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Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen
While studying the lives of women living with HIV in South Asia, Maxwell School associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen recalls speaking with a young mother in Tamil Nadu, the southeastern state in India. “When neighbors ask me why I am…
Novelist Christine Schutt opens Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series
Award-winning novelist Christine Schutt, author of “Prosperous Friends” (Grove/Atlantic, 2012) will open the Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m….
SU community members react to Connecticut shooting
In the wake of the terrible events that took place in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, we asked some members of the Syracuse University community to give us their thoughts.
Help promote recycling with a poster by SU’s own ‘trash conqueror’
Abby Legge, a S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and College of Arts and Sciences dual major in design and writing, was the New York State winner and one of three top “trash conquerors” chosen in the recent Students Vs….
‘Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know’ a valuable primer to better understand tax debate
While the U.S.’s financial future may seem uncertain, the heated debate surrounding the “fiscal cliff” has made one thing clear: many Americans lack a basic understanding of how the U.S. tax system works. Those looking to brush up on tax…
Neighbors helping neighbors through the United Way
Fritz Diddle sees the impact the United Way has every day in his work at On Point for College—it’s in the success of hundreds of young people in the community.
Students organize a cappella invitational to benefit Food Bank of CNY
Mary-Jo Robinson, a senior psychology and policy studies major in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, had what she describes as a “crazy epiphany moment” during a class on food justice with guest speaker Michele Jordan from the Interreligious Food Consortium of Central New York (CNY): Organize an invitational a cappella concert to benefit the Food Bank of CNY.
Info session to explore exchange program in Denmark
Syracuse University students have the opportunity this Friday to learn about an IT-focused study abroad program, now in exploratory stages, that is proposed between the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse and Denmark’s leading IT university, ITU in Copenhagen….
College of Law wins National Civil Trial Competition
Syracuse University College of Law was named the champion of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles’ 11th Annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC) on Nov. 18, at an awards banquet held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica,…