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Monday Deadline for Fast Forward Entries

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Just three days remain! The deadline for submission is fast approaching. The University wants to help fund your big idea. Students are our greatest asset, and we want to see your ideas come to life. As part of Chancellor Kent…

Campus & Community

Shepard Is Next Speaker in Carver Series Today

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Short story writer and novelist Jim Shepard is the next presenter in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. today in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…

Campus & Community

Fletchall Puts Learning into Practice on Connective Corridor

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Graduate student Quinton Fletchall loves narrative. He particularly loves the narrative of urban planning and social design. He sees cities as stories that people tell through the lens of hope, fear and dreams for the future. He also sees those…

Campus & Community

Artist Ann Hamilton to Appear at UVP Everson April 8

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project will present renowned multimedia artist Ann Hamilton on Tuesday, April 8, for the opening of a new video piece, “table of contents,” at UVP Everson.

Wind Power Can Be Cost-Comparable, New Analysis Reveals

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Diane Stirling

The costs of using wind energy and natural gas for electricity are virtually equal when accounting for the full private and social costs of each, making wind a competitive energy source for the United States, according to a new study on the…

Campus & Community

April 7 Is Application Deadline for Summer Institute for Technology-Enhanced Teaching & Learning

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Online Learning Services, University College and the Office of Faculty Development announce the 2014 Summer Institute for Technology-enhanced Teaching & Learning (SITETL).  Offered twice in separate, week-long sessions, SITETL will be held May 19-23 and again on June 2-6. SITETL…

Campus & Community

Rob’s Run: SU Junior Plans 54-Mile Jog to Help Make-A-Wish

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A Syracuse University junior is lacing up his running shoes for a 54-mile jog, in the name of his sister and an organization that grants wishes to sick children. Rob Faugno will depart before sunrise on April 11, which is…

STEM

SU Biologists Use Sound to Identify Breeding Grounds of Endangered Whales

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Remote acoustic monitoring among endangered whales is the subject of a major article by two doctoral students in The College of Arts and Sciences. Leanna Matthews and Jessica McCordic, members of the Parks Lab in the Department of Biology, have…

Campus & Community

SU Affirms Commitment to Sustainable Science with ‘Green Chemistry’ Workshop

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Green chemistry was the focus of a recent teacher workshop in The College of Arts and Sciences. Nearly 30 teachers from 24 area high schools converged at the Life Sciences Complex to learn more about the benefits of sustainable science…

Arts & Culture

‘The Good Woman of Setzuan’ Examines True Essence of Goodness

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By News Staff

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In Bertolt Brecht’s comic and complex play, this question is raised by one of his most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, who is forced to…