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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….

Health & Society

Ingredients for a Successful Recipe

Friday, February 7, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Start with oats. Mix in some dates and whole wheat cereal and a good dose of experimentation and curiosity. For four Falk College and Whitman School students and a group of high school students, the recipe to develop a healthy snack is about more than just the raw ingredients.

Campus & Community

Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Hosts Dome Concert with J. Cole and Elle Varner

Tuesday, February 4, 2014, By News Staff

The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity presents “Friday Night Lights: Culture for Service Benefit Concert,” featuring Grammy award- nominated artists J. Cole & Elle Varner in the Carrier Dome Friday, March 21,  at 7:30 p.m. Doors open…

Business & Economy

From Fight Ring to Business Enterprise

Tuesday, February 4, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

In the fight ring, the individual competitor stands alone, backed only by his resolve and weeks of grueling training. For Daniel Goldberg ’15, that mental stamina and discipline he developed as a Muay Thai fighter translates well into his role of entrepreneur.

Arts & Culture

Endowment to Support Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures

Monday, February 3, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

When he arrived on the Syracuse University campus in 1988, he was chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL). Today, Harold G. Jones is an emeritus professor of Spanish, a philanthropist and, most recently, the man responsible…