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Campus & Community

Former Student-Athletes Supported in Return to Academic Life

Friday, April 18, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

John Wallace had always had a general knowledge about the life of Harriet Tubman. But it was a course he took on his return to Syracuse University to finish his degree that made him see something much deeper about the courageous woman who led several hundred slaves to freedom.

STEM

Centscere Wins $150,000 in StartupLabs Competition

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Centscere, the philanthropic student venture that began last summer in the Syracuse Student Sandbox, and entered the Syracuse StartupLabs competition earlier this year, was awarded the top prize of $150,000 in the StartupLabs contest. At the Centerstate CEO annual meeting…

Campus & Community

Student Startups Win over $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Student start-ups won a combined $153,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 11 and 12. Emerging Talk was a weekend full of inspiring Power Chats by local and national entrepreneurs, a keynote by “Shark…

Campus & Community

Verbal Blend to Host Campus-Wide Student Poetry Slam

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its campus-wide Take the Mic Poetry Slam on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center Underground.  Doors will open at 7:15 p.m….

Health & Society

Grad Student Aims to Find Research Answers on Alcohol for African Americans

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

It turns out that blacks don’t use alcohol that much compared to other groups. Previous research shows that they start drinking later, and then don’t drink as much as whites, for example.

Arts & Culture

CSD Professor Wins Arts and Sciences Master’s Teaching Award

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Soren Y. Lowell, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders (CSD), is the recipient of the 2014 Prize for Excellence in Master’s Level Teaching in The College of Arts and Sciences. In conjunction with the award, she will address candidates…

Campus & Community

SU Wellness Week 2014 to Kick Off April 20

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

The annual Wellness Week, coordinated by Health and Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, will kick off Sunday, April 20, on campus. A variety of campus-wide departments and student organizations have collaborated on this year’s “Celebration of Total…

Karin Ruhlandt Named Interim Dean-Designate of The College of Arts and Sciences

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named Karin Ruhlandt interim dean-designate of The College of Arts and Sciences. Ruhlandt has served as chair of the Department of Chemistry since 2009 when she was also named a…

Campus & Community

Into a New Era: Syracuse University Inaugurates 12th Chancellor and President Kent Syverud

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The inauguration of Kent Syverud as the 12th Chancellor and President was a reflection of the University’s past, an examination of where it must go and a celebration of community and its greatest asset—its students.

STEM

Biologist Awarded Prestigious Research Grant

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

To say the competition for the 2014 International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) Research Grants was fierce would be a massive understatement. In fact, when the process began more than a year ago, 844 letters of intent were submitted…