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Veterans

Health Care for Homeless Veterans: VA’s five-year plan to end homelessness

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

Adam Ormsby, program coordinator of Health Care for Homeless Veterans in Upstate New York, will discuss the physical and mental health needs of homeless veterans. Ormsby will share startling statistics of alcohol and drug abuse, as well as serious psychiatric…

Campus & Community

SyracuseCoE and CenterState CEO open next round of CAP grant applications

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

The Syracuse CoE and CenterState CEO have announced the next round of solicitations for Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) grants. The grants will be awarded to projects that commercialize new products and services in the fields of indoor environmental quality, water resources…

Campus & Community

Faculty meeting with library review team

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, By News Staff

This fall, from Oct. 14-17, the library will undergo an external peer review. Jim Neal, dean of libraries at Columbia University, will lead the team, and will be joined by others from Dartmouth, Miami and Rice universities, plus the Coalition…

Campus & Community

Dalai Lama and One World Concert inspire thousands

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

His humble yet powerful words evoked warm applause, laughter and awe. “Many problems we are facing is essentially our own creation,” said the Dalai Lama to an audience of 24,000 at the Carrier Dome Tuesday night.

Campus & Community

Free anonymous HIV testing to be offered Oct. 16

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By News Staff

The Archias Chapter of the Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity Inc. and OrangeAID will sponsor a “Know Your Status” HIV testing event on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Rooms 304A,B and C of the Hildegarde…

Campus & Community

Free flu shots, TIAA-CREF help desk Oct. 10 at Newhouse 2

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By News Staff

The last of three flu shot clinics for faculty and staff will be offered from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the Bartlett Room at Newhouse 2. All employees are welcome, and will need to show a valid SU…

Campus & Community

Panel to continue discussion led by Dalai Lama

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By News Staff

“The Past Is Not Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace,” featuring former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and human rights advocate Martin Luther King III, will take place Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium…

Campus & Community

More than 2,700 people attend ‘Common Ground for Peace’ symposium

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By News Staff

One World Concert will now be broadcast live on AXS TV More than 2,700 people attended two sessions of the “Common Ground for Peace” forum with the Dalai Lama and international thought leaders on the SU campus Monday. The webcast…

Arts & Culture

‘Moby Dick’ opens Syracuse Stage’s 40th season

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Alive with a soundscape of 18 authentic sea chanteys and performed by an ensemble of nine, Syracuse Stage’s highly physical adaption of “Moby Dick” cuts to the core of Herman Melville’s searing narrative and plays with the fury of a…

Vincent Vater, former director of endowments and special programs, dies

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Vincent J.Vater, 80, of Pittsford, N.Y., formerly of Horseheads and Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He retired from Syracuse University as director of endowments and special programs. Vater was born Sept. 1,…