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Arts & Culture

E.C. Osondu G’07 Returns to Syracuse for Carver Reading Series March 25

Friday, March 20, 2015, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with E.C. Osondu G’07, the series’ James Breuer Distinguished Author. On Wednesday, March 25, Osondu will participate in a Q&A session from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.,…

Campus & Community

Patricia Meyers Druger Astronomy Learning Center to be Dedicated March 28

Friday, March 20, 2015, By Rob Enslin

One Syracuse icon will honor another when professor Marvin Druger dedicates part of historic Holden Observatory in memory of his late wife, Patricia G’74. On Saturday, March 28, the College of Arts and Sciences will unveil the newly renovated Patricia…

Arts & Culture

Sanford Sternlicht Publishes Book on Iconic Playwright August Wilson

Friday, March 20, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Sanford Sternlicht G’62, professor emeritus of English, is the author of “August Wilson’s Twentieth-Century Cycle Plays: A Reader’s Companion” (Texas Tech University Press, 2015). Described as a “short literary guide” to the iconic playwright, the book is written with teachers,…

Campus & Community

University Signs on to ‘Justice and Dignity’ Resolution

Friday, March 20, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Syracuse University is a signatory of, and participant in, a resolution supporting social justice and human dignity authored by the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church (NASCUMC). Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Tiffany Steinwert, dean…

Campus & Community

Philanthropy Week Celebration Starts Monday

Friday, March 20, 2015, By News Staff

On Monday, March 23, Syracuse University begins its annual Philanthropy Week celebration, a series of events to raise awareness about the critical role philanthropy plays at the University—and in society as a whole.

Campus & Community

Call for New Student Convocation Faculty Speaker Nominations

Thursday, March 19, 2015, By Shannon Andre

The New Student Convocation Planning Committee is seeking nominations for the 2015 New Student Convocation faculty speaker. The selected speaker will give the faculty address to the incoming undergraduate students during the Convocation on Aug. 27. A hallmark feature of…

Campus & Community

New Student Health Insurance Plan and Policy Introduced

Thursday, March 19, 2015, By News Staff

In accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), Syracuse University will be offering a new student health insurance plan as of Aug. 1. The plan offering coincides with a revised University policy—to be phased…

‘Shark Tank’ Appearance for Student Sandbox Startup Founders

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Their entrepreneurial journey has taken them from the Syracuse University Student Sandbox and the Couri Hatchery to the “Shark Tank.” A group of Syracuse University students who launched a startup in the Syracuse Student Sandbox incubator in 2009 is appearing this…

STEM

Bioengineering Major Earns National Recognition for Research

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Alexis Peña, a junior in the bioengineering program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and recently named one of two Class Marshals for the 2016 Syracuse University Commencement, has received two outstanding research awards for her poster presentations…

Arts & Culture

Keeping Images Alive: Lecture, Seminar on Caring for Photographs

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Conservator Gary Albright will present “The Intensification of Photographs: Observations from Recent Research and Practice,” a lecture and seminar in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation focusing on the preservation of historical black and white photographic prints….