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Free Stress-Reduction Class for Students
The Syracuse University Counseling Center, within the Division of Student Affairs, is offering a free course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to SU and SUNY-ESF undergraduate and graduate students. The eight-week course meets Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m., beginning…
Back-to-School Videos about Students, by Students
Two new videos produced by Syracuse University students help highlight the beginning of new school year. One deals with hopes and expectations among students, the other includes coverage of orientation activities.
Words from the Wise
As you find your way on campus, make new friends and begin classes, a support system of peer mentors and advisors across campus are here to help make the transition smoother. Here are just a few who share their top pieces of advice.
SU’s 11th Annual Syracuse Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp Begins Oct. 19
SU’s annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp, now in its 11th year, begins Oct. 19 and runs for six consecutive Saturdays through Nov. 23. The bootcamp, led by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management, assists new business owners,…
Scenes from the Year’s Beginning
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug. 22, approximately 3,900 first-year and transfer students arrived at Syracuse University to kick off the 2013-2014 academic year.
Q&A: Public’s Attitudes Toward Public Schools
The 45th annual PDK/Gallup poll of public attitudes toward the public schools was issued August 21. Among its findings is that many people have little idea what the “Common Core” is, even though it may have a major impact on…
Library Features Birds of John Audubon in the American Landscape
Libraries’ fall exhibition features Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ Syracuse University Libraries’ fall exhibition, “John James Audubon and the American Landscape,” will open with a reception on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. in the Special Collections gallery on Bird Library’s…
Video: President Barack Obama’s Visit to Syracuse
President Barack Obama was greeted with loud cheers from an energetic crowd of young people at Henninger High School Thursday as he spelled out his plan for making college more affordable through innovative efforts that offer students a greater range…
Syracuse Symposium 2013, ‘Listening,’ kicks off Sept. 12
With the theme “Listening,” Syracuse Symposium 2013, the annual semester-long intellectual and artistic festival, will kick off Thursday, Sept. 12, with a lecture by author Misha Glouberman.
Finding Your Home at Syracuse University
Three years ago, Alexandra Curtis ’14 was in the same place as this year’s group of new students at Syracuse University’s Convocation. Her words to a friend that day predicted how her time at SU would unfold and turn into a lesson for SU’s newest class.