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iSchool to host NASA Space Apps Challenge event
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has been selected to host an event as part of the International Space Apps Challenege, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Space Apps Challenge, entering its second year, will take place…
Ray Smith Symposium explores issues of Latina/o ‘citizenship’ Jan. 31-Feb. 1
In response to the United States’ growing Hispanic population, the College of Arts and Sciences is presenting several events on the theme of “citizenship,” Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The events are part of the yearlong Ray Smith Symposium titled “Moving Borders:…
Feasibility study under way to find ways to use space freed up when bookstore moves
The Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center has been the heart of student life at Syracuse University since its opening in 1985. With the planned relocation of the SU Bookstore to a new location on University Avenue and the…
Mayor presents unprecedented challenges for cities at next session of IRP
The Jan. 17 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. Miner will discuss the challenges the city faces and what needs to be done to address them. Miner attended Syracuse University, graduating magna…
Jim Powers joins IVMF as IT help desk manager
Jim Powers has been appointed information technology (IT) help desk manager at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF). Powers will serve as the institute’s chief IT staff member, working in conjunction with IT support staff and…
Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen
While studying the lives of women living with HIV in South Asia, Maxwell School associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen recalls speaking with a young mother in Tamil Nadu, the southeastern state in India. “When neighbors ask me why I am…
Director of Financial Aid announces retirement
SU Financial Aid director Kaye Devesty has announced her retirement, effective July 1. In an email to colleagues, associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid Ryan Williams praised Devesty’ s long and influential SU…
Jules R. Setnor, benefactor of SU’s Setnor School of Music, dies at 101
Jules R. Setnor ’32 M.D.’35, a generous benefactor of Syracuse University’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, died Friday, Dec. 21, at his home in Longmeadow, Mass., at age…
2013 Mirror Awards entries sought
Sponsored by the Newhouse School, the awards honor excellence in media industry reporting The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the seventh annual Mirror Awards competition for media covering media. Enter now at mirrorawards.com. Deadline…
VPA alumnus Bryan Buckley ’85 receives Academy Award nomination for short film
College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus and award-winning commercial and film director Bryan Buckley ’85 was among the nominees announced Thursday, Jan. 10, for the 85th Academy Awards. Buckley directed the short film “Asad,” which was nominated in the…