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‘America’s First Sport’ Symposium, Documentary Premiere to Be Held April 22
Film explores America’s oldest and fastest-growing sport and its role in CNY culture Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and former SU Lacrosse goalie Oren Lyons ’58 will join current and past SU lacrosse coaches Roy Simmons Jr. ’59 and Gary Gait ’90;…
Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk
Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…
Philanthropy Week Highlights Importance of Giving Back to SU
Howie Phanstiel ’70, G’71 will talk about his personal philanthropic journey on Friday during Phanstiel Lecture The third annual Philanthropy Week is now under way, with special events planned throughout the week to raise awareness about the vital role philanthropy…
Goon Squad Student Sign-Up Open for Syracuse Welcome 2013
Syracuse Welcome 2013 will mark the 69th year for the Goon Squad, SU’s official new-student welcome team. Since 1944, returning students have volunteered to greet incoming first-year students. Today, Goon Squad members are best known as the volunteer team that…
La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community
For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…
Senior Fashion Designers to Debut Collections in Annual Fashion Show
On April 25, senior fashion design students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts will debut their final collections in their annual fashion show in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. There will be two shows, a matinee at 12:30…
Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises
The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.
Students Organize Cardboard Campout, Donation Drive April 18 on SU Quad
In the past year, an average of 235 people who might otherwise have been homeless stayed at the Rescue Mission shelter nightly. On April 18, 26 students enrolled in SPM 101, “Personal and Social Responsibility,”will sleep in cardboard boxes overnight…
Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award
Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…
Shadow Day Program Celebrates 15 Years
For 15 years University College (UC) carried forward the dream of an SU student who initiated a program as a project in her leadership class. Shadow Day, founded in 1998, was the brainchild of Kamika Dunlap ’99. It fosters community…