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Arts & Culture

‘Sweet lovers love the spring’ in ‘As You Like It’

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

At the heart of the joyful play “As You Like It” is perhaps Shakespeare’s greatest comic heroine, Rosalind. As a woman disguised as a man, she exists not fully as either but in between, where she can relish the privilege…

Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

Switching subject categories could improve test scores

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…

Marilyn Higgins one of five newly appointed to Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement & economic development  at Syracuse University, is one of five newly appointed to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. Higgins, nominated by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25), will be sworn in Wednesday,…

World premiere of ‘Crooked Arrows’ to take place in Syracuse May 9

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

The red carpet will go down on Montgomery Street on Wednesday, May 9, as Syracuse prepares for the world premiere of “Crooked Arrows,” the first mainstream film featuring the sport of lacrosse. Neal Powless, a former All American lacrosse player,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, April 20

Friday, April 20, 2012, By News Staff

National and local media report on passing of entertainment icon and SU alumnus Dick Clark

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, April 17

Friday, April 20, 2012, By News Staff

Associated Press highlights sustainability of SU/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement gowns

‘Voice of the Hokies’ Bill Roth ’87 to visit SU April 26

Friday, April 20, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Bill Roth ’87, lead play-by-play announcer for Virginia Tech (VT), will visit Syracuse University April 26 as a guest of the student chapter of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Halmi Screening…

STEM

Paving the way: Raytheon’s Jennifer Zhao ’09 to speak

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By News Staff

Career Services, within the Division of Student Affairs, and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing Jennifer Zhao ‘09, systems engineer for Raytheon Co., to campus on Monday, April 23, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. Zhao’s visit coincides…

Seniors to present work during annual Capstone Presentation Day

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By News Staff

On Wednesday afternoons, Brittany Brathwaite, a senior in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, heads to SU’s Warehouse in downtown Syracuse to meet with “her girls,” teenagers from across the city whose lives are in turmoil and for whom…