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Campus & Community

Sundance Ignite On Tour Event Will Feature Virtual Reality Discussions, Installations

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Sundance Ignite On Tour returns to Syracuse University for a two-day virtual reality (VR) event Thursday, March 23, and Friday, March 24. The event will feature panels and VR installations such as “After Solitary,” “Out of Exile,” “Giant” and “Tree,”…

Arts & Culture

‘Rust Echoes’ Features Installation, Performance Inspired by N.Y. Central Railroad

Monday, March 20, 2017, By Erica Blust

914Works in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present Zeke Leonard and Katherine McGerr’s “Rust Echoes,” a gallery installation and performance inspired by the sonic landscape of the New York Central Railroad. The installation will be on…

Whitman Professor Offers Insight on the Expected Increase of Interest Rates

Monday, March 13, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Tom Barkley, professor of finance practice at the Whitman School, talks about the Federal Reserve Board expected to increase interest rates this week. “The Federal Reserve Board of Governors will be meeting tomorrow and Wednesday, evaluating economic projections, and in…

Campus & Community

Housing Lottery Begins after Spring Break

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Students who are seeking housing through Syracuse University for the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters are reminded of the start of the Housing Lottery after spring break. The Housing Lottery guides students through several rounds in selecting a room…

Campus & Community

History-maker at University College: Single Mom, Odds Set Against Her, Flies Past Barriers

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Tani Huddleson finds strength by remembering the hardest point. She was barely 16, a single mother with a newborn child in Mattydale, a gritty working community just north of Syracuse. She had dropped out of high school to care for…

Health & Society

Falk College’s Sport and Human Development Institute Hosts Sport and Social Responsibility Symposium March 3

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Michele Barrett

To illustrate social responsibility as an important community tool that can address critical social issues and human needs locally and globally, Falk College’s Sport and Human Development Institute will host its Inaugural Sport Development Symposium Friday, March 3, at 1…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Joins Initiative to Expand Distance Education to Students Nationwide

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has joined a nationwide initiative that will make it easier to bring the University’s distance education programs to more students across the United States. The University received approval from the New York State Education Department to participate in…

Campus & Community

Recent Grad Hits the Road for Cross-Country Bike Ride for Parkinson’s Awareness

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Matt Barbaccia ’16 has a long road ahead of him. Just about 4,000 miles to be exact. Beginning Feb. 27, Barbaccia will head out on his bike, loaded with gear, from Jacksonville, Florida, to Santa Rosa, California. The Rochester, New…

Campus & Community

GSO Wins Bid to Hold National Association of Graduate-Professional Students Conference at SU

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Members of the Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (SU GSO) vigorously advocate on matters of critical importance for their peers on a national level through their work in the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS). Their important work—and advocacy skills—paid…

Media, Law & Policy

Spring 2017 Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series Begins with Dahlia Lithwick from Slate

Friday, February 3, 2017, By Robert Conrad

The annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series begins Wednesday, Feb. 8, with guest lecturer Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court correspondent and host of the “Amicus” podcast for Slate.com. The series will also feature seven other distinguished lecturers, including Chief…