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Media, Law & Policy

Graduate Student’s Personal Essay Finalist in International Competition

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Make every moment count. It’s a sentiment often difficult to live by. Graduate student Carri Prue took the meaning to heart and to her writing. Prue, who is pursuing an executive master of public administration degree at the Maxwell School,…

Veterans

Center of Excellence for Veterans Entrepreneurship Launched

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie, along with Chairman and CEO of First Data Corp. Frank Bisignano, formally announce the creation of the Center of Excellence for Veterans Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University. CoE For Vets from Syracuse University News on Vimeo.

Arts & Culture

Singer Ola Onabulé, Hip-Hop Activist Harry Allen to Visit March 22-23

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center will get its groove on with back-to-back music speakers March 22-23. On Tuesday, March 22, British-Nigerian singer Ola Onabulé will give a lecture-recital from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. In a…

Health & Society

Professor Examines Struggle for Racial Justice in Brazil

Thursday, March 10, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Kwame Dixon was fascinated by the rich culture and political activism of Afro-Brazilians during his first visit to the city of Salvador da Bahia in 1999. However, it didn’t take long to see the contradictions. Many of the same people…

Arts & Culture

Architecture to Host Lectures by NVRC Design Finalists Dykers, Sharples, Adjaye

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

As part of its spring 2016 lecture lineup, the School of Architecture will host a series of lectures by principals and founders of the three firms recently chosen as finalists to design the future National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC) at…

Memorial to Celebrate Life of Justin Robinson

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, By Shannon Andre

On Thursday, March 10, at 8 p.m., a memorial service remembering and celebrating the life of Justin Robinson will be held in Hendricks Chapel. Justin was a senior in the College of Arts and Science who died unexpectedly on Sunday…

Campus & Community

La Casita Seeks Writers

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center welcomes original poetry and prose to be included in its first edition of Musa, a multilingual publication project.This new collection of works by Syracuse University students, faculty, staff and alumni, will be presented at an open mic and…

Campus & Community

New Vice Chancellor, Provost Welcomed to Campus

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, By News Staff

Newly named Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly addressed the crowd Monday at a welcome event held in the Milton Atrium of the Life Sciences Complex. Wheatly will assume her new role on May 16. Here is a video to…

STEM

Professor Creates Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund

Monday, March 7, 2016, By News Staff

A recent donation from Distinguished Professor H. Ezzat Khalifa to the College of Engineering and Computer Science establishes the Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund. This award will recognize the achievement of a graduating senior in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,…

STEM

Nangia Wins ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

Monday, March 7, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded its competitive OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award to Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia of the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty…