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Conference to explore community-based activism

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University will present: “Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change: Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research (CARR),” from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Hall of Languages. Keynote speakers are Seth Kahn of West Chester University of…

TRAC: IRS audit program on ‘global high wealth’ individuals not effective

Tuesday, April 10, 2012, By News Staff

According to an analysis of very timely court data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the special government effort to target “global high wealth” individuals—including those with assets or incomes in the tens of millions of dollars—completed audits on…

Downtown Tour invites students to explore living, working in Syracuse

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Career Services within the Division of Student Affairs is hosting its first Downtown Tour on Friday, April 13, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Downtown Tour will take undergraduate students to downtown Syracuse to network with employers,…

Campus & Community

Defensive Driving Course

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By News Staff

The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office is offering a six-hour National Safety Council Defensive Driving Course for faculty, staff, students and the general public.

Environmental activist, scholar Martin Sage dies

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

Environmental activist and scholar Martin Sage, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 3. He was 76. Although he retired in 2008, Sage remained active in the department and in…

Campus & Community

Civil and environmental engineering seminar with Charles Driscoll

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By News Staff

Friday, March 23, 2 p.m.,369 Link Hall

Japanese Student Association holds commemorative activities this week

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast and the subsequent tsunami devastated the island country. In the following months, Syracuse University’s Japanese Student Association (JSA) worked hard to raise funds and awareness to help Japan in…

Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By News Staff

“Religion and the Environment” is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and…

PearlTrees chief evangelist, social activist Oliver Starr will visit Newhouse March 21

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Oliver Starr, chief evangelist with PearlTrees, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, March 21, as a guest of the Newhouse Global Leaders in Digital and Social Media Speaker Series. He will speak on “The…

Blood Drive Activism campaign will launch Monday in tandem with SU-UConn blood battle kickoff

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs is launching a Blood Drive Activism campaign in tandem with the kick-off to the SU-UConn Blood Battle on Monday, Feb. 13. The blood drive will take place from 2-9 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in…