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Campus & Community

15th Annual Dollar Day at the Dome Set for Nov. 2

Thursday, October 24, 2013, By News Staff

Before the Syracuse University football team kicks off against Wake Forest on Nov. 2 at 12:30 p.m., more than 200 student members of SU’s fraternities and sororities will be stationed at Carrier Dome entrances, on the Quad, in parking lots…

Arts & Culture

Common Differences

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty was a graduate student at the University of Illinois in 1983 when she and her colleague, Ann Russo, developed the idea for an international women’s conference on feminist perspectives from the Global South and North. It marked the start of her scholarly life in social justice.

STEM

iSchool Receives $7 Million Gift from Alumna’s Estate

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies has received a landmark gift of $7 million from the estate of Estelle Wilhelm ’38 (Arts and Sciences), G’39 (iSchool).

Business & Economy

Eat to Live Food Co-op Opens on South Side

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Several years in the making, the urban food cooperative offers fresh and affordable food in an area of Syracuse that until now has had few other nutritious options.

Business & Economy

Workforce Recruitment Program Seeks Applicants for 2014

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By News Staff

The Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities (WRP) is seeking applicants for participation in its 2014 program. WRP is an annual recruitment and referral program that connects public and private sector employers with students and recent graduates with…

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.

Donald G. Hornung ’53 Honored with Eggers Award

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Alumnus Donald G. Hornung ’53 will be honored with the Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award during the annual Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award Dinner, held Friday, Oct. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and…

Campus & Community

‘Seeds of Peace’ at Oct. 3 TMR

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 3 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature Jose Cossa, Seeds of Peace coordinator at InterFaith Works of Central New York. He will be accompanied by a teen panel. They will discuss reducing racial tension and violence in…

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…

Business & Economy

NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…