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Make your Thanksgiving Break sustainable

Friday, November 16, 2012, By News Staff

Will you be away from your campus office for an extended period next week? If so, before leaving please do the following: • Turn off and unplug all office and personal electronics such as computers, monitors, printers, paper shredders, coffee…

Campus & Community

Opening reception Nov. 15, 5-8 p.m.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

The Warehouse Gallery is pleased to present ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7, the first solo museum exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The Warehouse Gallery will host a free opening night reception from 5-8 p.m….

Campus & Community

Prince Sultan bin Salman of Saudi Arabia receives Chancellor’s Medal

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chairman of the board of trustees of the Prince Salman Center for Disabilities Research in Riyadh and the first Arab astronaut, will be awarded Syracuse University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 16.

Campus & Community

Orange Central=good times

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

SU’s Orange Central celebration was held Friday-Sunday, Nov. 8-11, on campus. After a week of student activities to pump up the Orange spirit, an expanded Homecoming + Reunion for alumni and friends took place. Special reunions were held for several…

Congratulations to VP and SU alum Joe Biden!

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By Keith Kobland

It’s a common refrain from election night, the cry of “Four more years!” And while voters returned Barack Obama to the White House for another term as president, they also voted to return for another four years one of Syracuse…

Media, Law & Policy

An election season in London for Americans abroad

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

SU Abroad student Rebekah MacKay (www.rebekahmackay.com) captured the images of this election season through the lens of Americans voting abroad in London. A graduate student in photography in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, MacKay covered the election as part of an assignment for photojournalism professor Judah Passow.

Media, Law & Policy

International students find much to interest them in U.S. presidential election

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

The debates, the media coverage, seemingly endless campaigning. Americans have endured months of buildup to the U.S. presidential election. Two students—Chi Chen, a junior studying psychology, and Yutian Yang, a third-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering—have watched the U.S. process,…

Media, Law & Policy

A house divided: Race for the 24th Congressional District seat

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Carol Boll

Two years ago, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle unseated Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei in an excruciatingly tight contest for New York’s 25th congressional seat that was ultimately decided three weeks later and by a margin of less than three-tenths of 1 percent. This year’s rematch has given every indication of being just as close.

Media, Law & Policy

A vote for citizenship

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

One vote doesn’t decide the fate of a nation. Its greater meaning is in the vital act of citizenship, says Robert McClure, Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy Emeritus at the Maxwell School.

Business & Economy

WISE Women’s Business Center relocates to Syracuse’s Tech Garden

Monday, November 5, 2012, By Lindsay Wickham

Ribbon-cutting to be held Nov. 8 The WISE Women’s Business Center has announced the relocation of its main office to the Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse. A ribbon-cutting, to celebrate a heightened awareness for women’s entrepreneurship in Central New York,…