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New Biography of Bill Clinton Brings Historical Perspective to Career

Thursday, April 17, 2014, By News Staff

David Bennett, professor emeritus of history at the Maxwell School, has authored “Bill Clinton: Building a Bridge to the New Millennium” (Routledge), a fascinating and meticulously researched new biography of the 42nd U.S. president. The book traces the path of…

Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League Releases New Study on Early Childhood, School Readiness

Thursday, April 17, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

The Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) released its new study report, “Early Childhood and School Readiness: Creating a Community Where All Children Thrive by Five” at a conference on April 14 at WCNY. The report, co-chaired by OCL board members Laurie…

Campus & Community

Student Startups Win over $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Student start-ups won a combined $153,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 11 and 12. Emerging Talk was a weekend full of inspiring Power Chats by local and national entrepreneurs, a keynote by “Shark…

Campus & Community

Into a New Era: Syracuse University Inaugurates 12th Chancellor and President Kent Syverud

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The inauguration of Kent Syverud as the 12th Chancellor and President was a reflection of the University’s past, an examination of where it must go and a celebration of community and its greatest asset—its students.

Campus & Community

Life Gets Better Together Conference

Friday, April 11, 2014, By News Staff

Join us this Sunday, April 13, in Newhouse 3 for the annual Life Gets Better Together Conference! Every year, Life Gets Better hosts a day of workshops, a keynote panel and an a cappella concert to advocate for LGBT youth….

STEM

Biologist Awarded Prestigious Research Grant

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

To say the competition for the 2014 International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) Research Grants was fierce would be a massive understatement. In fact, when the process began more than a year ago, 844 letters of intent were submitted…

Deep Findings

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, By Rob Enslin

When Cathryn Newton helped discover the USS Monitor in 1973, she was dealing with not just the most famous shipwreck of the Civil War (and of all U.S. naval history), but a paleontological and archaeological find of “epoch” proportions. “Shipwrecks…

Campus & Community

A Time to Celebrate

Monday, April 7, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

It’s a day of enduring traditions and youthful exuberance—celebration and community. And it’s only happened less than a dozen times before in Syracuse University’s 144-year history. The University will inaugurate its next leader on Friday, April 11, as Kent Syverud is officially installed as SU’s 12th Chancellor and President.

Campus & Community

‘When Your Heart Speaks’: Film Screening and Performance

Wednesday, April 2, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“When your heart speaks,” the first episode in a three-part documentary series, will be screened in Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. The documentary series, created by Lauren Teng, a senior television, radio and film major in…

IBM’s Enterprise Machine Loan Boosts Computer Capacity, Partnership

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A level of computing power comparable to “a cloud in a box,” and typically accessible only from the inside of an enterprise-class computing work environment, is now available to students and faculty at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) daily,…