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Campus & Community

English Language Institute Seeking Volunteers to Host Students

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

The English Language Institute (http://eli.syr.edu) is seeking volunteers to invite international students to share a meal in their homes. The students, hosted by University College, are studying at Syracuse University now through fall 2018. The students have 21 hours of…

Veterans

To Take Best Care of Vets, It Will Take More Than Proposed VA Budget Increase

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Released this week, President Trump’s budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes an overall increase of more than $8.5 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Nicholas Armstrong is the Senior Director for Research and Evaluation at the Institute for Veterans…

Veterans

Vice Chancellor Haynie Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services

Friday, February 16, 2018, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Executive Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship Mike Haynie testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on the…

Business & Economy

RvD iPrize Offers $40,000 to Pitch Competition Winners

Friday, February 16, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Entrepreneurial students at Syracuse University will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a competition supported by the Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Applications for…

Arts & Culture

School of Design, Quirky Partner On Student Invention Challenge

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Erica Blust

Industrial and interaction design students kicked off their spring semester with a two-week invention challenge hosted by invention community Quirky. Industrial and interaction design (IID) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design partnered with the…

WSYR News Radio

Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie Testifies before US Senate Armed Forces Committee

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Dr. Mike Haynie, the executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, recently sat down with WSYR News Radio about his testimonial before the US Senate Armed Forces Committee. “The hearing was on the state…

WAER

Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie Discusses Senate Testimony before Armed Services Committee

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families Mike Haynie recently testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, asking for better treatment of military members and their families. His actions were highlighted in a WAER story, where…

Arts & Culture

VPA Fashion Design Majors Win YMA Fashion Scholarships

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Erica Blust

Four fashion design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were awarded scholarships by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), an international nonprofit organization composed of influential members of the fashion industry. Annie Carson ’19 was…

Campus & Community

Sheila Johnson-Willis Appointed Chief Equal Opportunity and Title IX Officer

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By News Staff

Prior to being appointed interim associate vice president and chief equal opportunity and Title IX officer in June 2015, Johnson-Willis was director of equal opportunity and inclusion at Syracuse University from October 2012 to June 2015.

Campus & Community

Sixth Annual SU Rising to Stop Sexual Abuse Will Be Held Friday

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By News Staff

The Syracuse University community will come together on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m. for a candlelight vigil to stop sexual and gender violence locally and globally. This is the sixth consecutive year for the SU Rising: Stop Sexual Abuse…