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Business & Economy

Finalists Announced for Inaugural Impact Prize Competition

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A panel of Syracuse University judges has announced the 12 finalists for the inaugural Impact Prize competition. The student ventures were selected from 36 applicant teams by a panel of Syracuse University faculty and staff who are engaged in entrepreneurship and…

Campus & Community

Abdali, MacPherson are Finalists for Prestigious Nationally Competitive Scholarship Awards

Monday, November 6, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Two Syracuse University students have been named finalists for three of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarship awards: the Marshall Scholarship, the Mitchell Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarship. Zainab Abdali, a senior English and textual studies and mathematics…

Campus & Community

Reimagining Bird Library: Presentations by Architecture Students on Potential Future of Bird Library

Friday, November 3, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Students from School of Architecture Professor Randall Korman’s spring 2017 “Integrated Design Studio” (ARC 409) class will present their ideas for a reimagined and redesigned Bird Library at a presentation on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Symposium to Continue ‘Belonging’ Theme with Flurry of Events Nov. 3-9

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong survey of “Belonging” with a quartet of multidisciplinary events. On Friday, Nov. 3, Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, will address “Where Have All the Alphabets Gone? Disappearing Traditional Writing Systems and the Worldwide Loss of…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Living Proof’: Syrian Accountability Project Publishes White Paper on the Yazidi Genocide

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Martin Walls

Crimes committed against civilians during war can be especially heinous, but when those crimes are committed with planned intent to destroy an ethnic or religious community, international law applies the unique label of “genocide.” It is not a charge used…

STEM

NYSSTLC Helps Write ModoScript’s Next Chapter

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Martin Walls

Not every entrepreneur’s prescription for success is exactly the same, but there are often many ingredients in common: a novel idea, a vision of success, hard yards, a dash of luck and a carefully cultivated network of advisors, mentors, investors…

Campus & Community

Whitman’s MBA a Top 25 Most Desired Program, According to Recent Study

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

According to Ready4, a Boston-based company that creates test prep apps, the Whitman School‘s full-time MBA is the #25 most desired program. The study, now in its third year, uses survey data that obtained the preferences of more than 200,000 current and…

Campus & Community

Brian Konkol to be Installed as Seventh Dean of Hendricks Chapel on Nov. 7

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Since coming to Syracuse, Konkol has worked to strengthen the role of the chapel as the spiritual heart of the campus and a model for diversity and inclusion of philosophies and religions. He is reviewing and instituting recommendations from the Hendricks Chapel Study Committee to enhance the chapel’s role and impact in the community.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage to Host Free Public Performance of Children’s Tour

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage will host a free public performance of its traveling Bank of America Children’s Tour production “Metamorphan” on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. The performance is open to the public and will be in the Archbold Theatre at…

Campus & Community

Thrive at SU, Interfaith Works Host Information Session on Refugees

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Student organization Thrive at SU will host an information session on refugees and new Americans on Wednesday, Nov. 1, from 7-9 p.m. in Room 004 in the basement of Bird Library. The event, “Welcoming Refugees to Central New York: An…