Christian Science Monitor quotes Newhouse School's Robert Thompson on News of the World scandal in U.K.

SRC, Inc., formerly Syracuse Research Corp., and Syracuse University have announced the establishment of the SRC/Syracuse University Faculty Immersion Program. The program is a jointly sponsored effort designed to increase opportunities for collaborative research with multidisciplinary teams, strengthen ties between SRC and SU, and work toward solving challenge problems of national significance, in areas such [...]

"True Grit" will be shown Friday, July 22, on the SU Quad.

Carol Faulkner, associate professor of history and department chair, will discuss and sign her new book, "Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America" (University of Pennsylvania Press), on Saturday, July 16, at 2 p.m., as part of the annual Convention Days celebration in Seneca Falls.

Wireless Grids Corp. (WGC) and Syracuse University announce an agreement to offer a promising social media application of WGC’s social radio application called “WeJay.”   Under the agreement, WeJay will be made available to SU students, faculty, staff and other affiliates for experimental use. Access to WeJay will be through WiGiT, the Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed.  [...]

The Registrar's Office, located at 106 Steele Hall, will close at noon on Thursday, July 26, for an all staff event.

Syracuse University Human Resources invites full- and part-time employees to the fifth annual Power to Advance Career Development Conference on Monday, July 25, from 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center.

ABC News quotes Dessa Bergen-Cico of Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics on Betty Ford

Program helps ensure students with disabilities access and benefit from information age While their students are on summer vacation, 105 public school librarians, general educators and special educators from across New York state are spending time in a “summer school” at Syracuse University. For three weeks, teams of educators are attending innovative workshops through Project [...]

A graduate student in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Syracuse University is looking for families in Central New York to participate in a study on sibling relationships and family support for children who have experienced bullying in
elementary school.

The Whitman School of Management chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), a service fraternity that includes accounting, finance and information studies majors, has been named the 2011 Most Improved Chapter by BAP. The chapter was also given superior status for 2011. Most improved status is given annually to one BAP chapter internationally, in recognition of [...]

Two faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Art have been named recipients of the 2011 New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Artist Fellowship Program by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

National and regional media note the passing of SU student-athlete and Hall of Fame NFL player John Mackey '63

The Department of Art and Music Histories in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences has announced the appointment of Mark Nerenhausen as founding director and professor of practice of the new Janklow Arts Leadership Program. Nerenhausen brings more than two decades of professional arts administration experience to SU, having most recently served as president [...]

Burton Blatt Institute's Peter Blanck quoted in Diversity Executive about ongoing nature of diversity efforts in organizations

The Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center is seeking SU and SUNY ESF staff and faculty to join the R.A.P.E. Center Volunteer Advocate Program.

Professor Timothy Dye is a medical anthropologist and social epidemiologist who specializes in applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global populations, and with a content focus on social and cultural determinants of health.

The Oregonian quotes Lynn Brann of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics on toddlers and healthy foods

Robert Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, has been appointed to the five-member steering committee of the Peacebuilding Systems Project, a program of the Alliance for Peacebuilding.

James Schmeling has been appointed managing director of the newly established Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, which he co-founded with Mike Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in SU's Whitman School of Management. Schmeling was previously chief operating officer and managing director of the Burton Blatt Institute at SU. His appointment [...]

AP quotes William Banks of the College of Law and Maxwell School on dual-status military commanders

A team of scientists uncovers new information.

Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Ping Zhang was recently awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. Zhang was one of 24 recipients to receive this prestigious grant. This year, the IMLS received more than 119 applications requesting $55 million [...]

MarketWatch notes SU's launch of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families with JPMorgan Chase

Prepare to have patience if you’re grabbing that morning cup of coffee on Marshall Street. A five-block span of University Avenue, from Waverly Street to East Genesee Street, is under heavy construction as the Connective Corridor construction project gets underway. University Avenue, from Waverly Avenue to East Adams Street, is closed to vehicular traffic. A [...]