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Interns working to bring solar energy to rural Mexican village

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

Some students take on internships to learn what work in the “real world” will be like after graduation. Others get involved in projects in order to learn how to make their post-graduation world more like they want it to be….

Constitution Day speaker reveals history of civil rights activism behind Marshall Street name

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Marshall Street on the SU Hill is most commonly known for its trendy shops and restaurants. But the origins of Marshall Street date back to a leading 20th-century lawyer, Louis Marshall, who grew up in Syracuse, was a trustee of…

Veterans

EBV grad business ranked #106 by Inc. Magazine as one of 500 fastest growing private companies

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By News Staff

Former Marine John Raftery credits EBV with helping him launch, grow Patriot Contractors Patriot Contractors, a specialty construction company owned and operated by 2007 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program graduate John Raftery (U.S. Marine Corps, retired), was…

Business & Economy

10th annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp begins Oct. 13

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By Lindsay Wickham

Syracuse University’s annual Entrepreneur’s Bootcamp, a training program led by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management, assists current and aspiring entrepreneurs in developing the skills necessary to take their idea or existing venture to the…

Arts & Culture

Q and A: Humanities Center’s Gregg Lambert speaks on peace

Friday, August 31, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and Founding Director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, answers questions on the topic of world peace. What is your perspective on world peace and how it can be achieved? In her filmed…

Arts & Culture

Two world premieres among the highlights of Syracuse Symposium 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

With the theme “Memory-Media-Archive,” Syracuse Symposium, the annual semester-long intellectual and artistic festival, will kick off Sept. 14 with the world premiere of “Cry for Peace: Voices From the Congo.” Originally workshopped in Syracuse in 2010,“Cry for Peace” is based…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Board of Trustees elects three new members

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

At the Syracuse University Board of Trustees annual meeting, three individuals were elected as new trustees. Lauren B. Cramer L’94 joined the New York law firm McLaughlin & Stern in 1995, and is a member of the Association of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Disability law expert named distinguished professor

Monday, August 13, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Dean Hannah Arterian recently announced that Professor Arlene Kanter was named the Bond, Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University College of Law for 2012-14. Kanter teaches courses on U.S., comparative and international disability law and policy; education and…

Campus & Community

Timothy Eatman and Scott Peters named Imagining America co-directors

Monday, August 13, 2012, By Jamie Haft

Syracuse University and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) announce the appointments of Timothy K. Eatman and Scott J. Peters as IA co-directors, effective Aug. 1. “With Eatman and Peters as directors, IA will continue to advance…

Campus & Community

Near Westside Multicultural Block Party on Aug. 16 celebrates neighborhood

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) will hold its third annual Multicultural Block Party at Skiddy Park on Thursday, Aug. 16, from 1-9 p.m. Residents and supporters of the Near West Side are invited to attend this celebration of community. The…