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Campus & Community

Nourish Students Share in Rebuilding Livelihoods, Hope in Uganda

Wednesday, July 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Rural Ugandans were at first unsure about the Nourish International students who came to help with health and livelihood initiatives. There can be skepticism about Westerners bringing their own values. The students showed their purpose was different.

Arts & Culture

Student Author Challenges Perceptions in ‘I, Too, Am a Dancer!’

Tuesday, July 21, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Kanisha L. Ffriend ’16 tells the story of a young girl of color who is hard of hearing in “I,Too, Am a Dancer!” The girl is the main character—a different approach than from what Ffriend had seen in other books about people with disabilities.

Maxwell Professor Gives Perspective on Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling

Friday, June 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University Associate Professor of Political Science Thomas M. Keck offered some perspective on today’s historic Supreme Court decision regarding same-sex marriage. “If you take a step back and look at the historical process that got us to this point,…

Health & Society

Q&A: University Professor Carl Schramm on Affordable Care Act Decision

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

In a 6-3 decision that many predicted to be the death knell of so-called Obamacare if it had gone the other way, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states…

Campus & Community

Mike Hopkins Formally Named Men’s Basketball Head Coach-Designate

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By Kevin C. Quinn

Hopkins will succeed Coach Jim Boeheim following the 2017-18 men’s basketball season. In March, Boeheim announced that he will retire in three years.

STEM

Building a Silver Lining for the Cloud

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The cloud has become a ubiquitous solution for work and for play. Businesses use it to store, access and share data. The average person uses it for email, social networks or to binge-watch “House of Cards” on Netflix. It is…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Selects Mark Coyle as University’s Next Director of Athletics

Friday, June 19, 2015, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced he has selected Mark Coyle to be the University’s next director of athletics.

Arts & Culture

Student Wins Honors Capstone Awards for Original Novel

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has received two major capstone project awards from the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Anastasia Selby ’15 is the winner of both the David Orlin Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project and…

Syracuse University Retail Expert Comments on the Closing of Gap Stores

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

“What ails The Gap is bigger than a couple of hundred underperforming stores. For the past several years the brand has lost its identity, relevance and resonance with the American public,” says Amanda Nicholson, associate dean and professor of retail practice…

Arts & Culture

UVP, Light Work Announce Summer Review 2015

Monday, June 8, 2015, By Jessica Posner

From mid-June through early September, UVP is screening two programs featuring works from the 2014-2015 “Celestial Navigation: a year into the afro future” program at UVP Everson.