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Power Up Atlanta Explores the Importance of Role Models for Women and Girls

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By News Staff

One of the reasons women cheer news of the success of women business leaders—such as the recent selection of Mary Barra as CEO of General Motors—is the belief that this news will inspire other women, especially young women, to work…

University Lectures Hosts New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast March 5

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast will bring an evening of humor to Syracuse University on Wednesday, March 5, as she offers her unique and witty perspective on the happenings of everyday life in the next University Lecture. Chast will speak…

Arts & Culture

VPA Students Exhibit Work in ‘Common Language’

Tuesday, February 18, 2014, By Erica Blust

Eight undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are exhibiting work in the show “Common Language” through Saturday, Feb. 22, on the first-floor wall of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The students showing…

Arts & Culture

Students, Kronos Quartet Will Make Noise Into Music through Unique Collaboration

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Through a unique project fostered by SU’s Arts Engage, Zeke Leonard, an assistant professor of design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is building intonarumori—noise-generating devices.

Arts & Culture

SU’s Mandarins to Host Quarterfinals of International Championship of A Cappella

Friday, February 7, 2014, By News Staff

The Mandarins, the University’s premier all-female a cappella group, will play host at one of the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinals for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). The competition will be on Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

Blood Drive Exceeds Goal in Kick-Off of April Blood Battle vs. Boston College

Tuesday, January 28, 2014, By News Staff

(Story update: The event generated 245 registered donors, with 181 presented to donate. This led to 178 units of blood being donated to the Red Cross, well past the goal of 153 units of whole blood.) Students, faculty and staff…

Arts & Culture

Lennon Kicks Off Spring Raymond Carver Lecture Series

Monday, January 27, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Fiction writer J. Robert Lennon kicks off the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to…

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Bonnie Dunay Dies; Fought Long Battle with Brain Cancer

Monday, January 27, 2014, By News Staff

Bonnie Ann Dunay, 51, of Cicero passed away on Friday, Jan. 24, after an eight-year battle with brain cancer. She was a manager in Information Technology and Services. She was born in Kingston, Pa., on June 23, 1962, to Sandra…

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An Innovative Management System: Scrum

Thursday, January 16, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s TEDCenter, in partnership with PMI Institute’s Syracuse Chapter, is offering a two-day Certified ScrumMaster workshop on March 11 and 12 at University College, 700 University Ave. In today’s marketplace, where shifting market conditions and moving customer expectations are…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Calls for Entries in Grants in Photography Competition

Thursday, January 16, 2014, By News Staff

Light Work has announced the 2014 Light Work Grants in Photography competition. Three $2,000 grants will be awarded to photographers who reside within an approximate 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Light Work began offering grants to central New York artists in…