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University Lectures Hosts New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast March 5

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast will bring an evening of humor to Syracuse University on Wednesday, March 5, as she offers her unique and witty perspective on the happenings of everyday life in the next University Lecture. Chast will speak…

Gillibrand: Over $1 Million for SU to Help Women Veteran Entrepreneurship

Monday, February 24, 2014, By News Staff

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Monday announced a federal grant worth $1.3 million for Syracuse University to strengthen entrepreneurship opportunities for women veterans. The federal investment will be used by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University…

Vice President Biden to Deliver Keynote at Toner Prize Celebration in Washington, D.C.

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden L’68 will be the keynote speaker at the award celebration for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting on March 24 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize, sponsored by the S.I. Newhouse School of…

Campus & Community

Student Submissions Sought for University Union-Sponsored Film Festival

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

University Union has announced its first Syracuse University Film Festival on April 4-6. Student submissions will be accepted through March 9 in four categories: trailers, animation, music videos and short films. All submissions should be sent to uufilmsubmissions@gmail.com. Winners will…

Campus & Community

University Lectures’ Spring Semester Kicks Off Feb. 25 with Chris Hayes

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

MSNBC host Chris Hayes will speak about the crisis of authority in American life in the first University Lectures event of the spring 2014 season on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Hayes is the first guest…

Media, Law & Policy

TBWA Worldwide’s Doug Melville ’98 to Discuss Future of Advertising

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Doug Melville ’98, chief diversity officer, North America, for TBWA Worldwide, will visit the  Newhouse School on Thursday, Feb. 20, as a guest of the advertising department’s Job Market Speaker Series, part of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will…

Media, Law & Policy

Diversity in Sports Media Is Topic of Feb. 26 Newhouse Forum

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The face of sports media—especially as seen on pregame, postgame and halftime shows on television—may seem diverse. But just how representative of athletes, sports fans and American society is it? What about management—the people who do the hiring and assigning…

STEM

Physicist’s Work with Quarks May Resolve Unanswered Questions about Universe

Thursday, February 6, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in The College of Arts and Sciences has helped determine that colliding quarks and electrons “know” the difference between left and right.

Arts & Culture

Poet Corey Zeller Is Next Writer in Carver Series

Wednesday, February 5, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Poet Corey Zeller is the next writer in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open…

University is operating on normal hours today, Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014, By News Staff

Posted at 5:20 a.m. The University is operating on normal hours today, Wednesday, Feb. 5. Students and faculty who commute may encounter conditions that necessitate a personal safety decision in regards to their travel to the University. If this occurs,…