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Sports Nutritionist Sarah Wick to Speak April 8

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Sports nutritionist, Sarah Wick will speak on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Room 001 Life Sciences Building. She will speak to the audience about sports nutrition and how it affects performance. According to Wick, “This is such a growing…

Campus & Community

Free Six-Week Tobacco Cessation Programs for Students

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By News Staff

SESSIONS STARTING IN APRIL   Free six-week tobacco cessation programs for students The classes will be facilitated by Cynthia Cary, R.R.T., C.P.F.T., C.T.T.S., director of tobacco cessation at SUNY Upstate Medical University.The program consists of seven one-hour classes in a…

Campus & Community

University Formalizes Commitment to Prohibit Direct Investment in Coal, Fossil Fuels

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that it is formalizing its commitment to prohibit direct investment of endowment funds in coal mining and other fossil fuel companies. The University will also continue to seek additional investments through its endowment in companies that…

Campus & Community

Syracuse, Le Moyne to Address Faith-Based Labor Organizing April 10-11

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Scholars and practitioners from around the globe will descend on Central New York for a two-day symposium on faith-based labor organizing. “Religion and Labor: Moral Vision from and for the Grassroots” will be held at Syracuse University on Friday, April…

Arts & Culture

A Trip to Remember Leads to a Gift of a Global Experience

Monday, March 30, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

While a School of Architecture student, Todd B. Rubin ’04 spent two semesters with SU Abroad in the city of Florence. He discovered the art and architecture of the Renaissance city, but his experience also left him with a broader…

Arts & Culture

University Honors Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo with Global Symposium April 2-3

Friday, March 27, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The life and legacy of one of the University’s most illustrious professors is the focus of a two-day symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, a Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Department of…

Arts & Culture

Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone Fashion Show Set for April 10

Friday, March 27, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Supermodel and Syracuse University alumna Emme ’85 (@supermodelemme) will headline the eighth annual fashion and beauty communications milestone fashion show April 10. The show, “School Daze: Fashion and Education,” will start at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in…

Campus & Community

Take Back the Night 2015 Events Run through April 7

Friday, March 27, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Members of the campus and local community are invited to take a stand against violence, raise awareness about attitudes that perpetuate violence and discuss ways to work together to create a safer, more respectful community.

Campus & Community

Carol Tenopir to Speak on ‘Scholarly Reading in a Digital Age’

Friday, March 27, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Carol Tenopir will present “Scholarly Reading a Digital Age: The Library Role” on Thursday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. Tenopir is Chancellor’s Professor of Information Sciences at the School of Information…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Poet Ron Padgett Headlines Carver Series April 1

Friday, March 27, 2015, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a visit by acclaimed poet Ron Padgett. On Wednesday, April 1, he will participate in a Q&A session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. and then will give a…