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Getting to Know: Amanda Claypool, a Champion for Dialogue on Divisive Issues

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Amanda Claypool remembers the day the Twin Towers fell and the day U.S. warplanes bombed Baghdad as if it were yesterday. Those events shaped her academic career at Syracuse University, led her on a solo journey to Palestine’s West Bank…

Career Services Office Launches @WorkingOrange Twitter Account

Thursday, February 7, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University alumni have some of the greatest jobs around, and a new Twitter account launched by Syracuse University Career Services aims to showcase the neat career paths that SU graduates follow after their time on the Hill. The Twitter account…

Campus & Community

New Interactive Storytelling Mobile App Focuses on Winter in Central New York

Tuesday, February 5, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Early last year, a dozen students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications set out to create an interactive storytelling mobile tablet application that would focus on Central New York’s notorious winters. The result, CNY32 degrees, is now available for free download from the iTunes store.

Stone Canoe 2013 Art Exhibition Opens Saturday at the Community Folk Art Center

Thursday, January 31, 2013, By News Staff

Stone Canoe, a Syracuse University–based journal of arts, literature and social commentary,  celebrates its annual art exhibition with a public reception Saturday, Feb. 2, from 3-5 p.m. at the Community Folk Art Center Gallery in downtown Syracuse. The seventh Stone Canoe…

Arts & Culture

VPA International Graduate Students Show Work at XL Projects

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Erica Blust

International graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are presenting the exhibition “Synchronized Mélange” Jan. 30-March 3 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The show is free and open to the public. A reception…

Media, Law & Policy

Actress, Producer Gina Belafonte to Headline Newhouse School’s 12th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A screening of her documentary film, “Sing Your Song,” will be held Feb. 12 Actress and producer Gina Belafonte will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Feb. 13, as a guest of the school’s 12th Annual Conversation on Race and…

STEM

Sheldon Stone Named Distinguished Professor

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, By News Staff

Sheldon Stone, professor in the Department of Physics was recently appointed Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina. Distinguished Professor is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty whose exemplary leadership in teaching and research has advanced the University’s scholarly mission.

Media, Law & Policy

Coder and Journalist Dan Schultz to Present ‘Hacking Journalism’ Feb. 6

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The second installment of the new Digital Edge Journalism seminar series in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will bring to campus Dan Schultz, a Knight-Mozilla Fellow at the Boston Globe. He will discuss “Hacking Journalism” on Wednesday, Feb….

Veterans

IVMF awards inaugural prize for written work by a veteran in Stone Canoe

Monday, January 28, 2013, By News Staff

Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, published by University College of Syracuse University, awarded the 2013 Institute for Veterans and Military Families Prize for Written Work by a Veteran this weekend during the journal’s Number 7…

Campus & Community

Campus community takes cold weather spell in stride

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Cold weather and Central New York go together like milk and cookies, ham and eggs or sweatpants under jeans. That last one is how student Brendan Donovan is trying to stay warm.