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Centscere Wins $150,000 in StartupLabs Competition

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Centscere, the philanthropic student venture that began last summer in the Syracuse Student Sandbox, and entered the Syracuse StartupLabs competition earlier this year, was awarded the top prize of $150,000 in the StartupLabs contest. At the Centerstate CEO annual meeting…

Campus & Community

Verbal Blend to Host Campus-Wide Student Poetry Slam

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its campus-wide Take the Mic Poetry Slam on Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Schine Student Center Underground.  Doors will open at 7:15 p.m….

STEM

Bei Yu Awarded IMLS Grant to Build Citation Opinion Analysis Tool

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A team at the School of Information Studies will be able to start building a valuable new academic research citation tool with newly awarded grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Assistant Professor Bei Yu has…

AMPAS Funding Will Support Students Enrolled in SU Los Angeles Semester

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Syracuse University Los Angeles Semester has received a $5,000 grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be awarded to a student seeking a Los Angeles internship in the motion picture industry. The funding, administered through…

Campus & Community

Sundance-Acclaimed Documentary ‘American Promise’ Screening Tuesday

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By News Staff

The National Association of Black Journalists Syracuse University will be screening the Sundance-acclaimed documentary “American Promise.” It will be held April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. “American Promise” spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Washington Post Series

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Emily Kulkus

Eli Saslow, a 2004 graduate of the Newhouse School, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for his yearlong series about food stamps for The Washington Post. Saslow won in the explanatory reporting category: “Awarded to Eli Saslow of The…

Campus & Community

Brooks Haxton Next in Raymond Carver Series

Tuesday, April 15, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The poet, memoirist and translator Brooks Haxton G’81 is the next presenter in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 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…

Karin Ruhlandt Named Interim Dean-Designate of The College of Arts and Sciences

Monday, April 14, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named Karin Ruhlandt interim dean-designate of The College of Arts and Sciences. Ruhlandt has served as chair of the Department of Chemistry since 2009 when she was also named a…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 14

Monday, April 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

[View the story “SU in the News: Monday, April 14” on Storify] SU in the News: Monday, April 14 The following stories mention Syracuse University or quote one of our faculty, staff, or students. Storified by SyracuseUNews· Mon, Apr 14…

MRM/McCann East EVP Anthony Yell to Speak April 15

Thursday, April 10, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Anthony Yell, executive vice president and executive creative director of MRM/McCann East, will present “How to Succeed in the Digital Now” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in the I-3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3. His visit is sponsored by the…