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New York Bar Foundation presents second installment of $250,000 grant to EBV program

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

Representatives from the New York Bar Foundation will present the second installment of a $250,000 grant to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) at Syracuse University on Friday, April 13. The grant monies enable 35 additional veterans to…

Exhibition to feature photographic survey of Syracuse public sculpture, work of artist in residence

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse’s public sculpture, and the current work of Brendan Rose, the city’s public artist in residence, will be the subject of a new photographic survey on view April 19-May 12 at the Syracuse Public Artist in Residence (SPAR) Space located…

Award-winning memoirist concludes Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, By News Staff

Kelle Groom will read from ‘I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl’ Kelle Groom, author of the memoir “I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl” (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2011), will conclude the Spring…

Long-term research reveals causes, consequences of environmental change

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.“The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is striking,”…

Media, Law & Policy

Two anthropology Ph.D. students receive major NSF fellowships

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

Melinda Gurr and Lauren Hosek, both second-year doctoral students in anthropology, have received highly prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards support advanced graduate study for three years, at $30,000 per year. In selecting Gurr and Hosek, the…

Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

At Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 13, four honorary degrees will be presented to individuals of outstanding achievement who have made a difference in the world and in the lives of others. The four 2012 honorary degree…

Campus & Community

Ryka Aoki: Transgender Day of Liberation, April 9

Friday, April 6, 2012, By News Staff

In her talk as part of the Transgender Day of Liberation event on April 9 at 7 p.m. in the Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center, Professor Ryka Aoki will discuss the importance of individual and local community relationships to overarching sociopolitical alliances.

Student startups win more than $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By News Staff

Thirty-seven student startups won a combined $153,200 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on March 30 at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out…

Campus & Community

Pedestrian path between the Raynor parking lot and Irving Avenue Garage to close

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By News Staff

On April 9, Campus Planning, Design and Construction will begin installation of an electrical and telecommunications ductbank under the existing pedestrian path that connects Irving Avenue to Stadium Place, and is located between the Raynor parking lot and the Irving…

Transgender Day of Liberation to be celebrated on April 9

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center within the Division of Student Affairs hosts Ryka Aoki, writer, performer and educator, for its Transgender Day of Liberation event on April 9 at 7 p.m. in the Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center….