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iSchool invests $1.3 million in Upstate IT scholarships

Friday, April 6, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Almost like an angel investor, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) made a decision in 2009 to fund a stake in the future careers of Upstate New York residents looking to enhance and retool their information skills. The school created…

Student startups win more than $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By News Staff

Thirty-seven student startups won a combined $153,200 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on March 30 at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out…

XL Projects presents ‘gnome-worthy’ work of SU design students

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By Erica Blust

Each fall, Department of Design faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) review student projects on display in the department’s home at The Warehouse and place a gnome statue next to the most deserving work…

Impunity Watch presents third annual symposium, ‘Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Crime against Humanity’

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, By News Staff

On Saturday, April 14, at 1 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, Syracuse University College of Law’s Impunity Watch will present its third annual symposium on human rights, “Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War and Crime against Humanity.” Former International Criminal…

Ephesus develops LED chip built in New York state

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ephesus EG4™ LED Chip is first completely developed and manufactured in New York state Ephesus, a Syracuse-based nanotechnology company formed by former Lockheed Martin employees, has partnered with Group4 Labs, based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE)…

Give blood and ‘donate in protest’ of the FDA MSM ban

Monday, April 2, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs is continuing its Blood Drive Activism campaign at the blood drive on April 4 in the Schine Student Center, from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Participants will be asked to “donate in protest” of the U.S….

Burton Blatt Institute hosts World Bank visit to campus and discussions about new Global Forum

Monday, April 2, 2012, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and campus partners are engaging in an unprecedented new collaboration with the World Bank to establish the Global Forum on Law, Justice, and Development (GFLJD). The global forum, of which BBI is…

VPA art, transmedia graduate programs ranked among top 20 in nation by U.S. News & World Report

Friday, March 30, 2012, By Erica Blust

Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree programs in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been ranked among the top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as part of its 2013 specialty rankings…

Artist Radcliffe Bailey to speak April 3

Friday, March 30, 2012, By Erica Blust

Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey will present a lecture on Tuesday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The free, public lecture is part of the Department of Art’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series…

Give blood, save lives, help SU beat UConn in blood drive competition

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By News Staff

Students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University and University of Connecticut will compete in the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition during the month of April, which is also blood drive month for the American Red…