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New Course Will Help Students Build Concrete Skills in Community Organizing

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A new course in the fall 2013 semester will teach students key skills of organizing by leading a community engagement project on campus. “Community Organizing: People, Power and Change” (SWK 400/CFE 400) will meet on Wednesdays from 2:15-5 p.m., and…

Campus & Community

‘Women Do Peace and Men Negotiate It–Bosnian Experience in Peacebuilding’

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, By News Staff

Interdisciplinary Lecture Series. Guest Speaker is Zilka Spahic-Siljak who is visiting lecturer on Women’s Studies and Islamic Studies and WSRP Research Associate at Harvard Divinity School, and she is Deputy Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies at the…

Resolving Conflict and Rebuilding Lives in Darfur

Monday, February 18, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

A region scarred by civil violence and a resulting humanitarian crisis over the past decade, Darfur in western Sudan still struggles to reach peace between the government and rebel factions. Its citizens, however, are not waiting to start rebuilding their lives and communities.

Media, Law & Policy

Student Startup Madness: Building dreams into reality

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By News Staff

When Camille Malkiewicz G’12 reflects on her experience last year with Student Startup Madness (SSM), a competition that originated through the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, her smile almost says it all….

Campus & Community

Nov. 30–‘Re-Enchanting Humanity: Building the Story for a Sustainable Future’

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By News Staff

Friday, Nov. 30, 10:40 a.m. Global Collaboratory, 060 Eggers Hall On Nov. 28-30, nearly 50 visionary leaders representing diverse ideologies and disciplines will gather to engage in a dialog, telling the stories of our civilization and searching for a shared…

Campus & Community

Syracuse leaders recognized with U.S. Green Building Council award

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Keith Kobland

As the not-so-great philosopher Kermit (the frog) once opined, it’s not easy being green. Regardless of that mindset, a growing number of communities are realizing the quality-of-life benefits of “going green.” The Central New York community and Syracuse University are leading the charge and receiving recognition as a result.

Arts & Culture

Folk arts curator to discuss quilts as visual discourse of conflict, reconciliation and memory Oct. 22

Monday, October 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a presentation on the social significance of traditional material culture.

Campus & Community

Building Digital Library Collections in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

You are invited to an informal discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 24, with Laurie Kutner, a University of Vermont librarian and SU alum (Maxwell G’85 and iSchool G’98) who directs the SU iSchool Costa Rica summer internship project. This discussion will…

Excitement builds for ‘Common Ground for Peace’ Symposium

Monday, October 1, 2012, By News Staff

Due to high demand for tickets and in response to continued public interest in the “Common Ground for Peace” symposium featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, Syracuse University will now webcast the two panel discussions live on Monday, Oct. 8.

Campus & Community

SU teams with LinkedIn to help students, alumni build career connections

Tuesday, September 4, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University and the world’s largest professional network on the Internet are now further linked to the benefit of SU students and alumni all over the world. SU has joined a select group of higher education institutions that are partnering…