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Veterans

College of Law’s Tax Clinic Secures $18k Refund for Veteran

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

Last fall, Peter Denton received an email from the Department of Veterans Affairs with a memo outlining that severance payments he received from the Department of Defense were improperly taxed, and that he may be eligible for a return. This…

STEM

Peers Help ECS Students Master Course Material in Academic Excellence Workshops

Monday, March 4, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The Academic Excellence Workshops (AEW) are geared toward achieving success in courses in engineering and math. AEW sessions are peer-facilitated, one-credit, pass/fail courses designed to supplement the instruction in many first- and second-year courses. Students are able to register for…

Campus & Community

Shared Competencies to Enhance Undergraduate Student Learning

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

To help better prepare students to be engaged leaders in a global society, the Syracuse University Senate endorsed six shared competencies last semester. These educational goals characterize what every Syracuse University undergraduate student should know and be able to do…

Campus & Community

A Tiny Home for Good, Lepa Jones of Mothers Against Gun Violence to Receive 2019 Rubenstein Social Justice Awards

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

In commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month during March, the School of Social Work in Falk College will present its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program on Monday, March 25, at 6:45 p.m. in Hendricks…

Health & Society

Free Drop-in Yoga for Faculty and Staff

Friday, March 1, 2019, By News Staff

Recharge your workweek with yoga, every Wednesday through April 17. Reset your mind and body with Drop-in Yoga, led by Laura Enslin, a certified yogi and Syracuse University faculty member. Regardless of your age or yogic experience, this hourlong session…

Annual One University Awards Ceremony Will Be Held April 12

Friday, March 1, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University will hold the One University Awards ceremony on Friday, April 12, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. A reception will follow in the lobby of the Heroy Geology Building. The annual ceremony brings the University together to celebrate…

Campus & Community

VPA School of Design Students Win Syracuse University ACC InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By News Staff

A group of prominent judges—including investors, technologists, funders and successful entrepreneurs—selected College of Visual and Performing Arts School of Design students Quinn King (left) and Alec Gillinder (right) as winners of the prestigious ACC InVenture Prize at Syracuse University. The…

Campus & Community

Students Reflect on Study Abroad Experiences Made Possible by Gilman Scholarship

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Zack Watson’s college experience has been a full one so far. A student veteran, Watson served in the U.S. Marines for five years. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He…

Campus & Community

VPA Director of Student Success to Serve as Middle States Peer Evaluator

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Erica Blust

Carol J. Ruffin, director of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Office of Student Success, has been named a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE peer evaluators are qualified higher education professionals…

Campus & Community

‘End of Life’ Documentary to Be Screened, Talk with Filmmakers March 3

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By News Staff

In “End of Life,” a documentary film that was nominated for the 2018 European Film Awards, filmmakers Paweł Wojtasik and John Bruce explore the challenges of the act of dying. The documentary will be shown Sunday, March 3, at 2…