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Students Invited to Creatively Collaborate in Studio C

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Students from all majors who are interested in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship are invited to creative gatherings to help generate ideas and teams for the social/nonprofit sector. Studio C, a place to collaborate, create and change, will host “Pizza,…

SU Among 17 Academic Institutions Invited to Create International Filmmaking Academy in Italy

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By Erica Blust

VPA’s Owen Shapiro appointed vice president The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was among 17 international academic institutions invited to create an international filmmaking academy in Bologna, Italy. Representatives from the academic institutions met in December at the…

STEM

PRIDE Coordinates Playful Challenges for National Engineers Week

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By News Staff

Programs Rooted in Developing Excellence (PRIDE) in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) coordinates an annual celebration of National Engineers Week, which brings the members of the college together and introduces the campus community to the field…

Lessons from Sandy: Are We Ready for More Climate Disruption?

Wednesday, February 13, 2013, By News Staff

Superstorm Sandy brought us face to face with the realities of a changing climate. Many in the University community had family or friends who felt the storm’s devastating impact, and before long, all of us will feel the effects of severe weather, sea level rise and a warming planet.

After 42 Years of Service, Peter Webber, Director of Auxiliary Services Announces Retirement; Successor Named

Wednesday, February 13, 2013, By News Staff

SU Director of Auxiliary Services Peter Webber has announced his retirement from Syracuse University, effective June 30, after 42 years of service. Auxiliary Services includes Food Services; Housing, Meal Plan, and ID Card Services; University Bookstore; Housing and Food Services…

‘Peace’ Captured By Study Abroad Student in Cathedral Window in Spain

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last semester, the 2012-13 Remembrance Scholars collaborated with the SU Abroad office to sponsor a photo contest that encouraged study abroad students to photograph the Remembrance dove and/or other landscapes and objects that represent meaningful places for “peace” in unique…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Professor Named to National Postal Service Reform Panel

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Walter D. Broadnax, Distinguished Professor at the Maxwell School, has been appointed to a panel leading an independent review of a plan to breathe new life into the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) through public-private partnership. The review was commissioned by…

Health & Society

McDonald Receives NIH Grant to Study Intellectual Disability Research Ethics

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Katherine McDonald, associate professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow in the Burton Blatt Institute, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…

Work of Latina Artist Favianna Rodriguez Will Open at La Casita Cultural Center

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Last fall, celebrated printmaker and social activist Favianna Rodriguez joined forces with other California-based artists to create posters urging passage of Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of all food made from genetically engineered plants and animals. The proposition…

Arts & Culture

Local High School Students to Participate in Syracuse Stage Arts Emerging Education Program

Monday, February 11, 2013, By News Staff

High school students from Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Fowler High School, Nottingham High School and the Institute of Technology will participate this winter and spring in the Arts Emerging education program at Syracuse Stage, an annual in-depth art project that relates…