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Centscere Wins $150,000 in StartupLabs Competition

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Centscere, the philanthropic student venture that began last summer in the Syracuse Student Sandbox, and entered the Syracuse StartupLabs competition earlier this year, was awarded the top prize of $150,000 in the StartupLabs contest. At the Centerstate CEO annual meeting…

Campus & Community

Student Startups Win over $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Student start-ups won a combined $153,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 11 and 12. Emerging Talk was a weekend full of inspiring Power Chats by local and national entrepreneurs, a keynote by “Shark…

Campus & Community

Sundance-Acclaimed Documentary ‘American Promise’ Screening Tuesday

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

The National Association of Black Journalists Syracuse University will be screening the Sundance-acclaimed documentary “American Promise.” It will be held April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. “American Promise” spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle…

STEM

Geologists Prove Early Tibetan Plateau Was Larger than Previously Thought

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Earth scientists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the Tibetan Plateau—the world’s largest, highest and flattest plateau—had a larger initial extent than previously documented. Their discovery is the subject of an article in the journal…

iSchool, Marist, Linux Foundation, IBM Presenting MOOC Series on Enterprise Computing

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Diane Stirling

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, two IT-savvy colleges, a nonprofit consortium and an IT industry leader are combining academic efforts to present a massive open online educational series whose curriculum is centered on mainframe-computing operations. The School of Information Studies (iSchool),…

Campus & Community

SU Wellness Week 2014 to Kick Off April 20

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

The annual Wellness Week, coordinated by Health and Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, will kick off Sunday, April 20, on campus. A variety of campus-wide departments and student organizations have collaborated on this year’s “Celebration of Total…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 14

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

[View the story “SU in the News: Monday, April 14” on Storify] SU in the News: Monday, April 14 The following stories mention Syracuse University or quote one of our faculty, staff, or students. Storified by SyracuseUNews· Mon, Apr 14…

Inauguration Day Press Kit: Previous Chancellors of Syracuse University

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By News Staff

Previous Chancellors of Syracuse University This document is also available by clicking here. Nancy Cantor 2004-2013 Nancy Cantor was inaugurated the first female chancellor of Syracuse University. Under her leadership, the University launched Scholarship in Action—a vision that challenges higher…

MRM/McCann East EVP Anthony Yell to Speak April 15

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Anthony Yell, executive vice president and executive creative director of MRM/McCann East, will present “How to Succeed in the Digital Now” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in the I-3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3. His visit is sponsored by the…

Veterans

Haynie Named Chairman of Labor Department Advisory Committee

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, the executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has been named by U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to serve as the chairman of the department’s Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer…