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Scholar Spotlight: Milanoi Koiyiet ’15

Thursday, April 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Milanoi Koiyiet is a graduate student in the College of Law. However, she is originally from Kenya, where she already has a law degree. Due to her work ensuring justice for women and girls with intellectual disabilities who have undergone…

Campus & Community

50 Cent to Headline Block Party

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By News Staff

University Union will host its annual Block Party on April 24 in the Carrier Dome. The event will follow Mayfest in Walnut Park with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. This year’s line up will feature rappers 50 Cent with G-Unit…

Arts & Culture

University Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Shannon Andre

This year’s commemorative speaker is Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014. Davuluri spent her year in that role traveling across the country to speak on “Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency.”

STEM

Ping Zhang Named American Council on Education Fellow

Friday, March 27, 2015, By J.D. Ross

Ping Zhang, professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) for the 2015-2016 academic year. The announcement of this year’s fellowship appointments was made today in Washington, D.C.,…

Arts & Culture

Libraries and Partners Offer Second Human Library Event

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries will host its second annual Human Library event on Wednesday, April 1, from 2-5 p.m. in Bird Library, in partnership with the Disability Cultural Center, the Office of Learning Communities, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the…

OrangeAbility: Let’s All Play Accessible Athletics

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities are invited to participate in Syracuse University’s fourth annual Accessible Athletics Expo, “OrangeAbility.” This student-led initiative is sponsored by the Disability Student Union, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, the Disability…

Campus & Community

University to Host EducationUSA Academy with U.S. Department of State

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, By Eileen Jevis

Syracuse University has announced its partnership with the U.S. Department of State to host the EducationUSA Academy Pilot Program in July 2015. The four-week academy will provide English language courses, college preparatory content and cross-cultural activities to self-funded 15-17 year…

Campus & Community

Scholar Spotlight: Cavel Whyte ’15

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, By News Staff

Cavel Whyte hails from Kingston, Jamaica, and attended a high school in the Bronx that did not have any college counselors. So she took it upon herself to learn the college admissions process firsthand, then teach it to her peers. She…

Arts & Culture

Cruel April Will Showcase Poetic Voices at Point of Contact Gallery

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, By News Staff

Central New York’s annual poetry event Cruel April opens to the public on April 2 at the Point of Contact Gallery in downtown Syracuse. The program celebrates National Poetry Month with poetry readings every Thursday of April starting at 6…

Arts & Culture

SU Drama Tackles the Bard and Blasphemy in ‘Measure for Measure’

Friday, March 20, 2015, By News Staff

Hypocrites, beware! Such is the matter of this profound and intriguing late comedy by Shakespeare. When Duke Vincentio of Vienna inexplicably hands over power to Lord Angelo, a man of self-professed puritanism, he lays a trap that ensnares the falsely…