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Whitman School Using Gamification to Promote Learning

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Keith Kobland

What do Harry Potter and a smartphone app have to do with training tomorrow’s business leaders? At Syracuse University, plenty. This semester, the Whitman School of Management is launching the Goodman IMPRESS program. IMPRESS creates competition among students to gain…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Grows Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner

Tuesday, September 9, 2014, By News Staff

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Salt City Harvest Farm from 5-8 p.m. for Syracuse Grows, one of a kind, Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner! The dinner will be prepared by New American chefs (My Lucky Tummy) using fresh ingredients…

Physicists Explore Biomimetic Clocks

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Working with a team of scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich), Brandeis University, and Leiden University in the Netherlands, M. Cristina Marchetti and Mark Bowick, professors in the Soft Matter Program in the College of Arts and…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Season Starts with Comedy ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’

Thursday, September 4, 2014, By News Staff

The 14/15 Season at Syracuse Stage starts Sept. 24 with “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. In this “ripped and roaring” comedy by Christopher Durang, Sonia and Vanya have frittered…

Media, Law & Policy

Legendary Washington Post Editor Harry Rosenfeld ’52 to Appear at Syracuse University Sept. 16

Thursday, September 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A key figure in the breaking of the Watergate scandal that ended the Nixon presidency will return to his alma mater, Syracuse University, for an open conversation about his experiences, followed by a book signing. Harry Rosenfeld ‘52, former editor…

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Perspective’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Perspective” is the theme of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. The semester-long series begins with a keynote address by Kevin Powers, a U.S. Army veteran…

Health & Society

Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. After…

Stand Up, Step In and Speak Out

Friday, August 29, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Every day, victims of bullying, discrimination, sexual violence, drug abuse and hazing suffer alone and may not always be able to help themselves—as others stand by and do nothing. Advocates for “courageous leadership” know it doesn’t have to be that way.

Family’s gift of $15 million honors Robert and Carolyn Dineen’s remarkable legacy, kicks off campaign for new College of Law building at Syracuse University

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

To honor their parents’ impressive legacy, the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King H’06, Kathryn Dineen Wriston and Robert E. Dineen Jr. L’66 have pledged a naming gift of $15 million for the construction of a new building for the Syracuse University College of Law.

Libraries Receive John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Grant for Sound Beat Radio Program

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries has received a $15,000 grant from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust to expand the impact of its “Sound Beat” public radio program. Funding will enable staff to enhance the program’s engagement with audiences across the country…