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Campus & Community

Posse Foundation President Deborah Bial Visits Syracuse Posse Scholars

Thursday, February 5, 2015, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse Posse Scholars and their mentors, deans, faculty and staff joined Chancellor Kent Syverud at a luncheon to kick off Bial’s visit.

Arts & Culture

Connective Corridor Seeking Warehouse Mural Proposals

Thursday, February 5, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University design students will soon have the opportunity to showcase their skills in a big visual way. The Connective Corridor, in partnership with the School of Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is calling for student…

Arts & Culture

Drummer for Smash Mouth, Marilyn Manson, Foreigner to Present Three-Part Series Feb. 10 and 11

Wednesday, February 4, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Jason Sutter began playing the drums at the age of 9 and played his first professional gig at 10. Since then, he has toured with Smash Mouth, Marilyn Manson and Foreigner, just to name a few. The next stop on…

Health & Society

Clothing Drive Fills Unmet Need in Local Transgender Community

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Table after table lined with hundreds of donated shirts, pants, sweaters, skirts, jackets and other clothing items were visible in one Peck Hall classroom because marriage and family therapy (MFT) graduate students Amy Goss and Megan O’Brien recognized an unmet…

STEM

How Nuclear Waste Recycling Could Help Expand U.S. Energy Production

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

As the world’s attention turns to alternative energy solutions, such as wind and solar, nuclear energy is an often overlooked or controversial option. And yet, nuclear power from 104 plants supplies approximately 20 percent of the electricity we use today….

Arts & Culture

Black Grace Performs at Pulse Event Feb. 9

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Shannon Andre

New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance group, Black Grace, will perform at 8 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. The performance is part of the Pulse Performing Arts Program, presented by Student Activities, a unit within the…

Campus & Community

NYSHealth Healthy Neighborhood Funds Near Westside Initiative

Monday, February 2, 2015, By News Staff

The Near Westside of Syracuse is one of six communities selected to participate in the New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) Healthy Neighborhood Funds initiative (http://nyshealthfoundation.org/our-grantees/healthy-neighborhoods-fund-recipients).  The initiative will provide funding and support for an active collaboration between NYSHealth and…

STEM

Geologist Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A sedimentary and organic geochemist, Christopher Junium will use the five-year award, valued at more than $524,000, to study how marine communities respond to global warming, anoxia (i.e., lack of oxygen) and ocean acidification.

Business & Economy

Students Can Pitch for Up to $10,000 at Annual RvD IDEA Awards

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

There is no shortage of creative students with innovative, entrepreneurial ideas on the SU campus. Students from all majors on campus have exciting ideas, from creating a nonprofit to improve access to drinking water in West Africa to establishing companies…

Media, Law & Policy

Raising the Bar: College of Law Revises Standards to Improve Student Success

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

A rigorous two-day test of legal knowledge, the bar exam is the final hurdle for those studying law to be admitted as practicing attorneys. To ensure that new graduates taking the bar exam had academic assistance, the College of Law initiated a revised set of academic standards several years ago.