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Veterans

IVMF holds Dec. 11 panel on promise of Post-9/11 GI Bill, empowering ‘Next Greatest Generation’

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, By News Staff

On Tuesday, Dec. 11 in Washington, D.C., the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) will bring together leading voices in the veterans’ community, government, higher education and private industry for a broad and far-reaching dialogue on…

Arts & Culture

Getting to know: Glassblower Sally Prasch

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, By News Staff

The shelves, drawers, nooks and crannies of Sally Prasch’s laboratory in the basement of the Center for Science and Technology are packed with a myriad of glass items—round and square rods, tubes, connectors, valves, stopcocks, ampules and more—from the minuscule…

STEM

Winners named in first Student App Competition

Monday, December 3, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Eleven student teams from several Syracuse University schools showcased their big ideas for web and mobile apps Nov. 28 at the inaugural SU Student App Competition. This was a different type of entrepreneurship competition, according to event founder Keisuke Inoue,…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Henry Lambright penning history of Mars exploration program for NASA

Saturday, December 1, 2012, By Carol Boll

As a graduate student at Columbia University in the early 1960s, Henry Lambright immersed himself in government and political science studies only to discover that his true passion lay a bit farther afield—in outer space.

Health & Society

Marion Wilson’s ‘Artists and Social Profit’ class trades art for social good in traveling exhibit

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

In time for the holiday season, a weeklong community art show will explore the value of creativity and culture as a commodity, versus the value of commercial gifts of exchange. The MLAB (Mobile Literacy Arts Bus) and 601 Tully, in…

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

SU continues to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

In the weeks since the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, the steps to recovery and the needs of those communities in the Tri-State area have become more fully realized.

Arts & Culture

Award-winning novelist concludes Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, By News Staff

Adam Levin G’04, author of the breakthrough novel “The Instructions” (McSweeney’s, 2010), will present the final installment of the fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…

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…