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Poet JoEllen Kwiatek to Read for Carver Series on March 23
Poet JoEllen Kwiatek will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 23. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A….
University Selects ACC InVenture Prize Competition Team
PowerSpike will represent the University at the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize Competition Apr. 5-6 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition where a team of undergraduates representing each ACC university pitches inventions or…
Painting Student Illustrates Confidence, Complexities of Subjects
Julie Pratt’s painted portraits are bold, colorful. Pratt ’16 taps into her subjects as emotional beings and expresses that on canvas, capturing them in larger-than-life paintings.
‘The Passenger’s Present’ at Light Work
Light Work will present “The Passenger’s Present,” featuring the work of Miki Soejima, on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from March 21 through July 22. A reception and lecture with Soejima will take place on…
Peer to Peer
In the traditional college learning structure, students enter the classroom and place their focus on the classroom instructor. But researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences biology department are finding that higher levels of academic success may be achieved…
Student Company Places Second in Student Startup Madness Competition
Student startup company ChaChing, a peer-to-peer payment and money transfer application, has been awarded second place in the “Entrepreneurial Eight” final round of the Student Startup Madness competition held at the SXSW interactive media conference in Austin, Texas, this week. ChaChing was co-founded…
Six Ways to Make Your St. Patrick’s Day Grand
Eat, drink and be merry, but for the love of all that’s right, don’t wish someone a “Happy St. Patty’s Day!”
Maxwell Ranked #1 Graduate School of Public Affairs for 8th Consecutive Time
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs once again received top honors in U.S. News & World Report’s reputational survey of graduate schools of public affairs. Maxwell has been ranked #1 since the category was created in 1995. “We…
iSchool, Mercyhurst University Partner for Accelerated Graduate Programs
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has announced a partnership with the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University intended to attract more students to today’s high-demand information management fields. Mercyhurst and Syracuse made the agreement official during…
Bracketology: Is it a Science or an Art?
With the start of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments comes a yearly exercise involving college basketball fans and non fans alike: filing out the brackets. Whether it’s for fun or for a few dollars, “bracketology” sweeps the country…