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Campus & Community

First Student-Run Hackathon Coming to SU Campus April 21-22

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

On April 21 and 22, Syracuse University will welcome CuseHacks, the University’s first student-run hackathon. The event is free and college students from around the Northeast are invited to spend 24 hours building innovative applications, websites and hardware projects. It will…

Campus & Community

University College Hosts Open House in Celebration of Centennial Year

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College (UC) is opening its doors to the public to celebrate its 100th year of providing education to part-time students. An Open House and a tour of University College will take place on Thursday, April 19, from noon-3 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Presents Musical, Literary Events April 12-13

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong survey of “Belonging” with a trio of arts events, April 12-13. On Thursday, April 12, singer-songwriter Colleen Kattau G’92 will present a lecture-performance about the Latin American New Song Movement from 2-3:20 p.m. in 304 Tolley. The program is part…

Media, Law & Policy

University Lectures Hosts Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and best-selling author Maureen Dowd will speak for the University Lectures on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—co-sponsored by the Lubin Society, with media sponsor WAER—is free and open…

Health & Society

Taishoff Center Assistant Director Dee Katovitch named Fulbright Specialist

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By News Staff

The Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education Assistant Director Diana “Dee” Katovitch will travel to the University of Iceland this April as a Fulbright specialist. Katovich will spend three weeks in Reykjavik working with the university to develop new opportunities…

Arts & Culture

Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award Reading and Reception

Monday, April 9, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A reading and reception celebrating the winner of the annual Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award will take place on Thursday, April 19, at noon in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The event is free and open to…

Campus & Community

Q&A with Hamish Gibbs ’17, Saint Andrew’s Society of New York Scholar

Monday, April 9, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hamish Gibbs ’17 has been named the recipient of a 2018 Saint Andrew’s Society of New York Scholarship. The award is granted to two students in the United States each year who are of Scottish descent, and it funds one…

Business & Economy

University of Michigan Professor to Give Jerry Miner Lecture April 12

Monday, April 9, 2018, By News Staff

The Jerry Miner Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in 426 Eggers Hall. This year’s speaker, Susan Dynarski of the University of Michigan, will present “Increasing Economic Diversity at a Flagship University: Results from a…

Campus & Community

‘Born a Crime’ Selected as First Book for New Syracuse Reads Program

Friday, April 6, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Peer facilitators sought to engage new students in book discussions Syracuse Reads Call for Peer Leaders from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. Beginning in the fall semester, new students will participate in a shared academic experience to explore together themes…

STEM

Invent@SU Students Design Inflatable Cushion to Help People with Mobility Challenges

Friday, April 6, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

As part of the Invent@SU session held in New York City during the summer of 2017, Kalia Barrow ’17 and Ruby Batbaatar ’19 invented “Pneu-Strength.” There device is an inflatable cushion system that can help people with mobility issues to…