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Maxwell Holiday Exchange to Benefit Cancer Center, Veterans
The 17th Annual Maxwell School Holiday Exchange is taking place until Wednesday, Dec. 11, with all proceeds to benefits the Upstate Cancer Center, in memory of all those affected by cancer in the Maxwell community, and the Clear Path for…
Fuel Campaign Concludes, 170 Gifts Raise $29,800
The results of a unique and highly successful fundraising initiative for the School of Information Studies “Fuel the Future” campaign are in. The effort raised a total of 170 gifts–and nearly $30,000–through the generous direct contributions of students, staff, faculty,…
Students Organize Initiatives for Typhoon Haiyan Relief
On Nov. 8, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, slammed into portions of Southeast Asia, hitting the Philippines particularly hard. The storm left unbelievable devastation in its wake. More than 5,600 deaths have been officially recorded, and…
Community Breakfast to Benefit Typhoon Relief
A Community Breakfast will be held Saturday, Dec. 7, at 9:30 a.m. at the Alibrandi Catholic Center to benefit Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door. Proceeds will benefit the Oxfam…
DPS Releases Android Mobile App
Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety will release its new Android phone and tablet app on Monday, Dec. 2. The app was developed in a partnership between the department and the School of Information Studies. DPS approached the project in…
Solar Panels on South Campus Help SU Reach Energy Goals
Tyler Poyant read a Tweet over the summer stating that solar thermal panels were being installed on South Campus apartments. Having lived on South Campus last year and planning to again this year, this environmental step made by SU affects…
Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates
It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.
Syracuse University Front and Center in Veterans’ Initiatives
As the nation took a collective pause this week for its annual tribute to those who have served in the armed forces, Syracuse University reasserted its standing as a precedent-setting leader and national force for advancing programming and services to meet the needs of veterans.
Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act
David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….
Memoirist Strayed to Give Next Carver Reading
Cheryl Strayed G ’02, author of The New York Times bestselling memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” (Knopf, 2012), will present the next Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Gifford…