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Students Merge Scholarship with Spoken Word April 21

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its campus-wide “Take the Mic” poetry slam on Sunday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center Underground. Doors will open at 7 p.m….

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Henry E. Glies Orange Open Golf Tournament April 27

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

The Henry E. Glies Orange Open will take place on 4/27 at Pompey Golf Course. The event is open to all faculty and we would love to have you participate. The format will be captains choice and a cash prize…

Campus & Community

‘ReLAX with Alpha Gam’ Philanthropy Lacrosse Tournament

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

Alpha Gamma Delta’s Alpha chapter at Syracuse University will host its second annual “ReLAX with Alpha Gam” philanthropy lacrosse tournament on Friday, April 19, from 1-­5 p.m. at Thornden Park athletic field. Preregistered teams of six to eight players representing…

The Changing Landscape of the Sport Event Industry

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Leadership. Tenacity. Resourcefulness. Students looking to find success in the constantly evolving sport event industry had better come to the field prepared with confidence and those attributes that will help them stand out in the crowd.

‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Star

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate. However, as a freshman in her New Hampshire school notorious for its high dropout rate, Carroll failed to earn a single academic credit. Carroll also carries with her a diagnosis of ADHD, a history of emotional and substance abuse, and the physical scars of self-mutilation. The odds seem stacked against her.

Take a Musical Journey to the South in ‘Violet’

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

Violet Karl has lived in her “stupid” town of Spruce Pine, N.C., her entire life, and she’s ready for a change. Bearing a facial scar accidentally left by her father at a young age, Violet sets off on a bus…

Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…

SU Humanities Center Ends Semester with Back-to-Back Programming

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Topics include transgenerational trauma, the Nuremberg Trial, Afro-Brazilian politics The Syracuse University Humanities Center concludes its spring schedule—and fifth anniversary—with a series of back-to-back events. They include a Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture by Meera Lee titled “Transgenerational Trauma, Phantom Emotion”…

Social Media Manager for Disney to Visit Newhouse April 8

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Matt Prince, social media manager for the Walt Disney Co., will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, April 8, speaking at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter at #brandingprince. Prince founded his own…

International Exchange: Cultivating Fulbright Students

Tuesday, April 2, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Third-year Ph.D. anthropology student Stephen Johnson returned from India last summer knowing that he hadn’t fully explored all of his questions for his Ph.D. topic on the relationship between Tibetan refugees and Indian communities.

Now he has another opportunity—and a prestigious, international distinction that has made it possible.