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Newhouse School to Hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 19

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 85 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Ed Smith School this Friday for the seventh annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the event serves to…

Invincible, Hip-Hop Artist and Social Activist, Performs April 23

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hip-hop artist and social activist Invincible will perform on Tuesday, April 23, in Hendricks Chapel. Members of Nhu Rho Poetic Society and Verbal Blend will open the show at 7 p.m., and Invincible will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. The…

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…

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.

Goon Squad Student Sign-Up Open for Syracuse Welcome 2013

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse Welcome 2013 will mark the 69th year for the Goon Squad, SU’s official new-student welcome team. Since 1944, returning students have volunteered to greet incoming first-year students. Today, Goon Squad members are best known as the volunteer team that…

Campus & Community

‘ReLAX with Alpha Gam’ Philanthropy Lacrosse Tournament

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

Alpha Gamma Delta’s Alpha chapter at Syracuse University will host its second annual “ReLAX with Alpha Gam” philanthropy lacrosse tournament on Friday, April 19, from 1-­5 p.m. at Thornden Park athletic field. Preregistered teams of six to eight players representing…

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.

Veterans

IVMF, NYSHealth, Veterans Outreach Center Convene Regional Supportive Services for Veterans and Families Meetings

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) and Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester recently hosted regional meetings in both downstate and upstate New York with agencies operating or preparing to implement…

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…

Advocating for the Needs of Transgender People

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Michele Barrett

For the past nine years, Deborah Coolhart has provided a much-needed resource in the Syracuse community. Almost as many years ago, Coolhart, an assistant professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), was one of only a few…