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Maxwell School Announces Samantha Power as Graduate Convocation Speaker

Wednesday, April 24, 2013, By News Staff

Pulitzer-Prize winning author and foreign policy scholar Samantha Power will deliver the Maxwell School’s graduate convocation address on Friday, May 10, at Hendricks Chapel. The convocation  at 10 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel is open to all members of the Syracuse…

College of Law Welcomes Hon. Judith S. Kaye as Commencement Speaker

Tuesday, April 23, 2013, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Hon. Judith S. Kaye will serve as Commencement speaker as the Syracuse University College of Law celebrates its Commencement on Friday, May 10, at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.  Kaye will receive a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from…

Veterans

IVMF, Bob Woodruff Foundation Lead Public-Private Convening

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Aim is to spur employment of post-9/11 veterans with disabilities The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced it will convene a group of national leaders to investigate underlying barriers…

Whitman M.B.A.s Win Annual Duke MBA Games for Second Year

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

Fifteen M.B.A. students from the Whitman School of Management took first place at the annual Duke MBA Games at Duke University in Durham, N.C., repeating their 2012 victory. The annual competition, which raises money for Special Olympics, culminates in a…

Students and Organizations Recognized at 44 Stars Event

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, By News Staff

The Office of Student Activities within the Division of Student Affairs honored individual students and recognized student organizations for their hard work and dedication at the 44 Stars of Excellence Awards and Gala Celebration on April 11 at Goldstein Auditorium…

Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…

Black Celestial Choral Ensemble Uplifting the Spirit through Song

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Voices raised in joy and praise will ring through Hendricks Chapel Saturday, April 20, for the 36th Anniversary Concert of the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. The concert will feature eight choral selections, including…

Understanding the Nuremberg Trial and Its Lessons

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

In restoring her filmmaker father’s 60-year-old documentary, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today,” Sandra Schulberg didn’t want the film to be received as just another film about Nazis. She wanted people to understand the greater message in a film that had never been shown in the United States.

STEM

Designing the Street Smart Phone

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Meet the “smarter” New York City payphone. The push buttons and coin slot of the past are inevitably replaced with a touch screen and card swipe, plus camera, solar panels and capabilities for emergency alerts and wayfinding.

La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…