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Business & Economy

Students Can Pitch for Up to $10,000 at Annual RvD IDEA Awards

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

There is no shortage of creative students with innovative, entrepreneurial ideas on the SU campus. Students from all majors on campus have exciting ideas, from creating a nonprofit to improve access to drinking water in West Africa to establishing companies…

Campus & Community

Liddy Selects Karin Ruhlandt Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

Ruhlandt, who first joined the Syracuse faculty in 1993, has served as interim dean of the college since July 2014.

Media, Law & Policy

Raising the Bar: College of Law Revises Standards to Improve Student Success

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

A rigorous two-day test of legal knowledge, the bar exam is the final hurdle for those studying law to be admitted as practicing attorneys. To ensure that new graduates taking the bar exam had academic assistance, the College of Law initiated a revised set of academic standards several years ago.

Arts & Culture

Recognitions Roll in for LLL Faculty

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Success comes in droves for members of the College of Arts and Sciences. An unprecedented six professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) have been elected to top positions at three of the world’s leading language organizations….

STEM

Grad Student Places Fifth in IBM ‘Master the Mainframe’ Contest

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A part-time graduate student in the School of Information Studies who admittedly has “no formal computer science background” has placed in the top five finishers in IBM’s coding and technology skills “Master the Mainframe” competition. Steven Hoover, an information management…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Scholar: Ebony Jones ’15

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, By News Staff

After going on a road trip with her parents to explore all the colleges she applied to on the East Coast, Ebony Jones ’15 chose Syracuse University because she liked the supportive atmosphere. “Syracuse was the only place I felt…

Campus & Community

Chabad House Recognizes International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Monday, January 26, 2015, By News Staff

Tuesday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To commemorate this event, the Chabad House at Syracuse University will be showing the documentary “Auschwitz and the Allies” on at…

STEM

Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Coming to iSchool in March

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The kinds of administrative and protective challenges that information technology professionals face at their jobs every day will comprise an exciting and intense weekend for nearly 200 students participating in a national cyber-skills competition taking place at the School of…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club Raises over $55,000 during Charity Sports Auction

Monday, January 26, 2015, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Management (SPM) Club raised $59,185 for Make-A-Wish of Central New York at its 10th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 6, Make-A-Wish supporters placed bids on hundreds of items, including sports memorabilia,…

Campus & Community

González, Wells to Serve as Special Assistants to the Chancellor

Monday, January 26, 2015, By News Staff

Nicholson to Lead New Student Engagement Effort