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Connective Corridor, Centscere, Community Foundation Launch Micro-Giving Project

Tuesday, March 4, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Can social media and social entrepreneurship help leverage small change to make a big difference? Centscere, an SU student start-up, is putting this theory into action.

Hollywood Executive to Discuss Purpose and Faith with SU Community

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By News Staff

DeVon Franklin, senior vice president for production at Columbia Pictures, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype for a conversation on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse…

SU PRSSA Chapter to Host Regional Conference Feb. 28-March 1

Wednesday, February 26, 2014, By News Staff

The William P. Ehling Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) at Syracuse University is hosting this year’s PRSSA regional conference at the Newhouse School March 1-2 with a pre-conference Feb. 28. “CuseCon: The Secret to Social…

SU Redeems Campus Bottles and Cans to Benefit Rescue Mission

Monday, February 24, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University will now redeem all cans and bottles collected from the University’s academic and residential buildings through Mission Returns, the bottle and can redemption service owned by the Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse. Proceeds from Mission Returns support a…

Sport Management Club Raises More than $30,000 at Charity Sports Auction

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Management (SPM) Club raised $30,500 for the Food Bank of Central New York at its ninth Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 7, Food Bank supporters placed bids on hundreds of items,…

Streak Ends, Tree Comes Down

Thursday, February 20, 2014, By Keith Kobland

It had been a while since the SU men’s basketball team lost a game. It’s also been a while since Christmas. In Ken Amody’s household, the two are intertwined. Amody is an 18-year employee of Syracuse University and a Navy…

Arts & Culture

‘Speed-the-Plow’ Examines Loyalty and Ambition Feb. 21-March 2

Friday, February 14, 2014, By News Staff

Tony Award-nominated “Speed-the-Plow” is a biting satire of Hollywood. Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client. Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed head of production at a major studio, both see…

SU Alumna Creates New U.S. Postage Stamp

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

When it comes to matters of the heart, artist Q. Cassetti G’07 knows her stuff. Her M.F.A. thesis focused on valentines, and as part of that she created more than 300 images of hearts. Those images were posted on her…

Campus & Community

Tap, Filtered or Bottled: Testing Your Water Preference

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, By News Staff

Tap, filtered or bottled. The Sustainability Division wants to know what members of the campus community prefer in terms of their drinking water by offering a blind sample of water tests around campus this month. Starting last week in Bird…

STEM

Physicist’s Proposal in Quantum Computing Receives $2.25 Million in Funding

Monday, February 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

“The Big Bang Theory” is one of television’s most popular shows, but if you’re interested in physics, cutting-edge research and high IQs, you need to look no further than the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences….