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Business & Economy

Student Startups Win Over $175,000

Thursday, April 16, 2015, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $178,500 in seed funding on April 11 when, for the third consecutive year, Syracuse University entrepreneurship and innovation competitions came together as OneUniversity to support them.

Campus & Community

12 Outstanding Students Named University Scholars

Thursday, April 16, 2015, By News Staff

Twelve graduating seniors have been named as the 2015 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. University Scholars will represent the entire graduating class at the May 10 Commencement ceremony. On Wednesday, April 29, the scholars…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Appoints Members of Vice Chancellor and Provost Search Committee

Thursday, April 16, 2015, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud today announced the members of the search committee for the University’s new Vice Chancellor and Provost. The Vice Chancellor and Provost is Syracuse University’s chief academic officer and is responsible for all aspects…

Media, Law & Policy

Cold Case Justice Initiative: Recent Killings Just Continuation of a Trend

Wednesday, April 15, 2015, By Scott McDowell

As part of a summary released today by the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group and prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) has called upon the…

Earthfest Celebrates Earth Day with Art, Speakers, Local Food

Tuesday, April 14, 2015, By News Staff

Earthfest, a music and art festival to celebrate this year’s Earth Day (April 22), will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Thornden Park Amphitheatre. The event is free and open to the public. The event is…

Arts & Culture

British Literary Scholar, Theorist Evan Gottlieb to Visit Syracuse April 16-17

Tuesday, April 14, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences will present a mini-residency by Evan Gottlieb, a leading British literary scholar, on April 16-17. An associate professor of English at Oregon State University, Gottlieb will discuss “Speculative Romanticisms:…

Arts & Culture

Author/Musician Rita Indiana, Filmmaker Noelia Quintero to Visit April 23-24

Tuesday, April 14, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Spring Symposia series of the Syracuse University Humanities Center concludes with a two-day residency by Dominican author/musician Rita Indiana and Puerto Rican filmmaker Noelia Quintero. Much of their visit will focus on issues of contemporary Caribbean identity. Titled “Writing,…

Campus & Community

Spring 2015 Evacuation Drill Schedule for Academic and Administrative Buildings

Monday, April 13, 2015, By News Staff

Fire and Life Safety Services (FLSS) will conduct the spring 2015 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from April 20-24. The building drills will be conducted in the morning between 9:30-11:30 a.m. or in the afternoon/evening between 1:30-9 p.m.,…

Arts & Culture

Karen Bakke’s ‘Queens of New York’ to Open at Genet Gallery

Monday, April 13, 2015, By Erica Blust

Karen Bakke, associate professor of fashion design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Design, will present a series of drawings of drag queens, many of whom are from the Syracuse community, at the college’s Sue…

Media, Law & Policy

Professors Act as Muses to Inspire New Typefaces

Monday, April 13, 2015, By News Staff

The display cases in the lobby of Newhouse 1 currently contain work like nothing you’ve ever seen. The exhibit is a series of newly created typefaces inspired by the pillars of the Newhouse School: professors.