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2014-15 Remembrance Scholars to be Honored at Convocation Oct. 24

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2014-15 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the University, were…

Carrie Mae Weems Weaves Stories With Her Work in Next University Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Over the past 25 years, Weems has worked toward developing a complex body of art that has at various times employed photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation and video.

Sirius VP Steve Leeds Will Present Soyars Lecture Oct. 23

Tuesday, October 21, 2014, By Erica Blust

Steve Leeds G’73, vice president of talent and industry relations at Sirius Satellite Radio, will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J….

Media, Law & Policy

Professors Launch Online Piano Tutorial ‘Entrada Piano’

Monday, October 20, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two Syracuse University professors have launched “Entrada Piano Technique,” an online resource for teachers and students of the piano. Richard Breyer, professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, and Fred Karpoff, professor of music in the Rose,…

New SU NetID Password Change Requirement starts Nov. 3

Monday, October 20, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

Starting Nov. 3, anyone with a SU NetID password will be required to change their password at least once a year. Password management is a fundamental security practice. At Syracuse University, this starts when someone becomes a member of the…

Syracuse Stage Guild to Host National Conference for Regional Theatre Volunteers

Friday, October 17, 2014, By News Staff

The Syracuse Stage Guild will be hosting the 2014 gathering of CAVORT Inc. (Conference About Volunteers of Regional Theatre) Oct. 23-25. This national, multiday event will feature presentations and discussions with senior administrators and arts advocates from Syracuse Stage, Syracuse…

Health & Society

2014 Sutton Award Recognizes Sport Management Professor Chad McEvoy

Friday, October 17, 2014, By Michele Barrett

In the 1990s, Falk College sport management professor, Chad McEvoy was a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, working closely with William A. Sutton, a distinguished academic and practitioner recognized for his visionary leadership connecting  the sport marketing…

Students Hope to Spark Young People’s Interest in College

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Theodros Belay ’16 and teams of students spread out across the South Side of Syracuse to encourage young people to think about the possibility of higher education. A Walk for Education took a few hours on Sunday but Belay hopes their footsteps will reverberate for much longer.

Dance Classes Offered for People with Parkinson’s

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Neuroscientists Donna Korol and Tumay Tunur in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences are partnering with the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute, the Dance Theater of Syracuse and Cynthia Stevenson, director of caregiver services at…

Campus & Community

Purser Wins Award for New Book about On-Demand Labor

Tuesday, October 14, 2014, By News Staff

Gretchen Purser, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, has won the 2014 International Book Award from the California Series in Public Anthropology (University of California Press) for her manuscript “Labor On Demand: Dispatching the Urban Poor.” Each year…