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Immigration Reform Roundtable Discussion Will Be Held April 19

Wednesday, April 17, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Moderated by Slutzker Center Director Pat Burak, panelists to include MACNY president, immigration attorney among others Syracuse University will hold “Immigration Reform: An Economic Imperative,” a roundtable discussion, on Friday, April 19, from 10-11:30 a.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. It is…

‘America’s First Sport’ Symposium, Documentary Premiere to Be Held April 22

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Film explores America’s oldest and fastest-growing sport and its role in CNY culture Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and former SU Lacrosse goalie Oren Lyons ’58 will join current and past SU lacrosse coaches Roy Simmons Jr. ’59 and Gary Gait ’90;…

Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…

Jon Zubieta to Receive 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Jon Zubieta, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2013 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented during the 2013 Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and…

‘Red Pine’ to Lecture on Zen Masters of China

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Bill Porter (pen name Red Pine) will be giving a talk, “Ancient to Modern:  Zen Masters of China,” April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Hall of Languages, Room 500.  This event is co-sponsored by the Student Buddhist Association, Hendricks…

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Designing the Street Smart Phone

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Meet the “smarter” New York City payphone. The push buttons and coin slot of the past are inevitably replaced with a touch screen and card swipe, plus camera, solar panels and capabilities for emergency alerts and wayfinding.

Faculty Members Garner Two 21st Century Library Grants

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) library program faculty members were awarded $752,503 in grants from the 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grants program administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A $498,788 grant was awarded…

La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…

Advocating for the Needs of Transgender People

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Michele Barrett

For the past nine years, Deborah Coolhart has provided a much-needed resource in the Syracuse community. Almost as many years ago, Coolhart, an assistant professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), was one of only a few…

Senior Fashion Designers to Debut Collections in Annual Fashion Show

Friday, April 12, 2013, By Keith Kobland

On April 25, senior fashion design students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts will debut their final collections in their annual fashion show in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. There will be two shows, a matinee at 12:30…