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Business & Economy

PAANI and EcoBamboo Living Take Prizes at ’Cuse Tank Competition

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) awarded the following teams prizes at this year’s ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition, held on Oct. 18 at Bird Library: First-place winner–Nikita Chatterjee (Arts and Sciences), representing PAANI, won $7,000. PAANI…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Mourns Passing of Life Trustee J. Patrick Barrett

Monday, October 21, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University mourns the loss of J. Patrick “Pat” Barrett, a Life Trustee who died in September after a brief battle with leukemia. He was 82. The Lake Placid native served on the University’s Board of Trustees for more than…

Veterans

Military-Connected Student of the Month: Marine Corps Veteran Turned Air Force ROTC Cadet Caleb Holmes ’20

Thursday, October 17, 2019, By News Staff

For some college students, juggling classes, a social life and a job is challenging enough. As non-traditional students become more of a fixture on college campuses, more students are juggling marriage, children, mortgage payments, car payments and family medical appointments…

Media, Law & Policy

William Herbert Johnson L’1903, College of Law’s First African American Graduate, to Be Posthumously Admitted to the New York State Bar

Thursday, October 17, 2019, By Robert Conrad

On Friday, Oct. 18, William Herbert Johnson L’1903, the College of Law’s first African American graduate, will be posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar in a ceremony at the Onondaga County Courthouse. The event will be held from…

Arts & Culture

Music for People Workshop Being Held Oct. 26

Tuesday, October 15, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to attend a daylong Music for People (MfP) workshop at Onondaga Community College (OCC). Titled “A Day of Improvisation,” the workshop is Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in…

Media, Law & Policy

Google Executive to Speak at Newhouse Oct. 16 as Part of Annual Social Commerce Days

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Corey duBrowa, vice president of global communications and public affairs at Google, will visit campus Oct. 16 as a guest of the Newhouse School. He will present “Google at 21: Analytics, Insights and Your Future” at 7 p.m. in the…

STEM

Hush, Little Baby: Mother Right Whales ‘Whisper’ to Calves

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Diana Napolitano

On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was found dead in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a busy international shipping channel. Punctuation—so named for her comma-shaped scars—was a North Atlantic right whale, a species severely threatened by human…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents the Classic American Courtroom Drama ‘Twelve Angry Men’

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Courtroom drama at its best fills the stage as the American classic “Twelve Angry Men” continues the 2019/2020 Syracuse Stage season. The show runs through Oct. 27. Set in 1957 in the jury room of a New York City courthouse,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Submits Record Number of 2020 Fulbright Grant Applications

Wednesday, October 9, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As Syracuse University students and alumni who received 2019 Fulbright grants settle into their experiences around the globe, a record number have submitted their applications for the 2020 cycle of funding. This year, the University submitted a record 45 grant…

Campus & Community

University Celebrates Disability Awareness and Appreciation Month

Tuesday, October 8, 2019, By News Staff

Throughout October, the Disability Cultural Center (DCC), united with cross campus partners, is hosting Disability Awareness and Appreciation Month. “This month is important because it’s a chance for students to experience different ways of thinking about disability. Here at the…