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Illumination Initiative Lights Up Iconic Downtown Buildings

Friday, January 16, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse is renowned for winter, but this season the city is shining a little brighter, thanks to an illumination initiative by the Connective Corridor focused on lighting iconic buildings and public spaces along the recently completed streetscape.

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Responds to GSO Resolution Regarding University Interactions with THE General Body

Wednesday, January 14, 2015, By News Staff

In a letter delivered tonight to Graduate Student Organization (GSO) President Patrick Neary, Chancellor Syverud responded to the GSO’s Resolution requesting an investigation into the administration’s response to recent student protests. Below is the complete text of the letter. In…

STEM

Research Finds In-Game Rewards Have No Effect on Learning

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By J.D. Ross

New research from School of Information Studies Associate Professor Jenny Stromer-Galley explores the role of in-game rewards and the impact they have on learning in educational games. In a paper set to be published in the April edition of Computers…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Tully Center for Free Speech Director Roy Gutterman on Charlie Hebdo Violence

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Roy S. Gutterman, a graduate of the Newhouse School and the Syracuse University College of Law, is an expert on communications law and the First Amendment. He is director of Newhouse’s Tully Center for Free Speech. In the wake of…

Arts & Culture

Hawthorne String Quartet to Perform Free Public Concert

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The Hawthorne String Quartet, comprised of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will be in residence in Syracuse from Jan. 22-25 for a series of events to promote Holocaust education and public memory. One of the highlights of the quartet’s…

Students Play Santa for Child in Need

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A group of Syracuse University students recently played the role of Santa for the family of a young boy with cancer. Shannon Mowles ’15 and some of her classmates helped to brighten the holiday season for 6-year old Julian Ross…

Candlelight Vigil for Pakistan Schoolchildren to be Held Friday Evening

Thursday, December 18, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The vigil will include statements from students and chaplains, an interfaith prayer, reading of the names of the victims and a moment of silence.

Media, Law & Policy

Strike up the Brand!

Thursday, December 18, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is known for setting the tempo for the times. (Just ask its Maestro Marin Alsop, the first female conductor of a major American orchestra.) So when the BSO recently unveiled plans to hire professional journalists to…

Chancellor Receives Final Report from Workgroup

Wednesday, December 17, 2014, By Shannon Andre

The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy delivered its final report to Chancellor Kent Syverud today. Appointed on Sept. 5, the workgroup was charged with identifying any critical gaps in service and support as a result of…

Arts & Culture

Holiday Drives at Syracuse Stage

Wednesday, December 17, 2014, By News Staff

During the run of “Hairspray,” Syracuse Stage is asking patrons to consider bringing non-perishable food items and winter coats/gloves/hats for local families in need. Non-perishable food items will benefit the pantry at Grace Episcopal Church, 819 Madison St. in Syracuse….