Join us on Oct. 13, 6-8 p.m., at Lubin House for a reading and talk by four writers featured in Syracuse University's arts and literary journal, Stone Canoe.

The Library Associates of Syracuse University Library will celebrate the addition of Joan Green’s extensive cookbook collection to the SU Library with a reception called "Joan’s Table” on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management , recently reviewed new financial regulatory legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). Harris’ comments were included in Shelby’s press release about the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011. According to the release, the bill will hold financial regulators accountable for rigorous, [...]

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University; SU alumnus Ken Quaglio G'91, principal at Ernst and Young; and graduates of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program will speak to SU alumni and interested stakeholders about the University's longstanding commitment to the veteran and [...]

On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the 62nd anniversary of the Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Program. The annual celebration of achievements in supply chain management was established in 1949 by Whitman alumnus Murray M. Salzberg ’37. Recipients of this year’s Salzberg Medallion are C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. [...]

The Syracuse University Women’s Choir, under the direction of Barbara M. Tagg, faculty member in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will hold its ninth annual Women’s Choir Festival concert on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Rose [...]

The excavation of an ancient street in Pompeii is the subject of an upcoming lecture at Syracuse University. Jeremy Hartnett, assistant professor of classics at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., will present “Excavation Photographs and the Rediscovery of the Via dell’Abbondanza at Pompeii” on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Grant Auditorium in the [...]

On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host librarian, author and blogger Stephen Abram for "Ten Questions with Stephen Abram."

International Business Times quotes Whitman School's Jeffrey Harris on U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Gary Gensler

The undergraduate Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been ranked fourth in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. The rankings are published in the October issue of Entrepreneur. “This is a wonderful recognition of Whitman’s entrepreneurship program, and we are incredibly proud [...]

New programs of study in Applied Mathematics are available, effective fall 2011, from the Mathematics Department (http://math.syr.edu) in The College of Arts and Sciences.

Tuesday, Oct. 4, will be the next monthly pick up of empty cold-shipping polystyrene (Styrofoam) boxes for recycling from campus labs in Link Hall, Bowne Hall, Life Sciences, Sci-Tech and the Physics Building.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, will speak “On the Nation and Our Political Movement” in the next presentation of the University Lectures series at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event is the University Lectures’ tribute to the 75th anniversary of the Syracuse [...]

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jason Dedrick has been awarded a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to analyze jobs associated with the wind energy industry in the United States and around the globe. Dedrick will address this issue through a focused study of the wind energy industry. Using a methodology developed in a [...]

Orange Television Network will be launching its fall season the week of Oct. 3 with new episodes of students’ favorite OTN programming.

Renowned particle physicist Ian Shipsey will deliver the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities at Syracuse University. The lecture, “Bionic Hearing: The Science and the Experience,” is on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. The event is co-sponsored by the Department [...]

Registration for the fall Staff 2 Staff sessions is now available online.

Syracuse University Press has a new office location at 548 Bird Library.

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion is pleased to present a talk by Jim Mosher, JD, leading scholar in the field of alcohol policy and the law.

What was once National Coming Out Day is now celebrated at Syracuse University as Coming Out Month.

Syracuse University’s Department of Recreation Services continues its longstanding tradition of opening its facilities to Syracuse families on Saturday mornings through the Neighborhood Youth Recreation Program (NYRP). Dating back to the mid 1970s, the NYRP was designed as a free program to give local, community youth, ages 5 to 12—regardless of their economic situation—the opportunity [...]

The 2011 University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market series will conclude on Friday, Sept. 30. The market will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Waverly parking lot, located on the corner of Waverly and South Crouse avenues. Presented by Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and open to the [...]

Syracuse University Career Services will host its annual Career Fair at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p.m. Representatives from more than 100 organizations will attend, offering students the opportunity to learn about a variety of internships and full-time job opportunities. The event is sponsored by platinum sponsors GE, JPMorgan Chase and [...]

Youlonda Copeland-Morgan has accepted a position at UCLA as associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. She has served as Syracuse University's associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid since April 2008.  "I am honored to have been selected to lead the enrollment efforts at UCLA," says Copeland-Morgan. "However, I [...]

"Under the Czars and Stripes: Administrative Appointments and the U.S. Constitution."

The Carnegie Religion and Media Program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host Asma T. Uddin for a public conversation, “Feminist, Muslim and on the Web: A Devout Woman’s Journey in Reclaiming Her Faith and Founding a Magazine” on Monday Oct. 3. Uddin will be interviewed by Gustav Niebuhr, associate professor and [...]

Each year when the Parents Office hosts Family Weekend, we offer your department the opportunity to get your printed materials into the hands of the many family members and guests who will visit our hospitality suite.

Renowned composer Philip Rothman will join Patrick Jones, director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 12:30 p.m. for “Conversations at Setnor: Philip Rothman on Being a Professional Composer in the 21st Century.” The talk, [...]

As part of its Convocation Lecture Series, Syracuse University College of Law welcomes Stewart D. Aaron L’83, an administrative partner with the international law firm of Arnold & Porter LLP and president of the 9,000 member New York County Lawyers’ Association. His lecture, “Pro Bono Work and Improving Access to Justice," will be held Thursday, [...]

Bill Halpin ’88, G’95, G’05, MTS/software engineer at Google, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, Oct. 3, as a guest of the advertising department’s Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak at 2:15 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. His talk is free and open to [...]

The Association for Psychological Science has named Stephanie Ortigue, assistant professor of psychology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, a 2011 Rising Star. The announcement was made in the September 11 issue of the association’s news publication, Observer.

Arts Engage, in collaboration with Phi Beta Kappa and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will host renowned pianist Stephanie Trick on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium, in Crouse College. Arts Engage, the portal of Syracuse University’s Office of the Arts Presenter, engages and inspires the SU community through diverse [...]

Architect Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of BIG (Copenhagen, NYC), will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. His lecture, “Hedonistic Sustabinability,” is free and open to the public. Through a series of award-winning design projects and buildings, Ingels has created an international reputation [...]

Art historian James Elkins and science historian Michael Lynch will headline the first installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a new lecture series presented by The Syracuse University Humanities Center. The multimedia program, which is free and open to the public, is on Friday, Oct. 7, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Stolkin Auditorium of the Physics Building. For [...]

The Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences presents two lectures by Thoru Pederson ’63, G ’68, the inaugural Ghaleb ’79 and Rima Daouk Visiting Scientist. Both are free and open to the public. Parking is available in Syracuse University’s pay lots. Pederson will present “Alfred Nobel and Those Prizes: Elitism [...]

Syracuse University’s Judaic Studies Program and the Jewish Federation of Central New York are coming together to present the “Great Jewish Writers” lecture series. Supported by the federation’s Community Program Grant, the series begins with a free lecture about Franz Kafka by Ken Frieden, the B.G. Rudolph Professor in Judaic Studies, on Sunday, Oct. 23, [...]

Jenna Caira, a physical education major in SU's School of Education and softball pitcher at SU, will represent Canada in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The entire Canadian team will travel to Mexico on Oct. 12 and participate in the games until Oct. 24. Caira will be required to provide bi-weekly reports [...]

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and its Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) have been awarded a National Leadership Grant for $190,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  The two-year grant, titled “Investigating Self-Determination Variables in Summer Reading Program Participants,” proposes research that has the potential to make a significant contribution to [...]

Sandra J. Hewett appointed inaugural Bishop Professor Beverly Petterson Bishop ’44 and Charles Bishop ’42, G’44 graduated from Syracuse University in 1944, she with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he a master’s degree in chemistry. They went on to earn doctoral degrees and led successful careers in teaching and research, primarily at the University at [...]

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be showing the Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature film, “Food, Inc.,” on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Moviegoers should use the Waverly Avenue side building entrance. In “Food, Inc.,” producer-director Robert [...]

Asma T. Uddin, a Muslim, feminist and First Amendment advocate, will share her work on both Muslim gender issues and religious freedom for people of all faith traditions during a luncheon discussion at Hendricks Chapel on Monday, Oct. 3. The luncheon will be held from noon-1 p.m. in the Noble Room and is free and [...]

James Schmeling, managing director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, participated in a small business resource workshop hosted by Congressman Richard Hanna on Monday, Sept. 26. Schmeling spoke on opportunities for veterans with disabilities. Hanna invited business leaders, owners, entrepreneurs and officials from across the 24th Congressional District to participate [...]

In preparation for the 2011-2012 flu season, Health Services will provide free seasonal flu vaccine to Syracuse and ESF students at its first flu vaccine clinic on Thursday, Sept. 29.

The fall session of Weight Watchers at Work begins this Wednesday, Sept. 28.

NPR's Fresh Air interviews Arts and Sciences' Dana Spiotta on her new novel, "Stone Arabia"

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be showcasing a display of recyclable materials on the lawn between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse School, from Sept. 28-30. The display will help educate the University community about which materials are recyclable in the City of Syracuse.   "The green space will be lined with various recyclable material and [...]

In preparation for the 2011-12 flu season, SU Health Services will provide free seasonal flu vaccine to Syracuse and SUNY-ESF students at its first flu vaccine clinic on Thursday, Sept. 29, from noon to 4 p.m.

For Waldorf, Maryland resident Helen M. Hall, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, the upcoming Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program—one of the first federally funded training programs focused on entrepreneurial opportunity for female vets—will offer critical networking opportunities with female vets from the greater Baltimore-D.C.-Northern Virginia area, [...]

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will sponsor a screening of “Dolphin Boy,” the award-winning documentary by Israeli director, screenwriter and producer Dani Menkin, at the 2011 Syracuse International Film Festival. “Dolphin Boy” will be shown 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Palace Theater in Syracuse. Menkin will be present for the film [...]

Syracuse University part-time faculty members on Friday approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT).  Voting for the more than 400 members of the bargaining unit occurred by mail, with the ballots tabulated Friday.  The new agreement covers [...]