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New Book Breaks Down Controversy Between Social Scientists and the Military
Over the past century, a large percentage of young Americans have served their country by joining the military. Today, the more than 1.6 million uniformed military personnel and 22 million veterans currently living and working around the world make up…
New Interactive Storytelling Mobile App Focuses on Winter in Central New York
Early last year, a dozen students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications set out to create an interactive storytelling mobile tablet application that would focus on Central New York’s notorious winters. The result, CNY32 degrees, is now available for free download from the iTunes store.
DJ Pauly D and Rockie Fresh to Perform for Winter Carnival 2013
DJ Pauly D will headline a show in Goldstein Auditorium on Thursday, Feb. 21, as part of Winter Carnival 2013. Rapper Rockie Fresh will open. University Union and the Traditions Commission will host the event, which will start at 7:30…
New Student Group Aims to Make Wishes Come True
A group of Syracuse University students is embarking on a mission to fulfill the dreams and wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Wishmakers on Campus is a new student organization with one goal in mind: raising money to allow an…
Refugee Resettlement at Next Session of IRP
The Feb. 7 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Helen Malina from the InterFaith Works Center for New Americans. Malina will discuss how the refugee resettlement program handles the task of creating new homes for families…
Virginia Alums Rally for SU License Plates in 2013
Based on the success of a campaign by Delaware and Pennsylvania alumni to bring Syracuse University vanity license plates to their states, alums in Virginia are hoping to collect 400 applications by Friday, Feb. 1, to validate interest in a…
Statement from the IVMF on women in combat, DOD policy change
Mike Haynie, executive director and founder, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University: “Yesterday Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey announced the rescission of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat…
Video: using drones to provide a new view for news
As part of the Digital Edge Journalism Series, Professor Dan Pacheco offers his insight into the use of remote-controlled drones to capture video for news media use. This video offers a glimpse into this technology, and why it must be…
Mangurian Foundation commits $75,000 challenge gift to kick start marching band uniform campaign
When the Syracuse University Marching Band (SUMB) makes its Atlantic Coast Conference debut next year, the band members hope to step onto the field at the Carrier Dome looking as good as they sound.
SU Humanities Center mounts ambitious spring symposia
The Syracuse University Humanities Center (HC), housed in The College of Arts and Sciences, celebrates its fifth anniversary by presenting its most ambitious spring symposia to date. Events include the HC Faculty Fellow Symposia, the HC Dissertation Fellow Symposia, the…