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Campus & Community

Students Invited to Answer the Question: Who Are You?

Tuesday, November 12, 2013, By News Staff

The STOP Bias initiative out of the Division of Student Affairs is hosting the second annual “Who Are You?” Postcard Project. The program invites students to submit anonymous statements that answer the question, “Who are you?” A display of these…

STEM

Connective Corridor Garners APWA Award

Monday, November 11, 2013, By News Staff

The Connective Corridor has been selected by the American Public Works Association (APWA) New York Chapter as the 2013 Transportation Project of the Year. The award will be presented Nov. 14 at APWA’s annual meeting hosted by the Central New York branch.

Campus & Community

Five Join Near Westside Initiative Board of Directors

Thursday, November 7, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), housed in Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development, has announced five new members of its board of directors. They are Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District (SCSD); Robert…

Arts & Culture

Young Artists to Exhibit Work in ‘The Big Show’ Nov. 9

Thursday, November 7, 2013, By Erica Blust

Student work from Art Workshops for Young People, an offering of the art education dual program in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and School of Education, will be exhibited in “The Big Show” on Saturday, Nov. 9,…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Quilters Throw Quilt-a-Thon

Thursday, November 7, 2013, By News Staff

Hendricks Chapel Quilters hold fall 2013 quilt-a-thon on Saturday, November 9.

Campus & Community

Hunger Issues Explored through SU Hunger Games

Wednesday, November 6, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU’s 24-Hour Famine, the SU Hunger Games, will be held at Hendricks Chapel on Saturday, Nov. 9, and Sunday, Nov. 10. Students and other members of the SU community are invited to participate in a 24-hour fast and other related…

STEM

SU Chemist Gets ‘Best Idea Grant’

Wednesday, November 6, 2013, By News Staff

Top-notch ideas drive today’s knowledge-based world. James Hougland has one, and he has been awarded a “Best Idea Grant (BIG)” from the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) to support his research. Hougland, an assistant professor of chemistry in The College…

STEM

New York’s New Energy Leaders Debut at SyracuseCoE Symposium

Monday, November 4, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

This year’s SyracuseCoE Symposium included a statewide first: the three newest leaders of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s energy team appeared together for a discussion of the state’s emerging clean energy economy.

Campus & Community

SU London Organizes “Cultures of Memory Symposium”

Monday, November 4, 2013, By Jennifer DeMarchi

SU London helped to organize the 2013 “Cultures of Memory Symposium,” a multi-faceted, international symposium in which four organizing universities presented their distinct creative practices and scholarship related to memory. These include public memory projects concerned with Guantánamo Bay detention…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student-Journalists Will Head to Polls on Election Day

Monday, November 4, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

To capture “Democracy in Action,” about 130 Newhouse School journalism students will be at the polls on Election Day. “The young journalists will tell voters’ stories—what voting means to them, why they bother to go to the polls,” says Charlotte…