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Campus & Community

TEDx Syracuse University Issues Call for Speakers

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Student organizers for the TEDx SyracuseUniversity conference, planned for April 22, have announced a call for speakers for the event. The one-day conference will bring together thought leaders from Syracuse’s technology, entertainment and design backgrounds to host short lectures on local issues…

Arts & Culture

Setnor School to Present an Evening of Contemporary One-Act Operas

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Erica Blust

The Opera Theater in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will present an evening of short operas by leading American composers on Friday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 28,…

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Author and Professor George Saunders on Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

George Saunders talks about his new novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo” and the statue of Abraham Lincoln in front of the Maxwell School that served as inspiration.    

Health & Society

Winston Fisher ’96 Tackles Mammoth Marathon Challenge

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Winston Fisher ’96 is proving once again that he will go to great lengths of physical endurance to support the organization founded by his family that assists military veterans known as the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Already, Fisher has competed…

Business & Economy

Women in Sports and Events Hosts Feb. 19 Panel on Careers in Sports

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By News Staff

Women in Sports and Events (WISE) will host “Shoot for Success: WISE Women in Sports,” a pre-game panel discussion on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. Organized in collaboration with Syracuse University Athletics, the panel discussion…

Arts & Culture

University Partners to Host Global Game Jam, Jan. 20-22 in Bird Library

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Bird Library will serve as a location for Global Game Jam (#SUGGJ17), the world’s largest game jam (game creation) event, taking place on the weekend of Jan. 20-22. University and community members are invited to collaborate, create and present new game…

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Disgraced’ to Play at Syracuse Stage

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

After the phenomenal success of “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins,” Syracuse Stage switches gears and turns on a powerful and explosive drama as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced” opens on Jan. 27 in the Archbold Theatre at the Syracuse…

Media, Law & Policy

Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

NPR

Assistant Professor Corey Takahashi on the rise of online “influencers”

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Newhouse School Professor Corey Takahashi offers his commentary on the challenge of teaching students who, instead of wanting to be writers or filmmakers, aspire to be online “influencers.”