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At National Press Club event, Chancellor Cantor helps launch national dialogue on the purposes of higher education

Thursday, September 6, 2012, By News Staff

SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor shared her thoughts on priorities for American higher education as a panelist at a National Press Club event to launch Shaping Our Future, a national series of community-based dialogues about the purposes of higher…

Media, Law & Policy

Social media become vital tool in business, presidential campaign

Tuesday, September 4, 2012, By Carol Boll

When U.S. Sen. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the young Democrat’s victory made history in more ways than one. It not only shattered the color barrier to the highest office in the land; it also heralded social media as a powerful—and powerfully underestimated—strategic tool that aspiring politicians from that day forth would ignore at their own peril.

Arts & Culture

Pulse announces 2012-13 season

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, By News Staff

The upcoming 2012-13 season of Syracuse University’s Pulse Performing Arts Series features a diverse selection of unique and highly anticipated artistic performances.

Getting to know Carrie Grogan Abbott

Saturday, August 25, 2012, By News Staff

This past July, while many on campus were enjoying the slower pace of summer, or taking long-anticipated vacations, Carrie Grogan Abbott, director of First-Year and Transfer Programs, was at her desk making dozens of phone calls, sending emails and coordinating countless logistics for one of the University’s biggest events of the year: Syracuse Welcome.

Media, Law & Policy

Mindset, Happiness and Law School

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Law professor Peter H. Huang found out about the pressures of academic life at a young age. He was 14 when he enrolled at Princeton, and began Ph.D. studies in mathematics just three years later. His mother, who he affectionately…

Arts & Culture

SU launches Certificate in Iroquois Linguistics program

Friday, August 17, 2012, By News Staff

In response to the growing demand for qualified language teachers, the Native American Studies Program in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences has launched the Certificate in Iroquois Linguistics for Language Learners. This new undergraduate program targets students and…

STEM

Craftistas takes top place in Student Sandbox Demo Day competition

Thursday, August 16, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Startup entrepreneur Camille Malkiewicz found out that going last among 15 presenters in the RvD IDEA Student Sandbox Demo Day competition had its benefits, after all. Her company, Craftistas, took first place, winning $1,000, a travel stipend, and most importantly,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 13

Monday, August 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Tacoma Weekly reported on Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs. The pilot program was launched by the Institute for Veterans and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 1

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Best Colleges Online names the Raymond von Dran IDEA Student Sandbox as the No. 3 college business incubator in the country. The film program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts was listed as…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, July 24

Tuesday, July 24, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Recent Syracuse University graduate and Commencement speaker Stephen Barton was profiled in several local and national media reports on the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo., including ABC World News, several Associated Press stories, (here and…