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IBM’s Enterprise Machine Loan Boosts Computer Capacity, Partnership

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A level of computing power comparable to “a cloud in a box,” and typically accessible only from the inside of an enterprise-class computing work environment, is now available to students and faculty at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) daily,…

Campus & Community

SU Libraries Hosts First Human Library Event

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries, in partnership with the School of Information Studies and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its first Human Library on Wednesday, April 9, from 3-6 p.m. in Bird Library. In the Human Library, the books…

‘IMAGES? Precisely!’ Stages Grand Finale of Three-Year Run

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Nearly three years ago, Mark Linder launched “IMAGES? Precisely!” in his role as Chancellor’s Fellow at the Syracuse University Humanities Center. This three-year event series in the transdisciplinary humanities has featured numerous influential scholars and artists whose work contemplates the…

Health & Society

Goode’s Book on Modern Historical Thought Reissued in Paperback

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University Associate Professor of English Mike Goode challenges the conventional accounts of the development of modern historical thought in his book “Sentimental Masculinity and the Rise of History, 1790-1890” (Cambridge University Press, 2009), which was reissued as a paperback…

Campus & Community

Research Computing Renaissance at SU

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

Recent developments in Syracuse University’s OrangeGrid and Academic Virtual Hosting Environments (AVHE)—both centrally managed by Information Technology and Services (ITS)—increase the University’s resources for compute intensive academic research, and allow SU’s researchers to tackle new and greater computational tasks, get…

Campus & Community

Rebuilding Homes and Hope

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Steffi Francis’ 14 and Denisse Ortiz ’17 planned for the hard work and long days as they painted, cleaned and caulked their way through houses being rebuilt from Hurricane Sandy. They didn’t expect the greatest rewards would be in something less tangible.

Arts & Culture

Kari Smiraglia Wins Grand Prize in Design-a-Throw Competition

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Erica Blust

Kari Smiraglia, a senior fashion design major in the Department of Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was named the grand prize winner of the 2013 Design-a-Throw competition sponsored by Monterey Mills, one of the nation’s premier suppliers…

Campus & Community

Annual Relay for Life Planned April 4-5 in Carrier Dome

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will hold its annual Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society April 4-5 in the Carrier Dome. All SU students, faculty and staff, and members of the surrounding community are invited to attend and participate. Relay…

Campus & Community

Philanthropy Week Kicks off Monday

Friday, March 28, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s annual Philanthropy Week will kick off on Monday, March 31, beginning a weeklong series of special events planned to raise awareness about the critical role that philanthropy plays at the University—and in society as a whole—and to recognize…

Campus & Community

SU’s Financial Literacy Program Celebrates Financial Literacy Month

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

SU’s financial literacy program, I Otto Know This, is celebrating Financial Literacy Month, April, with a contest, sweet treats and one-on-one appointments. Essay Contest Students can enter for a chance to win one of three gift cards. In 500 words…