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Mayor presents unprecedented challenges for cities at next session of IRP
The Jan. 17 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. Miner will discuss the challenges the city faces and what needs to be done to address them. Miner attended Syracuse University, graduating magna…
Dinner tickets for MLK Celebration on Saturday still available
Dinner tickets are still available for Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Carrier Dome. The evening will include a keynote presentation by Roslyn M. Brock, board…
SU Counseling Center offers free stress reduction class for students
The Syracuse University Counseling Center is offering a free course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to SU and SUNY-ESF students. The eight-week course meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 6. The program introduces participants to mindfulness meditation…
Winter 2013 Learn-to-Skate
Winter ’13 Learn-to-Skate is set to start on Jan. 26 at Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion on South Campus. It is a six-week session open to SU affiliates and dependents only. Classes available for all skill levels and ages including a…
Rachel’s at the Sheraton offers luncheon buffet special
Rachel’s Restaurant at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel is offering the Lunch Buffet at a special discounted price on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 16,17 and 18. Syracuse University Faculty, staff and students can enjoy the buffet for $6.95 per…
Drones kick off new ‘Digital Edge Journalism’ seminar series
It sounds like fun and games, but the Newhouse School’s new “Digital Edge Journalism” seminar series will introduce journalism students to an important new tool for newsgathering: drones. Thanks to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which opens…
Q & A: Director of Health Services Benjamin Domingo
The winter of 2013 is one that health officials won’t soon forget. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the hard-hitting flu bug, the worst since 2009. The declaration gives pharmacies the ability to administer flu…
2013 Mirror Awards entries sought
Sponsored by the Newhouse School, the awards honor excellence in media industry reporting The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the seventh annual Mirror Awards competition for media covering media. Enter now at mirrorawards.com. Deadline…
VPA alumnus Bryan Buckley ’85 receives Academy Award nomination for short film
College of Visual and Performing Arts alumnus and award-winning commercial and film director Bryan Buckley ’85 was among the nominees announced Thursday, Jan. 10, for the 85th Academy Awards. Buckley directed the short film “Asad,” which was nominated in the…
Central New York Model UN Conference celebrates 30-year anniversary at SU
Since its commencement in 1983, CNY Model UN has become one of the largest high school Model United Nations conferences in New York State. Set on the SU campus, the two-day (Jan.11-12) , Harvard style conference provides high-level, engaging debate…