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Transgender Day of Liberation to be celebrated on April 9

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center within the Division of Student Affairs hosts Ryka Aoki, writer, performer and educator, for its Transgender Day of Liberation event on April 9 at 7 p.m. in the Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center….

Room to Read founder John Wood to deliver inaugural Phanstiel Lecture

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

John Wood, founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, will deliver the inaugural Phanstiel Lecture on Tuesday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. The lecture is part of SU’s Philanthropy Week, which raises awareness of…

Little Free Libraries plans Library Week book drive

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, By J.D. Ross

The Little Free Libraries Project, a collaborative venture between Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), the College of Visual and Performance Arts (VPA) and residents of Syracuse’s Near Westside to bring miniature library kiosks to the neighborhood, is holding…

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Tully Award ceremony, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed

Monday, April 2, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The ceremony to present the Tully Award for Free Speech, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed. The award is presented annually by the Tully Center for Free Speech in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, March 30

Friday, March 30, 2012, By News Staff

Whitman School’s 2012 WISE Symposium previewed by Post-Standard

Stone Canoe to award IVMF Prize for Written Work by a Veteran beginning in 2013

Friday, March 30, 2012, By News Staff

Three critically acclaimed authors—all vets—to judge first prize Beginning in 2013, Stone Canoe, A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary published by Syracuse University, will award the Institute for Veterans and Military Families Prize for Written Work by a Veteran. The…

PepsiCo CFO Hugh Johnston ’83 to speak at ninth annual Whitman Day April 4

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

In honor of the school’s namesake Martin J. Whitman ’49, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host its ninth annual Whitman Day on Wednesday, April 4. Hugh F. Johnston ’83, chief financial officer of PepsiCo, will deliver…

Five to be honored April 9 with Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence awards

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Monday, April 9. The 2011-12 Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence honorees are: Don Carr, professor of industrial…

SU engages O’Brien & Gere to help revamp steam station

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University recently retained O’Brien & Gere to help develop a master plan that will transform the University’s steam station into a more modern and efficient plant. The SU steam station currently uses natural gas boilers to generate steam for…

Conference celebrates internationally renowned mathematician

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mathematical researchers and graduate students from across the United States and Canada will converge on the Syracuse University campus April 13-15 to celebrate internationally renowned mathematical theorist Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz and to discuss the intersection of two diverse areas of mathematical…