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Media, Law & Policy

‘Soulful Sit-Downs’ Created to Help Students Answer the Question ‘Who Am I?’

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This semester, a series of student-run conversations, titled “Soulful Sit-Downs,” will attempt to help student participants answer the question “Who Am I?” First-year S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications student Sean Martinelli came up with the idea and will host…

STEM

Global Game Jam planned for Jan. 25-27

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be a host site for the Global Game Jam event, where students and other game developers gather together to make innovative games. For 48 hours Jan. 25-27, participants at the iSchool and across…

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

Campus & Community

Surveying Faculty and Staff for a Healthier Campus

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Susan Furtney, who heads the University Wellness Initiative, wants faculty and staff members to envision what a dynamic, accessible network of health and wellness programs on campus would look like. Healthy cooking classes, a South Campus trail system and access to onsite cholesterol checks—or other possibilities to be suggested by the campus community—are some options to think about.

Arts & Culture

Spaces still available for spring SU Art Workshops for Young People

Friday, January 18, 2013, By Erica Blust

The art education program at Syracuse University still has spaces available for its spring 2013 Art Workshops for Young People. The workshops, which are for children ages 5-14, offer a variety of experiences planned in the University’s art education classes….

Campus & Community

Carrier Dome’s wireless sets it apart

Thursday, January 17, 2013, By News Staff

The Carrier Dome was already the largest domed stadium in the Northeast and the largest domed college arena in America. And now, the Dome contains WiFi infrastructure to rival that of any NFL stadium.

Campus & Community

New student sustainability group poised to grow

Thursday, January 17, 2013, By News Staff

Being part of a new venture can be very exciting and rewarding, especially when you’re committed to the cause. For a group of students inspired to make the Syracuse University campus and the world more eco-friendly, their time and energy…

Campus & Community

Feasibility study under way to find ways to use space freed up when bookstore moves

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By News Staff

The Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center has been the heart of student life at Syracuse University since its opening in 1985. With the planned relocation of the SU Bookstore to a new location on University Avenue and the…

Campus & Community

2014 Senior Class Marshal application open

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By News Staff

Applications are now being accepted for the Class of 2014 senior class marshals. The application deadline is Feb. 1. All current juniors who will be graduating in May 2014 are eligible to apply, and may be nominated by faculty, staff…

Media, Law & Policy

Getting to Know: Cultural anthropologist Cecilia Van Hollen

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, By News Staff

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…