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Celebrate Orange Spirit through National Orange Day Activities

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Traditions Commission will hand out cake in Schine Atrium Thursday at 11 a.m. Syracuse University and SU alumni clubs around the nation will be celebrating Orange spirit on Sunday, March 24—National Orange Day. This year is the 143rd anniversary of…

Michael A. Speaks Named Dean of School of Architecture

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today announced the appointment of Michael A. Speaks to the position of dean of the School of Architecture. Speaks is the current dean of the College of Design at the University of Kentucky, where he is also a professor of architecture.

SU Hosts Nationally Renowned Champion for Environmental Justice

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By News Staff

African American Studies Spring 2013 Colloquium presents Vernice Miller-Travis</strong> Vernice Miller-Travis, advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and longtime environmental activist, will present “Environmental Justice and the legacy of Racial Inequality in the 21st Century” at 5 p.m. March…

Veterans

Michael Schoeneck Joins IVMF as Program Manager for Boots to Business and VetNet

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has appointed Michael Schoeneck as the Boots to Business and VetNet program manager. In this role, he will be responsible for the management, coordination and administration of the IVMF’s…

Veterans

Law School’s March 23 ‘Valor Day’ Provides Free Resources for Local Veterans and Service Members

Monday, March 18, 2013, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

As a way of giving back to those who have served, Syracuse law students, alumni and local volunteers will partner to provide free legal and advocacy services through a new Valor Day initiative. Valor Day brings together local attorneys, counselors,…

Photographer Jim Richardson Discusses Light Pollution in Next University Lecture

Thursday, March 14, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As a photographer for National Geographic magazine, Jim Richardson has captured images from some of the most unique places on the globe—from the tops of volcanic peaks to below the surface of swamps and wetlands. He is equally known for…

Campus & Community

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick to Speak at This Week’s TMR

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The March 14 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature Svante Myrick, mayor of the City of Ithaca. He will talk about becoming Ithaca’s youngest and first African American mayor, the challenges of running the city of 30,000, and his…

Benjamin Wagner, ‘Mister Rogers & Me’ Documentary Filmmaker, to Speak at SU

Tuesday, March 12, 2013, By News Staff

Benjamin Wagner ’93 is coming to campus as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. The Newhouse and College of Arts and Sciences alumnus will discuss his career and his documentary “Mister Rogers & Me” March 20.

Campus & Community

11th Annual WISE Symposium to Be Held April 16

Friday, March 8, 2013, By News Staff

Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) will bring powerhouse entrepreneurial guest speakers to the 11th annual WISE Symposium on Tuesday, April 16 at the Oncenter.

Rubinstein: Anthropologists Should Contribute to National Security Discussion

Friday, March 8, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Robert Rubinstein is generally known as a peaceable guy. The Maxwell School professor of anthropology and international relations is soft-spoken. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He was a cofounder of the Commission on Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.