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Earth Sciences Hosts Screening of ‘Thin Ice’ Climate Change Documentary

Monday, April 22, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Department of Earth Sciences will host a screening of “Thin Ice—The Inside Story of Climate Change” today, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Eggers Auditorium, Room 010 of Eggers Hall. The screening is free and open to the…

Arts & Culture

2013-14 Syracuse Stage Season Offers Classics Coupled With Hot Contemporary Plays

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage announced its upcoming 2013-2014 season, offering well-known classics coupled with works that have created a significant buzz in New York, around the country and even the globe.

‘America’s First Sport’ Symposium, Documentary Premiere to Be Held April 22

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Film explores America’s oldest and fastest-growing sport and its role in CNY culture Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and former SU Lacrosse goalie Oren Lyons ’58 will join current and past SU lacrosse coaches Roy Simmons Jr. ’59 and Gary Gait ’90;…

Faculty Members Garner Two 21st Century Library Grants

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) library program faculty members were awarded $752,503 in grants from the 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grants program administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A $498,788 grant was awarded…

La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…

Library Awarded $280,000 NEH Grant for Phase Two of Marcel Breuer Digital Project

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Syracuse University Library a $280,000 grant for phase two of a project that created a digital scholarly edition of the works of Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. The new project, titled…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

Campus & Community

Book Library Videos Online through MediaNet

Friday, March 29, 2013, By News Staff

The library will be upgrading the MediaNet system, which enables faculty and graduate students to reserve videos and schedule them for specific class dates. Beginning March 25th, MediaNet will include the added feature of Online Web Booking. This feature allows…

IVMF Offers Scholarship to Female Vets, Military Spouses to Attend 2013 WISE Symposium

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is offering a full scholarship to female veterans and military spouses interested in attending the 11th annual Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) Symposium event next month in Syracuse….

Campus & Community

‘Girl Rising’ Documentary Comes to SU

Tuesday, March 26, 2013, By News Staff

Coming to Syracuse University on April 3 in Newhouse 3 Room 141, “Girl Rising” is a riveting documentary that spotlights the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change a girl—and the world. It premiered on…