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Campus & Community

Syfy Exec Offers Insight on Diversity in the Media

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By News Staff

“Part of the authenticity of television is how relatable it is. I want to feel good watching TV. I want to see faces that look like mine,” says Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, the Syfy VP of unscripted development and current programming, and…

Carver Series Continues with Poet Bridget Lowe G’09 Feb. 25

Monday, February 23, 2015, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a visit by Bridget Lowe G’09. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, the renowned Missouri poet will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m., followed by a reading…

Hendricks Honors Hill, Welcomes New Chaplains

Monday, February 23, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Hendricks Chapel will host an appreciation service for the Rev. Richard W. Hill, founder and chaplain for the Historically Black Church Campus Ministry. Hill founded the campus ministry 10 years ago and has served as the chaplain since its founding….

Campus & Community

Diversity Law Day at Syracuse University College of Law

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University College of Law and the Law School Admission Council will be co-sponsoring Diversity Law Day on Thursday, Feb. 26. This program is part of the DiscoverLaw.org initiative targeting students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the legal…

Health & Society

SU Press Book ‘Disability Rhetoric’ Wins PROSE Award

Thursday, February 5, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Press title “Disability Rhetoric” by Jay Timothy Dolmage won a 2015 PROSE Award in the Language and Linguistics category. Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo and founding editor of the Canadian Journal of…

Arts & Culture

Organist Robin Jenkins to Give Rising Star Recital Feb. 8

Wednesday, February 4, 2015, By News Staff

Organist Robin Jenkins will perform in a Rising Star Recital, part of the Malmgren Concert Series, Sunday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The program will include pieces by Louis Vierne, Nicholas Bruhns, J.S. Bach, Robert Schumann, Cesar…

STEM

Geologist Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A sedimentary and organic geochemist, Christopher Junium will use the five-year award, valued at more than $524,000, to study how marine communities respond to global warming, anoxia (i.e., lack of oxygen) and ocean acidification.

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…

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…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Recognized on President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for the 2013-14 academic year, one of only 12 institutions in New York State. The University has been on the Honor Roll with Distinction…