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Drone Project Takes Flight, Leads to Entrepreneurial Venture
A couple of summers ago, Arland Whitfield ’16 stumbled across a YouTube video about drones. It wasn’t long before he knew he had to get airborne.
Contemplative Collaborative Brownbag Series to Kick Off Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia
The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia will kick off on Friday, Jan. 16, with the first installment of a three-part Contemplative Collaborative Brownbag Series titled, “Practicing Presence: Mindfulness Practices for Teaching and Learning.” Free and open to the public,…
Brian Turner, Poet and Veteran, to Read at Syracuse Symposium Nov. 20
Syracuse Symposium continues its theme of “Perspective” with a special reading by U.S. Army veteran Brian Turner, who has turned his wartime experiences into some of today’s most acclaimed poetry. Turner will likely read from his bestselling memoir, “My Life…
Art World Converges in Syracuse for Renaissance Art Symposium Oct. 18
The 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ continues its semester-long look at “Perspective” with a major symposium on Italian Renaissance Art. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the College of Arts and Sciences will present “New Perspectives on Renaissance Art” from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15…
Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair
Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. After…
Stand Up, Step In and Speak Out
Every day, victims of bullying, discrimination, sexual violence, drug abuse and hazing suffer alone and may not always be able to help themselves—as others stand by and do nothing. Advocates for “courageous leadership” know it doesn’t have to be that way.
Student’s Photo Essay on Teen Captures Audience with Time Magazine
Newhouse graduate student Taylor Baucom has been photographing the inspirational story of 16-year-old Gena Buza for the past two years. Baucom’s subtle, yet powerful, images, which began as part of a Newhouse project, are now gaining a much wider audience.
Professor Unveils ‘Lost Play’ by 17th-Century Master in Madrid
The discovery of a “lost play” by one of Spain’s greatest writers was the subject of a recent standing-room-only event in Madrid, featuring a professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Alejandro García-Reidy, assistant professor of Spanish in…
Blending Passions for Playing, Studying Sports
In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive…
Join SU in Turkey on ’10-Day Journey of the Heart’
Even though the 2013-2014 academic year has come to a close, the learning, growing and expanding of the minds and hearts at Syracuse University continues. Beginning today, Hendricks Chapel and the Turkish Cultural Center of Syracuse are leading a group…