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2012-13 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars will be held Oct. 26

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2012-13 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the…

Campus & Community

Remembrance Scholars announce schedule for Remembrance Week 2012

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2012 will be held on the SU campus Oct. 21-27. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people—including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University—who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Health & Society

SU NASCAR Kinetics team focused on first-place finish in national marketing competition

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Michele Barrett

NASCAR was looking for high-achieving, innovative students who thrive on creativity, problem solving and teamwork to participate in a national marketing competition it launched in 2009 to foster brand awareness throughout campus communities.

Media, Law & Policy

Imagining America launches web series, ‘The New Activists: Students in the Community’

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By News Staff

“The New Activists: Students in the Community” is Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life’s (IA’s) new web series of short videos profiling high school, undergraduate and graduate students who are tapping their creativity and knowledge to address pressing…

LGBT activist speaks at Villa Rossa Lecture Series

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Jennifer DeMarchi

On Oct. 10, the Villa Rossa Lecture Series at Syracuse University in Florence hosted Vladimir “Vladi” Luxuria, an Italian actress, writer, politician and television host. The lecture, entitled “Across Ocean and Gender, Discovering the Unknown,” explored her time spent traveling…

Arts & Culture

SU alumnus named a National Book Award finalist

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University alumnus Steve Sheinkin ’90 has been named a finalist in the Young People’s Literature category of the 2012 National Book Awards. A former international relations major in The College of Arts and Sciences, Sheinkin was nominated for “Bomb:…

Campus & Community

Message from Chancellor Cantor

Friday, October 12, 2012, By News Staff

Dear SU Community: It was just a month ago that we all celebrated the terrific news that the Campaign for Syracuse University was successful, reaching our goal of raising a billion dollars for programs, professorships, scholarships, facilities and more, three…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 10

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Innovation Trail and the Post-Standard reported on Syracuse University winning nearly $1.9 million in federal economic development funds support a business accelerator at the University for small and medium-sized manufacturers in the field of thermal…

Media, Law & Policy

U.S. Undersecretary of State launches fifth annual Public Diplomacy Symposium

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

On Thursday, Oct. 18, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine will kick off  Syracuse University’s Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) annual symposium. The theme of this year’s symposium is “The Politics of Change.”…

Media, Law & Policy

Memorial service for T.E. Koshy will be held Oct. 13 in Hendricks Chapel

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hendricks Chapel will host a memorial service for T.E. Koshy, SU’s evangelical chaplain for more than 40 years, on Saturday, Oct. 13,at 11 a.m. in the main chapel. Members of the Syracuse University and greater Syracuse communities are welcome to…