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Point of Contact’s Cruel April Series Kicks Off April 3 with Georgia Popoff

Friday, March 28, 2014, By News Staff

Point of Contact is celebrating National Poetry Month with its annual poetry series Cruel April. The series will begin April 3 at 6 p.m. with a reading by local poet Georgia Popoff followed by a reception and informal dialogue. The event is free…

SU Wind Ensemble to Perform with Conductor Kenneth Bloomquist

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will present a concert featuring guest conductor Kenneth Bloomquist, director of bands emeritus of Michigan State University (MSU), on Tuesday, April 1, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College….

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Fletchall Puts Learning into Practice on Connective Corridor

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Graduate student Quinton Fletchall loves narrative. He particularly loves the narrative of urban planning and social design. He sees cities as stories that people tell through the lens of hope, fear and dreams for the future. He also sees those…

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SU Advance to Host Discussion on Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU Advance will present “Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower,” as part of its Conversations on Equity and Excellence series on Monday, March 31, at 2:30 p.m. in the Maxwell School’s Public Events Room, 220 Eggers…

Wind Power Can Be Cost-Comparable, New Analysis Reveals

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Diane Stirling

The costs of using wind energy and natural gas for electricity are virtually equal when accounting for the full private and social costs of each, making wind a competitive energy source for the United States, according to a new study on the…

STEM

Stanton Named Fellow of Leading Change Institute

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By News Staff

Jeffrey M. Stanton, professor and senior associate dean in the School of Information Studies, was selected as a 2014 fellow for the Leading Change Institute, co-sponsored by EDUCAUSE and the Council on Library and Information Resources. The institute will take…

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Students Form Sustainability Organizations on Campus

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By News Staff

For Elizabeth Kahn, being president of Students of Sustainability at Syracuse University is not just a campus commitment. A few weeks ago, Kahn spent her weekend in Washington, D.C., with 12 other students in the organization to protest the proposed…

Design Students Partner with the Delphics

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By News Staff

Thirty-three communications design students of the College of Visual and Performing Arts are working alongside the Delphic Council of the Americas to raise awareness of the Delphic Games’ arrival to Syracuse in the summer of 2015. The Delphic Games are…

STEM

SU Biologists Use Sound to Identify Breeding Grounds of Endangered Whales

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Remote acoustic monitoring among endangered whales is the subject of a major article by two doctoral students in The College of Arts and Sciences. Leanna Matthews and Jessica McCordic, members of the Parks Lab in the Department of Biology, have…

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SU Affirms Commitment to Sustainable Science with ‘Green Chemistry’ Workshop

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Green chemistry was the focus of a recent teacher workshop in The College of Arts and Sciences. Nearly 30 teachers from 24 area high schools converged at the Life Sciences Complex to learn more about the benefits of sustainable science…