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IVMF Awarded Federal Contract to Expand Operation Boots to Business
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has been awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), to extend and expand Operation Boots to Business, a self-employment training program available to…
Deep Findings
When Cathryn Newton helped discover the USS Monitor in 1973, she was dealing with not just the most famous shipwreck of the Civil War (and of all U.S. naval history), but a paleontological and archaeological find of “epoch” proportions. “Shipwrecks…
Shark Tank Comes to Syracuse
It takes an entrepreneurial ecosystem to help turn an idea into a venture. And plenty of students are taking on the challenge of executing on their ideas. Students need to connect with entrepreneurs, and students and the Central New York…
‘IMAGES? Precisely!’ Stages Grand Finale of Three-Year Run
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…
IVMF’s Schmeling Briefs Military Spouses, Congressional Staff Members at MOAA Military Spouse Symposium
On March 26 and 27, IVMF managing director James Schmeling briefed military spouses and congressional staff members on the MOAA/IVMF Military Spouse Employment Report in Arlington, Va., and Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Military Officers Association of America Military…
Philanthropy Week Kicks off Monday
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…
Orange Circle Awards to Be Presented April 2
During Syracuse University’s Philanthropy Week (http://giving.syr.edu/special-groups/students/philanthropy-week/), three individuals and one group will be recognized with the Orange Circle Award, honoring members of the SU community who have done extraordinary things in the service of others. The awards will be given…
‘The Good Woman of Setzuan’ Examines True Essence of Goodness
Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In Bertolt Brecht’s comic and complex play, this question is raised by one of his most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, who is forced to…
Carnegie Library Reading Room Restoration Project
The following is a list of individuals who, in some way, made the project possible and successful: Donors Carl & Marcy Armani The Brodsky Family Garth & Mary-Helen Foster William F. Gaske Karen & Chuck Goodman Russell A. King Bruce…
Heldentenor Jon Fredric West to Perform March 30
Renowned heldentenor Jon Fredric West will present a concert on Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The performance is free and open to the public. The program will include music…