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Business & Economy

University Selects ACC InVenture Prize Competition Team

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Lindsay Wickham

PowerSpike will represent the University at the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize Competition Apr. 5-6 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition where a team of undergraduates representing each ACC university pitches inventions or…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…

Campus & Community

Six Ways to Make Your St. Patrick’s Day Grand

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Arielle Spears

Eat, drink and be merry, but for the love of all that’s right, don’t wish someone a “Happy St. Patty’s Day!”

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project to Reveal Groundbreaking Analysis of Rape

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP) at the College of Law will release a groundbreaking report documenting and analyzing incidents of rape during the Syrian conflict. The report will be released during a special event on March 24 at Maxwell. Compiled…

Campus & Community

Orange Circle Awards to be Presented March 22

Monday, March 14, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University elevates the conversation around philanthropy and honors some of the most altruistic members of the SU community at the Phanstiel Lecture and Orange Circle Awards—the signature events of Philanthropy Week 2016. The celebration will take place Tuesday, March…

Health & Society

Professor Examines Struggle for Racial Justice in Brazil

Thursday, March 10, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Kwame Dixon was fascinated by the rich culture and political activism of Afro-Brazilians during his first visit to the city of Salvador da Bahia in 1999. However, it didn’t take long to see the contradictions. Many of the same people…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘Unnatural Creatures’

Friday, March 4, 2016, By News Staff

Light Work is presenting “Unnatural Creatures: Selections from the Light Work Collection.” Curated by Erin Carter, “Unnatural Creatures” features Light Work Collection photographers Kanako Sasaki, Laura Aguilar and Tony Gleaton, among others, whose images explore the strangeness of being alive….

University Lectures Presents Renowned Psychologist Dacher Keltner March 8

Thursday, March 3, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology and director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, is the first speaker of the spring semester in the University Lectures series on Tuesday, March 8, at…

Health & Society

Demonstration on Plant-Based Eating for Cancer Survivors March 9

Thursday, March 3, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The benefits of plant-based eating for cancer survivors, and easy steps patients and their families can take to eat healthy, is the focus of a special cooking demonstration offered by nutrition science and dietetics students. Falk College, in collaboration with…

Campus & Community

Sexual and Relationship Violence Task Force Launches Website to Provide Information, Resources

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence has launched a new website to keep the University community informed about its work and to provide information on resources and prevention efforts. Visitors will have access to links and information…