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Family Weekend Kicks Off with ’Cuse Tank, a Lively Student Innovation Competition at Bird Library

Tuesday, October 23, 2018, By News Staff

The “Elite Eight” finalists for the first ever ’Cuse Tank will vie in a “Shark Tank”-style prize competition on Friday, Oct. 26, from 9-11:30 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in E.S. Bird Library. The event—co-sponsored by the Blackstone…

Campus & Community

ELI Students Share Insights on Being an International Student

Friday, October 19, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

When international students travel to the United States to learn English, the language barrier is just one of their challenges. Cultural differences like being overwhelmed in the grocery store, being embarrassed about not tipping a server (there is no tipping…

Arts & Culture

SU Rowing, Graduate Program in Museum Studies Collaborate on New Display Celebrating History of Rowing at Syracuse

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, By News Staff

The graduate program in museum studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design and Syracuse University Rowing have collaborated on a new display at the historic James A. Ten Eyck Memorial Boathouse that celebrates the athletic…

Arts & Culture

School of Art’s Sharif Bey Selected to Exhibit Work at Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, By Erica Blust

Sharif Bey, ceramicist and dual associate professor of art education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art and the School of Education, is one of four artists selected to exhibit work in “Disrupting Craft: Renwick Invitational…

Campus & Community

University College Wins Award for 100th-Anniversary Campaign

Friday, October 12, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

The marketing team that promotes University College of Syracuse University has won a bronze award in the 2018 University Professional Continuing Education Association’s (UPCEA) Marketing Awards Competition. The awards recognize the best marketing practices and promotional pieces in the field…

Arts & Culture

‘still/here’ Screening and Q&A with Award-Winning Experimental Filmmaker Christopher Harris

Friday, October 12, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work’s Urban Video Project announces the exhibition “Christopher Harris: Extended Forecast” by the award-winning filmmaker. This will be on view at Light Work UVP’s outdoor projection site on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art at 401…

Arts & Culture

Grammy-Nominated Vocalists Sweet Honey In The Rock to Perform at Hendricks Chapel Oct. 14

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Grammy-nominated, all-female vocal ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock will perform in Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. The concert is part of the Malmgren Concert Series and is free and open to the public. Before the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Marks National Arts and Humanities Month: University Celebrates ‘Importance of Culture’ with Spate of Events, Activities

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), and Syracuse University is marking the occasion with an array of events and activities. Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center, says most of the University’s NAHM-related programming originates in the College…

Campus & Community

Free Tutoring Now Available in 30 Undergraduate Fall Courses

Tuesday, October 9, 2018, By Keith Kobland

This semester, the Center for Learning and Student Success—CLASS—is offering more than 100 free, small-group tutoring sessions each week for 30 large, historically challenging undergraduate courses. The sessions include a range of subject areas, including calculus, economics, accounting, engineering, nutrition…

STEM

Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…