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Nominations Sought for Unsung Heroes Award

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University Martin Luther King Jr. 2014 Celebration Committee is seeking nominations for the Unsung Heroes Awards, which will be presented during the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Carrier Dome on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014. The…

Arts & Culture

University Honored with Prestigious Civic Engagement Award

Monday, October 7, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University is among just five colleges and universities in the nation, chosen from more than 100 nominations, to share in the 2013 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center and the New York Life Foundation.

Campus & Community

Challenge Course Opens on South Campus

Friday, October 4, 2013, By News Staff

The challenge course is not only open to SU students, faculty, and staff, but to the surrounding community as well. It was designed to support groups, as well as individuals, in working together at accomplishing the various challenges presented in the course.

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health

Friday, October 4, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.

Campus & Community

GlobalPost Head Charles Sennott Will Visit Newhouse October 16

Friday, October 4, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Charles M. Sennott, vice president, editor-at-large and co-founder of GlobalPost, will speak at the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. His topic will be “Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: Democracy and…

Arts & Culture

Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.

Update: Center for Science and Technology

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By News Staff

The Center for Science and Technology and the Life Sciences Complex are currently closed due to a small, contained chemical spill. As a precaution, students and employees were temporarily evacuated. The Syracuse Police Department, SU Department of Public Safety and…

STEM

iSchool, LCS Coordinating Computing and IT Awards Programs for Women

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University is joining with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to encourage more young women to choose an education and career in technology through a national awards program that celebrates both their achievements and their goals…

Arts & Culture

SU Hosts Imagining America National Conference this Weekend

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Jamie Haft

Four hundred people from colleges and universities from across the United States will come to Syracuse University this Friday through Sunday, Oct. 4-6, for the Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) annual national conference.

Arts & Culture

Etgar Keret Presents Raymond Carver Lecture Oct. 9

Monday, September 30, 2013, By Renée K. Gadoua

Etgar Keret, the popular Israeli writer and filmmaker, will present this semester’s second Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…