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Veterans

Buildings Bathed in Green for Greenlight a Vet Campaign

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Keith Kobland

You may have noticed Hendricks Chapel and the Hall of Languages bathed in green light in the evening. It’s all part of our recognition of Veterans Day, and the Greenlight a Vet campaign. The recognition is being done in conjunction…

Arts & Culture

Peppie Calvar Honored for Musical Collaborations

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

The director of the Hendricks Chapel Choir has been recognized for his participation in local community choral programs. Peppie Calvar, assistant professor and assistant director of choral activities in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Setnor School of Music,…

Campus & Community

Lutheran Community Raises $6,000 for Campus Ministry at Reformation Event

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The Lutheran community joined together for a Reformation celebration Oct. 30 and to raise funds for the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The event at the Genesee Grande Hotel raised $6,000…

STEM

Innovative Science Conference Offers ‘Live’ Research Lessons on New State Standards

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By News Staff

More than 300 educators from across Central New York are converging on Roxboro Road Middle School in Mattydale today for a science conference that offers four “live” research lessons in which students and teachers can engage in practices aligned with…

Campus & Community

NPHC Legacy Now Set in Stone in Orange Grove

Monday, November 7, 2016, By Shannon Andre

More than three years ago, members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) began discussions on establishing a monument on campus to represent and honor the NPHC’s history.  After a year and half of planning to place this monument in the…

Health & Society

University Celebrates Native Heritage Month 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Throughout the month of November, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with student organizations and campus partners, hosts Native Heritage Month.  Native Heritage Month offers a variety of speakers, performances, film screenings and other events that celebrate and raise…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Landscape Architect/Urbanist James Corner to Give University Lecture

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Among Corner’s notable design projects are Manhattan’s highly acclaimed High Line; London’s South Park Plaza at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park; and Santa Monica’s Tongva Park.

Media, Law & Policy

Director of Tully Center Calls ‘Ballot Selfie’ a Test of Competing First Amendment Issues

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Courts around the country are deciding an issue involving a timeless expression of democracy and a newer form expression of self-absorption: the so called “selfie” photograph taken inside a polling place. It’s a fairly new phenonenon, and getting plenty of…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…

STEM

Winners of Civic Data Hackathon Announced at City Hall

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The winners of the Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge were announced recently in a ceremony held at Syracuse City Hall. The hackathon, organized by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the City of Syracuse, and supported by AT&T, brought…