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Arts & Culture

Ray Smith Symposium explores issues of Latina/o ‘citizenship’ Jan. 31-Feb. 1

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By Rob Enslin

In response to the United States’ growing Hispanic population, the College of Arts and Sciences is presenting several events on the theme of “citizenship,” Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The events are part of the yearlong Ray Smith Symposium titled “Moving Borders:…

Campus & Community

Feasibility study under way to find ways to use space freed up when bookstore moves

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By News Staff

The Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center has been the heart of student life at Syracuse University since its opening in 1985. With the planned relocation of the SU Bookstore to a new location on University Avenue and the…

Campus & Community

2014 Senior Class Marshal application open

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By News Staff

Applications are now being accepted for the Class of 2014 senior class marshals. The application deadline is Feb. 1. All current juniors who will be graduating in May 2014 are eligible to apply, and may be nominated by faculty, staff…

Campus & Community

Mayor presents unprecedented challenges for cities at next session of IRP

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Jan. 17 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. Miner will discuss the challenges the city faces and what needs to be done to address them. Miner attended Syracuse University, graduating magna…

Campus & Community

Winter 2013 Learn-to-Skate

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

Winter ’13 Learn-to-Skate is set to start on Jan. 26 at Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion on South Campus. It is a six-week session open to SU affiliates and dependents only. Classes available for all skill levels and ages including a…

Veterans

Jim Powers joins IVMF as IT help desk manager

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

Jim Powers has been appointed information technology (IT) help desk manager at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF). Powers will serve as the institute’s chief IT staff member, working in conjunction with IT support staff and…

Media, Law & Policy

Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

While studying the lives of women living with HIV in South Asia, Maxwell School associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen recalls speaking with a young mother in Tamil Nadu, the southeastern state in India. “When neighbors ask me why I am…

Campus & Community

University statement regarding charges against former employee Roger Springfield

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

Statement from Kevin Quinn, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, Syracuse University “In mid-December, when Athletics Department staff discovered a potentially inappropriate video on a department computer, the University immediately referred this matter to the Syracuse Police Department and Onondaga…

Campus & Community

Q & A: Director of Health Services Benjamin Domingo

Monday, January 14, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The winter of 2013 is one that health officials won’t soon forget. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the hard-hitting flu bug, the worst since 2009. The declaration gives pharmacies the ability to administer flu…

Campus & Community

Video: First-year students arrive on campus

Monday, January 14, 2013, By Keith Kobland

With the holiday season in the rearview mirror, it’s the beginning of a busy semester on the SU hill. We caught up with some newly arriving students at the residence halls on Mount Olympus (along with parents and orientation leaders)…