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Whitman alumna, IBM senior vice president to deliver IBM Centennial Lecture
Colleen Arnold ’81 M.B.A., senior vice president of application management services at IBM, will deliver the IBM Centennial Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 1, on the Syracuse University campus. Her address, “Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Generation,” will use examples…
‘Democracy Now!’ host Amy Goodman to speak Nov. 3
The Syracuse Peace Council and Syracuse University’s Tully Center for Free Speech will present “Independent Media: Speaking Up for Democracy” with “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event is free…
McMahon gives talk at human rights forum
Anthropology Associate Research Professor Felicia McMahon participated in the “I Am Unspoken” forum, giving voice to human rights violations.
Exploring IBM’s Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge
Jim De Piante, IBM project manager on the Watson supercomputer project, will speak about the development of Watson and the Jeopardy! gameshow challenge on Nov. 3.
Whitman Dean Melvin T. Stith is inaugural inductee to PhD Project Hall of Fame
Melvin T. Stith G’73 ,’77, dean of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, is an inaugural inductee into the newly established PhD Project Hall of Fame. The PhD Project is an award-winning program that aims to increase diversity…
SU’s ‘Greek or Treat’ engages Syracuse area youth
On Friday, Oct. 28, the Syracuse University Greek community will be hosting its seventh annual Greek or Treat event from 3-5:30 p.m. This annual event welcomes Syracuse youth into the fraternity and sorority houses located on Walnut Avenue and Walnut…
Imagining America announces board developments, strategic directions
A new chair, vice chair and three new members have been elected to the National Advisory Board of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA). The board is responsible for ensuring that IA realizes its potential to animate…
Attacking cancer cells with nanoparticles
Syracuse University chemists develop novel way to get cancer drugs to tumors About every three days, Colleen Alexander, a chemistry graduate student, feeds cells that cause a deadly type of brain cancer. It’s a ritual that involves assessing the health…
Sixth annual ‘Bird After Dark’ to take place Nov. 4
Syracuse University Library and the Office of Residence Life in the Division of Student Affairs will host the sixth annual “Bird After Dark” on Friday, Nov. 4, from 9:45 p.m.-1 a.m. in Bird Library. Students interested in participating should register…
New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building
Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference,…