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, Khalid Latif, executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University (NYU) and chaplain for the New York City Police Department (NYPD), will address the struggles Muslims in America face today.

Michael Brito (@Britopian), vice president of social media with Edelman Digital, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, April 26. He will speak on “From Social Business to Social Brand” at 6:30 p.m. in 102 Newhouse 1. His talk is free and open to the public. Parking is available in [...]

Newhouse School's Richard Dubin quoted in The Observer on Brad Pitt and Sean Penn film

Jason Wiles, assistant professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is mentioned and quoted in a journal article on expanding the understanding of evolution.

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has announced the winners of its annual Panasci Business Plan Competition, overseen by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition is made possible by long-time Whitman School supporter the late Henry A. Panasci, founder of Fay’s Drugs. Sixteen teams, composed of 39 students representing majors [...]

The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during January 2011, the U.S. government reported 484 new weapons prosecutions, the lowest level since January 2001. The comparisons of the number of defendants charged with weapons-related offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) under the Freedom of [...]

Syracuse University’s Energy and Computing Management (ECM) department has been renamed Energy Systems & Sustainability Management (ESSM). The name change comes after the department restructured last summer and its computing group, which serves Business, Finance, and Administrative Services (BFAS), became part of Information Technology and Services (ITS).  “It made a lot of sense from an [...]

An eclectic field of SU Showcase Fellows will present their original research and projects relating to sustainability at SU Showcase 2011, “Sustainability for a Livable Future,” in the Schine Student Center on May 2. The works of 16 fellows will be featured at this year’s event. These Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science [...]

Syracuse University shuttle service will be operating on an abbreviated schedule on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23.

Participants are needed for a study on extended time as a test accommodation for college students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Associated Press quotes Maxwell School's Len Burman on tax rates, tax breaks

The Department of Recreation Services Easter Break facility schedule is available at
http://recreationservices.syr.edu/Forms/Easter%20Break-11.pdf.

The Syracuse University School of Education's next installment in its Landscape of Urban Education lecture series will be a screening and discussion of "Waiting for Superman," the powerful 2010 documentary about urban education reform. "Who Are We Waiting For?: Profiling 'Superman' in Syracuse" begins at 4 p.m., April 26 in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in [...]

Syracuse University School of Education professor Alan Foley has designed and launched a new iPhone app to help parents better advocate for their children with disabilities. iAdvocate is a free application available through iTunes that provides information on advocacy strategies for parents to help ensure school-aged children with disabilities are provided appropriate services and resources [...]

Nicole R. Robinson, an associate professor and head of the music education division at the University of Memphis, will present the lecture “The Middle School Memphis Project: Increasing Urban Students’ Access to Quality Music Instruction through a School-Community-University Partnership” on Thursday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse [...]

The April 21 session of Institute for Retired Professionals will host Robert West, associate professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University. West will discuss “Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Health Care in the Information Age.” Genotyping, plus the Internet, is creating “personalized medicine,” a new age of medicine in which health [...]

Monumental-scale prints created by artists at Lake Effect Editions, the press of the printmaking program at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), are the subject of the New York City exhibition “Art Formerly Known as Prints” at Michael Angelo’s Wonderland Beauty Parlor, 418 West 13th St. The show, which is free and [...]

Today, from 1-5 p.m. on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad, 15 student organizations and all of the Greek houses have been invited to make orange paper cranes. Each crane will generate $4–$2 from the students, $2 matching donations from the alumni. The completed cranes are being displayed on the lawn between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse School to create a visual registration of how much earthquake relief funding has been generated through Project Paper Crane.

Chris Wildrick, assistant professor in the School of Art and Design’s Department of Foundation, delivered a talk at Cazenovia College on Tuesday, April 12 at as part of the college’s “Contemporary Developments in the Arts” seminar.

Have you heard about the Funky Flea yet? It's a bazaar fun-filled with bric-a-brac, whatnots, gadgets, gizmos, thing-a-ma-bobs and what-cha-ma-call-its. It’s an outdoor flea market that is a little bit flea, a little bit craft and a whole lot of fun. The Funky Flea is slated to be an annual summertime market and is organized [...]

Syracuse Stage will host a reception for the deaf community on Saturday, April 16, at 1:30 p.m., preceding the 3 p.m. performance of "The Miracle Worker."

Andrea Singer, managing director with JPMorgan Chase Worldwide Securities Services, will be the next guest of The HUB 2011 Spring Speaker Series on Thursday, April 21. Singer will present “Managing Projects in a Globally Distributed Operating Environment.” The event will begin at 5 p.m. in the Katzer Collaboratory, Room 347 of Hinds Hall, and is [...]

EBV and Whitman School's Mike Haynie featured in "America's Nightly Scoreboard" on Fox Business Network

Social content communities where users who are passionate about, or have expertise on, a shared topic can interact; an online fighting game that allows users to upload their own drawings and watch as they come to life and battle against the drawings of others; a device that enables the user to send a human touch, [...]

On April 8, Professor Sotira Yiacoumi G’87, ‘92, spoke at Syracuse University about innovative methods to remove ionic pollutants from aqueous solutions. These methods, driven by the formation of an electrical double layer, are part of research aiming to address the global challenge of water scarcity. Yiacoumi’s lecture was a part of the Nunan Lecture and [...]

The Syracuse University Symphony Band will present a concert Friday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The symphony band performs under the direction of Justin J. Mertz, assistant director [...]

John Patrick, the renowned fashion designer behind Organic, a clothing collection for men and women that exemplifies contemporary fashion with a conscience, will speak on Tuesday, April 19, at 2 p.m. in The Warehouse Auditorium, first floor, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is [...]

The Syracuse University Women’s Choir will present its end-of-semester concert, “Darkness and Light,” on Thursday, April 28, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage. The Women’s Choir performs under the direction of [...]