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LGBT Resource Center Hosts 15th Annual Rainbow Banquet
The LGBT Resource Center will host its 15th annual Rainbow Banquet on Wednesday, April 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Students, staff, faculty and community members are invited to celebrate the end of the academic…
Q&A: Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities
While for many students, spring marks a winding down of the academic year, it also marks the start of the application process for valuable scholarship and fellowship opportunities. Jolynn Parker serves as director of Syracuse University’s Center for Fellowship and…
Summer Linguistics Boot Camp Immerses Students in African Luyia Languages
Students interested in learning more about the field of linguistics—and delving deep into a set of African languages—are encouraged to enroll in a new summer course, Linguistics Boot Camp. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Christopher Green, students will review…
Phonologist Documents Tonology, Syntax of Distinctive Kenyan Languages With NSF Grant
Last year, Christopher Green, assistant professor of linguistics, spent a month in Kenya with colleagues at Kenyatta University and members of the Luyia ethnic group to continue to explore and better understand the richness of their languages. Green spent many…
Falk Sport Venue and Event Management Graduate Students Host Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit Vera House May 8
Graduate students in Falk College’s Department of Sport Management are hosting the Second Annual Sport Venue and Event Management Charity Golf Classic May 8 at Drumlins Country Club East Course beginning at noon. Monies raised will support Vera House’s comprehensive…
Reminder of International Student Survey Closing Soon
International students have through Thursday of this week to fill out an online survey developed and distributed by Syracuse University’s Internationalization Council. The survey—which is available via the Internationalization Council website—will close Friday morning, April 7. The survey is designed…
Semaan Secures NSF Grant to Address Veteran Transitions with Technology
What happens to people after they experience a disruptive event in their lives—a job loss, physical or emotional trauma, a natural disaster, a disease diagnosis, returning from war or homelessness? These life changes, or invisible crises, can be debilitating on…
‘Thrive Together Fair’ Celebrates Cultural Diversity
Syracuse University student organization Thrive at SU is hosting the inaugural “Thrive Together Fair” on Saturday, April 15, at Manley Field House. Tickets are $7 and are on sale now at the Schine Box Office and online at boxoffice.syr.edu. Doors…
Alumnus Honored for Entrepreneurship in Making Bagels an American Staple, Philanthropy
Marvin Lender ’63 has many wonderful memories about his family’s bagel bakery while growing up. Lender remembers the times he would stand at a bench making bagels by hand—a skill that could take up to a year to learn—in the…
Hank Greenwald: A Great Syracuse Alumnus, a Broadcasting Giant, on the Hope of Opening Day
Opening day has always mattered to Hank Greenwald ’57. In his early childhood in Detroit, just after World War II, he felt the electricity when his hometown Tigers opened the baseball season at the legendary ballpark known then as Briggs…