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Arts & Culture

‘The Spitfire Grill’: An Uplifting Musical about Hope and Home

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

A young woman seeking redemption helps a weary Wisconsin town rediscover its value while finding the meaning of home in the Department of Drama’s production of the 2001 Off-Broadway musical “The Spitfire Grill.” Based on Lee David Zlotoff’s 1996 film…

Media, Law & Policy

Christen Brandt ’10 Uses Media and Mentoring to Create Opportunities for Girls

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Christen Brandt ’10 counts Maheshwari as a success story for She’s the First. The young woman grew up in rural India, a member of the Dalit—the “untouchable” caste. She lived in a country where only 20 percent of women can…

STEM

The Human Trace

Thursday, March 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…

Campus & Community

Donald Newhouse to Deliver Syracuse University’s 2016 Commencement Address

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Donald Newhouse, president of media giant Advance Publications, will deliver the 2016 Commencement address on Sunday, May 15, in the Carrier Dome.

STEM

iSchool Launches Second Crowdfunding Campaign

Monday, March 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Over two years ago, the first crowdfunding effort at Syracuse University, Fuel, inspired over 125 donors to contribute nearly $30,000 to support student programs at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Now, the iSchool is raising the stakes with a…

Campus & Community

MLS Commissioner Don Garber to Give University Lecture March 22

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner and Soccer United Marketing CEO Don Garber is the next speaker for the University Lectures series on Tuesday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event is free and open to the public….

Arts & Culture

Poet JoEllen Kwiatek to Read for Carver Series on March 23

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Poet JoEllen Kwiatek will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 23. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A….

Business & Economy

University Selects ACC InVenture Prize Competition Team

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Lindsay Wickham

PowerSpike will represent the University at the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize Competition Apr. 5-6 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition where a team of undergraduates representing each ACC university pitches inventions or…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…

STEM

Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets

Friday, March 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment. A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director…