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Campus & Community

Call for SU Honorary Degree Nominations by Oct. 7

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all students, faculty, staff and alumni to nominate candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Commencement ceremonies.  Deadline for all nominations is Oct. 7. Persons who…

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees, University Establish Scholarship Fund to Honor Chancellor Nancy Cantor

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

From Sorkin Week in Los Angeles to Study Abroad in London to Engagement Scholars in Syracuse, immersion programs that enable students to “test what they think they know” are hallmarks of the Syracuse University experience. Yet not every student has…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked among Best by Princeton Review

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Program also featured in Entrepreneur magazine The Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company has named the school…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Needed for Orange Central 2013

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By News Staff

Orange Central 2013 weekend is rapidly approaching and we need your help! We welcome all volunteers to help make this year’s Oct. 3-6 celebration a memorable weekend for our alumni! Please volunteer today at http://invite.syr.edu/oc_volunteer/  and be sure to include…

Health & Society

The Goodness of Raw Materials

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Chef Mary Ann Kiernan calls it “the mystery box of produce”—her weekly box of vegetables from a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. As a chef, she finds it a fun challenge. But as a nutrition and food studies instructor, Kiernan has seen the trepidation in students as they try to compose a meal from a mystifying basket full of vegetables.

Arts & Culture

Kushner Is First Guest of 2013-14 University Lectures

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will kick off the 2013-14 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “A Conversation with Tony Kushner,” discussion between Kushner and University Lectures Director…

Campus & Community

Kirst Shares Stories of CNY at Sept. 19 Session of IRP

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Sept. 19 session of the Institute for Retired People will feature Post Standard/Syracuse Media Group columnist Sean Kirst. Kirst will talk about “Before and After Digital: Stories that Matter.” Kirst joined the Post-Standard’s Oswego County bureau in October 1988,…

Campus & Community

A Welcoming Address

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Chancellor-designate Kent D. Syverud embraced his soon-to-be new community at Syracuse University with two words: “I’m in.” Syverud, who was unanimously selected by the Board of Trustees Wednesday as SU’s 12th Chancellor and President, addressed hundreds of students, faculty, staff…

Campus & Community

Transcript of Welcome Address by Kent D. Syverud

Thursday, September 12, 2013, By News Staff

Thank you, Dick and Ryan, for those welcoming words and for your great service to Syracuse University. First things first. I must acknowledge and thank our Chancellor, Nancy Cantor. Nancy, you have been an extraordinary leader in higher education, at…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse to Host Audio Industry Summit Sept. 27 in New York City

Thursday, September 12, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Top media executives will explore the present and future of radio at the Audio Industry Summit on Friday, Sept. 27, in New York City. The event is presented by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Featuring two panels of…