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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Tapped for Carnegie-Knight News21 Investigation into Juvenile Justice

Monday, February 17, 2020, By News Staff

Two students from the Newhouse School have been selected to participate in the Carnegie-Knight News21 multimedia initiative. Michele Abercrombie, a graduate student in multimedia, photography and design, and Patrick Linehan, a junior in newspaper and online journalism, are part of…

Campus & Community

Sport Management Club Raises $57,000 for Make-A-Wish During 15th Annual Charity Sports Auction

Thursday, February 13, 2020, By News Staff

The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University (SPM) raised $57,021 for Make-A-Wish Central New York as a result of its 15th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the Orange men’s basketball game on Nov. 16 at the Dome, supporters placed bids…

Campus & Community

Alumnus Creates Scholarship in Sister’s Memory

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

Ben Vasquez ’18 and his sister Lauren shared a passion for helping others. Ben’s leadership skills and altruism shine through each day in his role as a police officer with the Village of Waterloo. Lauren also had a positive influence…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Needed for April ‘Living Library’ Event

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries will host its annual “Living Library” event on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m. in Bird Library. Patrons will have the opportunity to talk to “living books”—volunteers from the broader Syracuse University community representing a…

Campus & Community

University Competing in RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition Through March 28

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Meg Lowe

Syracuse University is competing in RecycleMania, the eight-week national recycling and waste reduction competition where colleges across North America are ranked on their recycling, trash and food organics reduction efforts. The competition began Feb. 2 and continues until March 28….

Campus & Community

Applications Now Open for 2020 RvD iPrize Competition and Regional Qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Applications are being accepted now through March 13 for the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship pitch competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award (Watson Award) for full and part-time…

Veterans

Forever Orange Gift from Patricia H. ’64, G’66 and Louis A. ’61, G’62 Mautino Will Support Scholarships for Veteran Undergraduate Students

Friday, February 7, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In the lives of Syracuse University Trustee Patricia H. ’64, G’66 and Louis A. ’61, G’62 Mautino, patriotism runs deep. Louis was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps while a student at Syracuse University in the late 1950s,…

STEM

Physics Department Works to Improve Gravitational Wave Detection

Thursday, February 6, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Albert Einstein first predicted the presence of gravitational waves in 1916 in his general theory of relativity. Fast forward 99 years to 2015, when researchers obtained the first physical confirmation of a gravitational wave generated by two colliding black holes,…

Arts & Culture

Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author

Thursday, February 6, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Celebrates Black History Month with Concert, Guest Speakers

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

Black History Month will be celebrated through song at Hendricks Chapel’s weekly program, Music and Message, on Sunday, Feb. 9. Guest speakers at the Black History Month commemoration will include Syeisha Byrd, director of engagement programs at Hendricks Chapel, and…