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Arts & Culture

La Casita hosts New York City-based performance artist

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, By News Staff

Cuban-American performance artist Carmelita Tropicana (a.k.a. Alina Troyana) will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse. The performance is free and open to the public. Troyana will present “Border Beasts: A…

Campus & Community

SU’s new Mobile Device Security Standard

Wednesday, January 2, 2013, By News Staff

Security threats to mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are clearly on the rise. The frequency of mobile threats doubled between 2010 and 2011, says Symantec in its recently released annual Cybercrime Report. 35 percent of online adults worldwide have…

Arts & Culture

A vote for Syracuse Poster Project—and local artists and poets

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, By News Staff

In 1992, the City of Syracuse received a federal grant for downtown renovations that included the installation of large-scale poster kiosks. Syracuse resident Jim Emmons, like many others, was excited about the prospect of having quality art in downtown, but was disappointed to find out-of-date event posters, if anything at all, inside the displays.

Campus & Community

Facade Improvement Program puts new face on several places along Connective Corridor

Thursday, December 13, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Dec. 14, this year’s festivities surrounding Temple Concord’s Annual Chanukah Dinner and Service will glow a little brighter. That evening, the congregation will dedicate its new energy efficient LED lighting and walkway, recently installed as part of the Connective…

Media, Law & Policy

Help promote recycling with a poster by SU’s own ‘trash conqueror’

Thursday, December 13, 2012, By News Staff

Abby Legge, a  S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and College of Arts and Sciences dual major in design and writing, was the New York State winner and one of three top “trash conquerors” chosen in the recent Students Vs….

STEM

Winners named in first Student App Competition

Monday, December 3, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Eleven student teams from several Syracuse University schools showcased their big ideas for web and mobile apps Nov. 28 at the inaugural SU Student App Competition. This was a different type of entrepreneurship competition, according to event founder Keisuke Inoue,…

Campus & Community

NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to keynote 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the national board of directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Carrier Dome.

Campus & Community

New place for e-waste

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Keith Kobland

It’s a fact of life in the digital age. As our smart phones, laptops, printers and other electronic devices reach the end of usefulness, we need a place for disposal. If you are a friend of the environment, you should…

Campus & Community

‘TO BE CONTINUED …’ exhibition and reception

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, By News Staff

“TO BE CONTINUED …,” an exhibition of jewelry and metalwork, is currently on display in the Coyne Gallery at the Comstock Art Facility. On Nov. 29, the Jewelry and Metalsmithing department will be holding the closing reception in the gallery…

Arts & Culture

$1 million gift to Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies makes Sims Hall renovations a reality

Monday, November 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

A walk down the hallways of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) on the first floor of Sims Hall reveals the unmistakable sights and smells of a freshly completed makeover: crisp paint, new carpeting and a lighter, brighter…