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TED Talk Sensation and Thought Leader to Hold Dialogue with Students

Monday, September 15, 2014, By Katelyn Cowen

Jill Bolte Taylor, a world-renowned neuron-anatomist and New York Times bestselling author, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse broadcast…

AT&T CNY Civic App Challenge Launched

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Technology giant AT&T, along with Syracuse University, CenterState CEO, SUNY-Oswego, Girls in Tech and Hack Upstate, today announced the AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon” in which developers are encouraged to “Solve Local” by building…

Newhouse Professor Leads Team Developing Website to Track Ebola in Liberia

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Emily Kulkus

Ken Harper, associate professor and director of the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement, is working as the U.S. director of a project aimed at better tracking and mapping cases of Ebola in Liberia.

Whitman School Using Gamification to Promote Learning

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Keith Kobland

What do Harry Potter and a smartphone app have to do with training tomorrow’s business leaders? At Syracuse University, plenty. This semester, the Whitman School of Management is launching the Goodman IMPRESS program. IMPRESS creates competition among students to gain…

Sept. 13 Event Celebrates 75 Years of Catholic Campus Ministry, Father Charles Borgognoni

Monday, September 8, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Catholic ministry will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the St. Thomas More Foundation and the life and ministry of Msgr. Charles “Father Charles” Borgognoni on with a special event on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the John G. Alibrandi…

Veterans

Libraries Partner with Emerald Group Publishing to Support EBV

Monday, September 8, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries has brokered an agreement with Emerald Group Publishing to secure an extensive collection of eBooks and eJournals for use by participants in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. Emerald representatives approached the libraries with…

President of Max Kade Foundation to Visit Syracuse Sept. 8

Thursday, August 21, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) in the College of Arts and Sciences is sponsoring a lecture by one of its most celebrated alumni, who also is a leader in German-American relations. Lya Friedrich Pfeifer ’65, G’67, president…

Campus & Community

Trivia Night Returns to Sitrus at the Sheraton

Thursday, August 21, 2014, By News Staff

Beginning Thursday evening Aug. 28,  the popular Trivia Nights return to Sitrus on the Hill at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel. Trivia Nights begin at 7 p.m. with the winning team receiving a $50 Sheraton Gift Certificate and the runner…

University Named to Campus Pride Top 50

Wednesday, August 20, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University has been named one of the 50 top LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, according to Campus Pride. Syracuse was cited for its LGBT Resource Center, which one student praised as “continuously friendly and inviting.” “We are honored to be…

Fast Forward Syracuse Update

Tuesday, August 19, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Amid all the construction, campus tours and summer activities over the past 60 days, work has continued on Fast Forward Syracuse, the University-wide initiative providing the key strategic direction and framework for propelling the University forward, fostering academic and operational…