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2012-13 Remembrance Scholars chosen
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2012-13 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…
MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 to Maxwell School for housing affordability research
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $500,000 to Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study how housing affordability affects decisions made by older adults about their health care, living arrangements and well-being. The…
SU Drama announces 2012-2013 season
The Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has announced its 2012-2013 season. Offerings will include Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical “Merrily We Roll Along”; the passionate Jacobean drama “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore”; the comic “Top…
Giving students a new perspective on food waste
Think back to when you were a kid. Did your parents ever make you finish all of the food on your plate before you could be excused from the table? While many of us can probably recall such memories, you’d…
Israeli storyteller Noa Baum tells of Israeli and Palestinian mothers
LIME, Hillel, Muslim Student Association (MSA), Interfaith Student Council, PARCC, and the Middle Eastern Studies Department are excited to welcome storyteller Noa Baum on April 30 from 8-10 p.m. in 304 Schine!
Sports on the Hill, by Cartoonist Joe Glisson
Local artist Joe Glisson will release his final collection of cartoons portraying “sports on the hill” in Syracuse on Tuesday, May 1.
Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States
Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…
SU’s Bruce Smith wins Poetry Society of America award
Bruce Smith, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won the William Carlos Williams Award, presented by the Poetry Society of America (PSA). The critically acclaimed poet was nominated on the merit of his latest…
Switching subject categories could improve test scores
New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…
SU in the News: Monday, April 23
Regional and local media preview Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Maxwell School and SU campus