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Campus & Community

Refugee Resettlement at Next Session of IRP

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Feb. 7 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Helen Malina from the InterFaith Works Center for New Americans. Malina will discuss how the refugee resettlement program handles the task of creating new homes for families…

Media, Law & Policy

Actress, Producer Gina Belafonte to Headline Newhouse School’s 12th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A screening of her documentary film, “Sing Your Song,” will be held Feb. 12 Actress and producer Gina Belafonte will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Feb. 13, as a guest of the school’s 12th Annual Conversation on Race and…

Veterans

EBV-Families at SU Accepting Applications through Feb. 6

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By News Staff

Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, Feb. 6, for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) program at Syracuse University, taking place March 8-15. Modeled after the national Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), EBV-F is an education and…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program Series Session: “Talk About Tweens & Teens” on Feb. 12

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By News Staff

“Talk about Tweens & Teens,” the next presentation in the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) WorkLife series, will be held at noon Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Student Health Center at 111 Waverly Ave., in conference room 001.  …

Health & Society

Understanding Effects of Exercise on Alzheimer’s

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Exercise has been shown to help control weight, improve mood and reduce the risk of certain diseases. Stefan Keslacy, assistant professor of exercise science in the School of Education, is taking the research further with Alzheimer’s disease.

Campus & Community

In Class: SPM 199 (video)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The biggest sports spectacle on earth goes under the microscope in SPM 199, The Super Bowl and Society with Professor Dennis Deninger.

Health & Society

Gretchen Lopez Honored with Racial Justice Award

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Gretchen Lopez, assistant professor of Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University’s School of Education, is the recipient of the 2013 Racial Justice Award given by InterFaith Works/Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism (IFW/CWD) of Central New York. She will…

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…

Veterans

IVMF awards inaugural prize for written work by a veteran in Stone Canoe

Monday, January 28, 2013, By News Staff

Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, published by University College of Syracuse University, awarded the 2013 Institute for Veterans and Military Families Prize for Written Work by a Veteran this weekend during the journal’s Number 7…

Veterans

Statement from the IVMF on women in combat, DOD policy change

Monday, January 28, 2013, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director and founder, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University: “Yesterday Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey announced the rescission of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat…