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Campus & Community

Syracuse University recognizes Constitution Day

Monday, August 27, 2012, By News Staff

In honor of Constitution Day—nationally recognized on Sept. 17—Syracuse University is holding a series of activities, beginning Sept. 12 and running through Sept. 21. National Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept.17, 1787.  Constitution…

Cyclists, motorists, pedestrians experience new University Avenue

Friday, August 24, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Most mornings you can find Steve Morris cycling from his home on the West Side of Syracuse to the bike shop he and his wife own on Westcott Street in the University neighborhood. “It’s a good way to wake up—get the blood flowing,” says Morris, a 2007 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry graduate.

Campus & Community

‘The Creative Climate,’ eco graphics workshop

Friday, August 24, 2012, By News Staff

All students are welcome in CLB/SOL 400, “The Creative Climate,” a new 1-credit workshop to develop graphic materials about the climate crisis. No experience necessary. Design and produce posters and other materials to promote climate literacy and awareness. Posters will…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with poet Roger Fanning

Thursday, August 23, 2012, By News Staff

Roger Fanning, a Whiting Writers’ Award winner, will open the Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is…

Arts & Culture

Inaugural Syracuse-area Bomba and Plena Festival planned

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

Music, dance and images in the Puerto Rican tradition will be celebrated during the inaugural Bomba and Plena Festival, Sept. 4 to Oct. 5, hosted by La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., and La Liga, the Spanish Action League…

Veterans

IVMF announces expanded effort to disseminate veteran-focused academic research

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

Building upon its highly successful weekly Research Brief program, an initiative designed to catalogue, summarize and disseminate peer-reviewed, academic research focused on issues and topics impacting veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 20

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University graduate and Commencement speaker Stephen Barton ‘12 is mentioned in a USA Today article about the aftermath of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., one month later. A blog post by Milton Mueller,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 13

Monday, August 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Tacoma Weekly reported on Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs. The pilot program was launched by the Institute for Veterans and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, August 10

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Chancellor Cantor co-authored an Atlanta Journal Constitution op-ed with Earl Lewis, provost at Emory University, on the upcoming Supreme Court affirmative action related case of Fisher v. University of Texas. 9WSYR reported on the installation…

STEM

For sperm, faster isn’t always better

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, By News Staff

New study by Syracuse University scientists uncovers a reproduction conundrum When it comes to sperm meeting eggs in sexual reproduction, conventional wisdom holds that the fastest swimming sperm are most likely to succeed in their quest to fertilize eggs. That…