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Media, Law & Policy

Scholar Spotlight: Milanoi Koiyiet ’15

Thursday, April 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Milanoi Koiyiet is a graduate student in the College of Law. However, she is originally from Kenya, where she already has a law degree. Due to her work ensuring justice for women and girls with intellectual disabilities who have undergone…

Campus & Community

Women in the Media: Angie Martinez

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) continues its annual “Women in the Media” series, which highlights exceptional women who are at the forefront of shaping the media. This year, NAHJ has collaborated with the…

Business & Economy

Supply Chain Expert Shares Groundbreaking Research on Wine Futures

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

Researchers from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have revealed a highly accurate model for pricing wine futures. In a recently accepted paper in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Burak Kazaz, Steven Becker Professor, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching…

Campus & Community

50 Cent to Headline Block Party

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By News Staff

University Union will host its annual Block Party on April 24 in the Carrier Dome. The event will follow Mayfest in Walnut Park with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. This year’s line up will feature rappers 50 Cent with G-Unit…

Arts & Culture

Creative Musician James Gordon Williams to Headline Local Events

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

James Gordon Williams, a creative musician, composer and critical musicologist at Syracuse University, will be the focus of three upcoming local events. The pianist is an assistant professor of African American studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences….

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Psychiatric Nurse-Practitioner Heidi Kinnally

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

As a psychiatric nurse-practitioner, Heidi Kinnally has had a lot of experience with combat veterans and other populations. But when she saw an ad for a psychiatric nurse-practitioner in the Health Center at Syracuse University, she realized the college student…

Arts & Culture

University Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Shannon Andre

This year’s commemorative speaker is Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014. Davuluri spent her year in that role traveling across the country to speak on “Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency.”

Arts & Culture

Writing Program to Host Notre Dame’s John Duffy

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The “Reimagining Student Writers” series presented by the Writing Program in the  College of Arts and Sciences will continue this week with a guest lecture by the University of Notre Dame’s John Duffy. The lecture, titled “Rhetorical Virtues: The Ethical…

Health & Society

Sports Nutritionist Sarah Wick to Speak April 8

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Sports nutritionist, Sarah Wick will speak on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Room 001 Life Sciences Building. She will speak to the audience about sports nutrition and how it affects performance. According to Wick, “This is such a growing…

Campus & Community

University Formalizes Commitment to Prohibit Direct Investment in Coal, Fossil Fuels

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that it is formalizing its commitment to prohibit direct investment of endowment funds in coal mining and other fossil fuel companies. The University will also continue to seek additional investments through its endowment in companies that…