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Election Class tweets follow election night in real time
It’s as if Twitter were made for nights like this. The real-time drama of election night returns was conveyed, 140 characters at a time, by a record number of Americans. In fact, when it became clear President Obama won re-election,…
Cold Case Justice Initiative hands over 196 new names of potential victims in civil rights era killings to Department of Justice
The Directors of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at SU recently hand-delivered to Justice Department officials a list of 196 additional names of suspicious civil rights era killings. The FBI has been working from a previous list of 122…
Copenhagen’s Ensemble Nordlys to give U.S. premiere of Waggoner’s ‘Summer’ Nov. 11
Copenhagen-based Ensemble Nordlys (the Northern Lights Ensemble) will present a concert on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored…
An election season in London for Americans abroad
SU Abroad student Rebekah MacKay (www.rebekahmackay.com) captured the images of this election season through the lens of Americans voting abroad in London. A graduate student in photography in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, MacKay covered the election as part of an assignment for photojournalism professor Judah Passow.
‘IVMF At One Year’ celebration recognizes anniversary and milestones; open house slated for Nov. 9
This week, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), founded in June 2011 by Syracuse University as the result of a historic partnership with JPMorgan Chase & Co., celebrates the one-year anniversary of its founding and formal ribbon-cutting/opening of…
International students find much to interest them in U.S. presidential election
The debates, the media coverage, seemingly endless campaigning. Americans have endured months of buildup to the U.S. presidential election. Two students—Chi Chen, a junior studying psychology, and Yutian Yang, a third-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering—have watched the U.S. process,…
Students’ mock campaign parallels real one
“#ElectionClass, Social Media and the 2012 Election” is a new course in the School of Information Studies that examines the impact of social media on presidential campaigns as the electoral process unfolds in real time.
A view of the U.S. presidential elections from abroad
Students studying abroad have viewed the U.S. presidential campaign and election process from the unique perspective of living it in international cities.
Ron Brownstein talks about politics, then and now
It was the proverbial line in the sand, and rarely crossed. And according to political journalist Ron Brownstein, it went something like this: “Those who worked with their hands voted Democrat,” he said. “And people who wore suits, would vote…
Candidates for 2012 Homecoming King announced
The Homecoming Court Selection Committee has announced the 2012 Syracuse University Homecoming Court. This longstanding tradition is just one of many student events, programs and activities that take place during SU’s annual Homecoming event, Orange Central. Voting for this year’s…