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University College Celebrates 95 Years

Monday, October 7, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

University College is celebrating its 95th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 8. UC students and alumni are invited to stop by and help celebrate. Cake and cupcakes as well as coffee, tea or cider will be served in the lobby from…

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.

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.

Campus & Community

Introducing Candidates for the 2013 Homecoming Court

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

The Homecoming Court Selection Committee has announced the 2013 Syracuse University Homecoming Court. This longstanding tradition is just one of many student events, programs and activities that take place during SU’s annual Homecoming event, Orange Central. Voting for this year’s…

Campus & Community

‘Revitalizing Neighborhoods’ at Oct. 3 Session of IRP

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

The Oct. 3 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Kenyon Craig, president of Housing Visions.  IRP runs from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 5833 E. Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville. Guests…

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…

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.

Media, Law & Policy

When Accidents Happen

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.