Jamesville-Dewitt center Dajuan Coleman cited proximity and the family atmopshere of the program in his decision to play basketball next year at Syracuse over Kentucky or Ohio State.
Posts Tagged ‘Syracuse University’
Home Cooking
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011A Tale from the Hood
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Walter Hood gives the 2011 Warner Selgiman Lecture at Syracuse University
Designer, architect, artist and urbanist Walter Hood described some of nationwide design projects and the agrarian roots in modern day urbanism yesterday at SU’s School of Architecture.
Below is an excerpt form his talk, which focuses on the “Find the Rivers” project Hood did in Pittsburgh, PA. The “Rivers” geographic location is the setting for many of the plays by August Wilson called the Hill District.
Hood, who is based in Oakland CA, was in town for the 2011 Werner Seligman lecture.
Building Better Relationships
Saturday, September 24th, 2011“The Syracuse Network has deep roots.”
Ben Green
Ben Green leads SU alumni in a discussion about networking
Coming Back Together X (Ten) featured a forum on social networking featuring various communications professionals. The panel was moderated by Ben Green, SU ’85 and dedicated to the memory of Lee Keitt ’76.
The discussion focused on mentoring, generosity, improvements in delivery systems and social media limitations (not 100% marketing, not 100% personal).
Michelle Walker Davis and Anthony Otero at Syracuse University’s CBT X Networking discussion
Below hear a comment by co-moderator Dr. Rick Wright.
Ushering Boys to Men
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Coming Back Together X-Cal to Action Education Forum
Syracuse University alumni returned to campus this weekend for Coming Back Together (CBT) X. Today’s CBT X schedule featured a panel discussion about “Saving Our Black and Latino Boys” at the School of Education that featured Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler, former SU Football player A. Alif Muhammad, Keith Alford, Dalia Rodriguez and Jeff Mangram. Muhammad (standing in photo above) stressed education with cultural sensitivity and warned against misrepresenting the behavior of black and Latino young men. Here’s an article written about Muhammad by Syracuse-based journalist Saundra Smokes.
CBT X Education Forum
Fall Lineup Preview
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Syracuse University Football Fan Fest 2011
The Syracuse University Football team held an open practice today for their Fanfest celebration. The team’s home-opener is September 1st. Above: Coach Doug Marrone and Freshman Travon Burke meet the fans and sign autographs.
Love of the Game
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Pro basketball trainer Mark Williams, a native of Queens, NY, sent us an update on his hoops enterprise called Team Footprintz. Williams has trained or collaborated with a who’s who of Big East basketball talent, including former Syracuse standout Nicole Michael.
Michael recently signed to play in the Italian pro league for next season.
Neighborhood in Transition (part 8)
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Hotel Skyler
Green infrastructure + alternative energy + recycling materials= sustainable business practices.
A Desperate Housewife (with Style)
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Vanessa Williams, Icon of Style
Syracuse University alum, singer, actress and former Miss America Vanessa Williams was presented with the 2011 Icon of Style Award last night at JP Morgan Chase, One Chase Manhattan Plaza.
Williams, along with Coach Jim Boeheim, Chancellor Nancy Cantor, attended the event and watched a fashion show featuring the work of 12 students from Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts.
Here are photographs from the previous Icon of Style Award presentation and show we covered a few years ago.
Moving Forward
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
OCC graduates Tela Hamm, Melissa Guiles and Patrice Cage at the War Memorial
Congratulations to the graduates of area colleges and universities, including SIF Advisory Board member John H. Giles, who earned his master’s degree from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University today.
SIF Board Member John H. Giles, Jr.
April Gascon (right), who earned a Masters degree in International Relations, celebrates with her mother Yvonne at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.
A highway runs through it
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Interstate 81 runs through the city of Syracuse
Should it stay or should it go?
This week there are a series of public workshops to assess the future of Route 81, which is a few blocks from our offices.