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STEM

Grad Student Places Fifth in IBM ‘Master the Mainframe’ Contest

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A part-time graduate student in the School of Information Studies who admittedly has “no formal computer science background” has placed in the top five finishers in IBM’s coding and technology skills “Master the Mainframe” competition. Steven Hoover, an information management…

Campus & Community

Chabad House Recognizes International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Monday, January 26, 2015, By News Staff

Tuesday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To commemorate this event, the Chabad House at Syracuse University will be showing the documentary “Auschwitz and the Allies” on at…

Campus & Community

Visit by Posse Foundation President Deborah Bial Rescheduled for Feb. 4

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Deborah Bial, president and founder of the Posse Foundation, will visit the Syracuse University campus on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Bial and members of her team were originally scheduled to visit Syracuse Monday, Jan. 26. That visit was postponed because of…

STEM

Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Coming to iSchool in March

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The kinds of administrative and protective challenges that information technology professionals face at their jobs every day will comprise an exciting and intense weekend for nearly 200 students participating in a national cyber-skills competition taking place at the School of…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club Raises over $55,000 during Charity Sports Auction

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Management (SPM) Club raised $59,185 for Make-A-Wish of Central New York at its 10th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 6, Make-A-Wish supporters placed bids on hundreds of items, including sports memorabilia,…

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Monday, January 26, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University faculty address falling gasoline prices and racial profiling.

Campus & Community

A Strategic Focus for Interim Vice Chancellor, Provost Liz Liddy

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

As dean of the School of Information Studies, professor and mentor, Liddy has forged close connections to many students during her 25 years at the iSchool. In her new role, Liddy will impact an even greater number of students—across campus and possibly for decades to come.

Arts & Culture

Carver Reading Series Announces Spring Lineup

Friday, January 23, 2015, By Renée K. Gadoua

The M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced its Spring 2015 Raymond Carver Reading Series. Named for the great short-story writer and poet who taught at Syracuse in the 1980s, the Carver Series…

Campus & Community

Hillary Clinton to Deliver Keynote at Toner Prize Celebration March 23 in Washington

Friday, January 23, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the award celebration for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting March 23 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize, sponsored by the S.I. Newhouse School of…

Arts & Culture

Retired Professor of Painting Ludwig Stein Dies

Thursday, January 22, 2015, By Erica Blust

Ludwig Stein, revered professor of painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, died on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Cancún, Mexico. He was 76. Stein, who had recently retired and moved to Oneonta, N.Y., taught…