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Women of the University Community Honoring Student Scholarship Recipients at Spring Brunch
Now celebrating its 90th year, the Women of the University Community organization is hosting its Annual Spring Scholarship Brunch on Saturday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Comstock Room of the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel &…
Switzer, Boston Marathon Legend, Still Feels Old Friend from Syracuse at Her Side
For Kathrine Switzer, a pivotal moment in running history really began with a challenge in a snowstorm. She was a student at Syracuse University in December 1966 when she went on a long run with Arnie Briggs, a Syracuse letter…
Humanities Center Hosts Faculty, Staff Book Reception April 18
The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host its second annual Books in the Humanities Reception on Tuesday, April 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center. Free and open to the public, the event will…
Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2017 Mirror Awards Competition
The Newhouse School today announced the finalists in the 2017 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 13 in New York City. The finalists, selected by a group of…
Hank Greenwald: A Great Syracuse Alumnus, a Broadcasting Giant, on the Hope of Opening Day
Opening day has always mattered to Hank Greenwald ’57. In his early childhood in Detroit, just after World War II, he felt the electricity when his hometown Tigers opened the baseball season at the legendary ballpark known then as Briggs…
Syracuse University Press Awarded NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Grant
Syracuse University Press, a division of Syracuse University Libraries, is one of eight institutions to be awarded a grant in the Humanities Open Book Program, jointly sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon…
Spiritual Life Council Shares Message of Unity Through Peace Poles on Quad
“May Peace Prevail on Earth.” A simple phrase with a powerful message. The words—in 23 different languages and in Braille—are inscribed on two red cedar “peace poles” installed over winter break in front of Hendricks Chapel through the work of…
Flight from Syria, New Life in the College of Law, Now Helping Fellow Refugees
Violette Khabbaz, silent, is listening to a conversation on a March afternoon. Sunlight pours through a window and illuminates her face as she leans across the counter of the Byblos Mediterranean Café, the restaurant she operates on North Clinton Street…
Syracuse Symposium to Host Scholar of Modern Italian Literature April 4-5
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong study of “Place” with a visit by a scholar of modern Italian literature. Mauro Novelli, associate professor of contemporary Italian literature at The University of Milan, will discuss “Places of Resistance: Simulation and Dissimulation in…
Campus Community Invited to Take Back the Night 2017 Events
The annual Take Back the Night rally, march and speak out is scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, beginning at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Take Back the Night (TBTN) brings students, faculty and staff together to demonstrate the community’s support…