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Veterans

IVMF Announces New Community-Based Initiatives in Support of Record Department of Veterans Affairs Funding

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

In recognition of the VA’s announcement of an additional $207 million for community-based organizations supporting homeless and at-risk veterans and their families, the Institute of Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is expanding its Community of Practice, community-centered…

LGBT Resource Center Presents Coming Out Month

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

The annual events known as Coming Out Month put on by Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center, is accompanied this year with the hashtag #OutSpokenSU. The purpose of #OutSpokenSU for October 2014 is to celebrate the complexities of identities and experiences…

Alumni To Receive Eggers, Generation Orange Awards During Orange Central

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will recognize the extraordinary contributions of both its senior alumni and its younger alumni during Orange Central weekend Oct. 9-12. The Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award will be presented to Marylyn Ginsburg-Klaus ’56, G’57 and Irma Ginsberg…

Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This year’s Orange Central celebration features events for alumni, current students, faculty, staff and the entire community.

Democratizing Knowledge Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By News Staff

The Democratizing Knowledge Project (DK), a Syracuse University interdisciplinary collective of faculty and graduate students, has been awarded a four-year, $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a series of summer institutes titled “Just Academic Spaces: Creating…

Former NY State Lieutenant Governor to Deliver Tanner Lecture at Maxwell School

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.  His talk is titled “Public Responsibility and the Federal-State Disconnect.” Ravitch is a…

Campus & Community

iSchool Offering PMI Exam Study Workshop

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be offering an Exam Study Workshop for the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification exam. Classes will begin on Thursday, Oct. 2, and will meet weekly through Nov….

Health & Society

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Power plant standards to cut climate-changing carbon emissions will reduce other harmful air pollution and provide substantial human health benefits, according to a new study released Sept. 30 by scientists from Syracuse, Harvard and Boston universities. The research shows that,…

Newhouse School, Oprah Winfrey Celebrate New Studio and Innovation Center

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Thousands gathered outside the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as Oprah Winfrey charged the students to live up to the high standards that come with such an impressive new facility.

Fast Forward Syracuse September Progress Update

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Fast Forward Syracuse teams continue to gain momentum and add faculty, staff and students to each of the three program initiatives—Strategic Plan, Campus Master Plan and Operational Excellence. More than 500 people attended a Town Hall meeting with Chancellor Kent…