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Business & Economy

Kennedy Patlan named first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Kennedy Patlan ’18, a triple major in advertising in the Newhouse School, citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School and women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement…

Arts & Culture

Actor-singer Taye Diggs ’93 Returns to Campus for Coming Back Together Book Signing

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Most people know Taye Diggs ’93 as an award-winning actor and singer, but when he participates in this week’s Coming Back Together reunion for African American and Latino alumni, he will do so as a best-selling author. Diggs is the creator of…

Campus & Community

Alumni Engagement, Increased Donor Support Propel Syracuse Past FY17 Fundraising Goals

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By News Staff

The gifts raised this year include $125.7 million in gifts, pledges and gifts-in-kind, highlighted by the University’s spring and fiscal year-end campaign, known as Make Your Mark, which resulted in new and increased giving from more than 2,500 alumni donors.

Washington Examiner

Sessions Dismissal of DACA No Surprise

Monday, September 11, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

It took nobody by surprise when Attorney General Jeff Sessions endorsed and helped rescind the DACA act that protected so many in the United States. He has long been a proponent of such an act, dating back to its inaugural…

STEM

Curious Properties

Monday, September 11, 2017, By News Staff

Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of Syracuse’s Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…

Campus & Community

Homecoming Court Applications Due Sept. 17

Monday, September 11, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

Applications for the 2017 Homecoming Court are due Sunday, Sept. 17, by 11:59 p.m. The applications are open to undergraduate students graduating this academic year who are on campus this fall. The Homecoming Court is a longstanding tradition at Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

’Cuse Cast for Week of Sept. 11

Monday, September 11, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The new Dean of Hendricks Chapel, Brian Konkol, anchors this week’s ’Cuse Cast, with details on Coming Back Together and the Hendricks Chapel Dean’s Convocation.

Media, Law & Policy

Acclaimed Journalist Soledad O’Brien Headlines Coming Back Together, University Lectures series

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Tickets for Soledad O’Brien (available at boxoffice.syr.edu) are free for CBT registrants, $5 for SU/SUNY-ESF students with I.D. and $10 for the public. When Soledad O’Brien was working on the acclaimed CNN series “Black in America,” someone asked her what she had…

Campus & Community

12th Coming Back Together Set for Sept. 14-17

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Scott McDowell

Launched in 1983, Coming Back Together (CBT) became the first reunion of its kind in the country, strengthening Syracuse University’s reputation as a leader in diversity and inclusion.

Campus & Community

Sexual and Relationship Violence Task Force Provides Update to Campus Community on Key Progress, Achievements

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Carol Boll

The Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence concluded its second year of work at Syracuse University. The 30-member task force, appointed by Chancellor Syverud in spring of 2015, focused throughout the 2016-17 academic year on key recommendations that…