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Campus & Community

NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to keynote 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the national board of directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Carrier Dome.

Veterans

IVMF partners with Hiring Our Heroes, Hire Heroes USA to launch Google+-powered career resource VetNet

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By News Staff

Transitioning from military to civilian life presents a unique set of challenges. To make things easier and provide structure, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and leading organizations Hire Heroes USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative have combined forces to create VetNet.

Campus & Community

New place for e-waste

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Keith Kobland

It’s a fact of life in the digital age. As our smart phones, laptops, printers and other electronic devices reach the end of usefulness, we need a place for disposal. If you are a friend of the environment, you should…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law wins National Civil Trial Competition

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Syracuse University College of Law was named the champion of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles’ 11th Annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC) on Nov. 18, at an awards banquet held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica,…

Arts & Culture

Additional public performances scheduled Dec. 1 and 8 for sold out children’s touring production ‘A Thousand Cranes’

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, By News Staff

Public performances of this year’s Bank of America Children’s Show  “A Thousand Cranes,” produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, will be held at noon on Dec. 1 and…

Campus & Community

Flame Studies of Alternative Fuels for Power Generation, Transport and Industrial Safety Applications Seminar

Monday, November 26, 2012, By News Staff

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Friday, Nov. 30, 2:15-3:10 p.m., Watson Theatre, Watson Hall by Jeffrey Bergthorson, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal The Alternative Fuels Laboratory at McGill University uses state-of-the-art laser diagnostic and…

Arts & Culture

Video: pounding feet create musical beat

Monday, November 26, 2012, By Keith Kobland

The newest feature at Syracuse Stage has little to do with the performers or crew who bring the stage show to life each night. It has everything to do with enhancing the theater experience, long before you’ve stepped inside the…

Campus & Community

President Obama appoints Suzanne Thorin to National Institute of Museum and Library Services board

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Suzanne E. Thorin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at Syracuse University, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Museum and Library Services Board.

Veterans

Syracuse veteran-owned Iron Art partners with IVMF, Warrior Salute/CDS Monarch, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Nov. 23 benefit slated A pair of Syracuse “vetrepreneurs”—U.S. Army National Guardsmen Specialist Brian Kennedy and 1st Lt. Jason Uhlig, veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom most recently deployed to Afghanistan with the Syracuse-based 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Brigade—are…

STEM

From atoms to satellites

Monday, November 19, 2012, By News Staff

Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….