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Campus & Community

Syracuse leaders recognized with U.S. Green Building Council award

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Keith Kobland

As the not-so-great philosopher Kermit (the frog) once opined, it’s not easy being green. Regardless of that mindset, a growing number of communities are realizing the quality-of-life benefits of “going green.” The Central New York community and Syracuse University are leading the charge and receiving recognition as a result.

Arts & Culture

Paperback writers (and hardcover ones too): SU’s creative writing program turns 50

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Raymond Carver said that the secret of good writing wasn’t talent—there’s plenty of that around, he added—but a person’s ability to put his signature on everything he does.

Media, Law & Policy

‘How Corporate Socialism is Devastating America’ at Nov. 15 TMR

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Nov. 15 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature David Cay Johnston, visiting distinguished lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management. He will discuss how corporate socialism is devastating America. Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning…

Campus & Community

Newhouse master’s open house

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

Interested in a master’s degree in journalism/communications/media? Our one-year programs include public relations, documentary film and history, new media management,and arts journalism, among many others. Our master’s open house will take place on Friday, Nov. 16, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m….

Campus & Community

Citizen students making an impact

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

About 100 students spread out into the community over the past week to make an impact—and see the city beyond the campus. They cooked dinner at the Ronald McDonald House, spent time with children at the Salvation Army, collected toiletries…

Campus & Community

Prince Sultan bin Salman of Saudi Arabia receives Chancellor’s Medal

Wednesday, November 14, 2012, By News Staff

His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chairman of the board of trustees of the Prince Salman Center for Disabilities Research in Riyadh and the first Arab astronaut, will be awarded Syracuse University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 16.

Campus & Community

Fraternity hosts benefit show for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity Inc. presents, “Voices For a Cause,” a relief benefit show for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Open to the campus and local community, the show will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in…

STEM

Multicultural performances celebrate International Education Week

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

The annual “Music Beyond Borders: International Music Festival” is scheduled to present a rich display of local and international cultural artists at the Schine Underground on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 6-8 p.m. Coordinated by the Slutzker Center for International Services…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club’s eighth annual Charity Sports Auction to benefit Special Olympics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Michele Barrett

The Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its eighth annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, December 8, at the Carrier Dome. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics New York. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Food, Inc.’ documentary screening to be held Nov. 15

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

How much do we really know about the food we buy at local supermarkets? Take a peek under the veil of our nation’s highly mechanized food industry in the final movie of the SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series. The Academy Award…