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Candidates for 2012 Homecoming King announced
The Homecoming Court Selection Committee has announced the 2012 Syracuse University Homecoming Court. This longstanding tradition is just one of many student events, programs and activities that take place during SU’s annual Homecoming event, Orange Central. Voting for this year’s…
Newhouse student-reporters experience democracy in action on Election Day
To tell voters’ stories on Election Day, several hundred journalism students—from Syracuse, N.Y., to Miami, Fla., to Phoenix, Ariz.—will share their coverage through a special project coordinated by three professors at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Called…
A house divided: Race for the 24th Congressional District seat
Two years ago, Republican challenger Ann Marie Buerkle unseated Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei in an excruciatingly tight contest for New York’s 25th congressional seat that was ultimately decided three weeks later and by a margin of less than three-tenths of 1 percent. This year’s rematch has given every indication of being just as close.
A vote for citizenship
One vote doesn’t decide the fate of a nation. Its greater meaning is in the vital act of citizenship, says Robert McClure, Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy Emeritus at the Maxwell School.
Soprano Brown, pianist Karpoff to present Setnor faculty recital Nov. 10
Soprano Janet Brown and pianist Fred Karpoff, both faculty members in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a recital on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 8…
Audio: Robert Thompson on pop culture and the presidency
Syracuse University professor Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, offers his thoughts on how pop culture and the presidency go hand in hand.
How to get involved in Sandy relief efforts
The following message was sent to the SU community earlier today. Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, Over the past several days, the SU community has had the people of the Tri-State area in our hearts and minds as they…
SU Scholastic Book Sale
This is the last week of the SU Scholastic Book sale: your opportunity to purchase children’s books at GREAT LOW PRICES!!! HELP US TO HELP OTHERS! With every $150 in books sold, the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and…
Three to be honored Nov. 9 with Eggers Distinguished Alumni Award
Distinguished alumni William “Bill” F. Allyn G’59, Janet “Penny” Jones Allyn ’60 and Shirley Ann Fenner Reidenbaugh ’54 will be honored with the Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award during the annual Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award Dinner, held…
New spring courses on sustainability
Students and advisers: please check out the list of undergraduate spring courses on sustainability and environmental issues. There are new courses on topics ranging from Hurricane Katrina to biomimicry to sustainable engineering, and many established courses, like Art and Environment,…