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Elin Riggs named new director of Off-Campus and Commuter Services

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services within the Division of Student Affairs has appointed Elin Riggs as its new director, effective March 7. The office is responsible for providing comprehensive services for undergraduate and graduate students living off campus,…

Five to be honored April 9 with Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence awards

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Monday, April 9. The 2011-12 Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence honorees are: Don Carr, professor of industrial…

SU Showcase video competition deadline is March 30

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Two $250 awards are on the line in the SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 video competition. But to have a shot at them, students must register their video concepts by this Friday, March 30.  SU Showcase organizers are calling on…

White Ribbon Campaign ribbons, wristbands still available across campus

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Vera House White Ribbon Campaign continues to gain momentum as it closes in on the remaining few weeks of the campaign. Fostered by the Division of Student Affairs, this University-wide initiative involving offices and individuals across campus has…

VPA fiber arts students create textile responses to environmentally concerned prints in new ArtRage exhibition

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

Fiber arts students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design will show textiles created in response to environmentally concerned prints by the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative in the exhibition “RESOURCED/response,” which will be on view March 31-May…

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National Public Health Week kicks off April 2

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

On Monday, April 2, the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion (lernercenter.syr.edu) will kick off National Public Health Week with Healthy Monday Syracuse events on campus.

IVMF issues analysis of 2011 BLS annual report on employment situation of veterans

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Unemployment rate increases most significantly for post-9/11 female vets ages 18-24 In relation to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has released The Employment Situation of Veterans: 2011,…

Conference celebrates internationally renowned mathematician

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mathematical researchers and graduate students from across the United States and Canada will converge on the Syracuse University campus April 13-15 to celebrate internationally renowned mathematical theorist Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz and to discuss the intersection of two diverse areas of mathematical…

#CMGRchat tops Twitter’s worldwide trending topics

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Diane Stirling

An online gathering for community managers and others interested in social media practice that is hosted by two Syracuse University-affiliated social media professionals achieved worldwide “trending” status on Twitter this week. The chat ranked second, just below the topic of…

Join SU, SUNY-ESF in annual Earth Day communitywide cleanup

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services within the Division of Student Affairs will host its annual Earth Day Communitywide Cleanup on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Each year, SU and SUNY-ESF students, faculty, staff and Syracuse-area residents…