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University to Host 28 Veterans for 2013 EBV Program

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is hosting a new class of post-9/11 veterans for the seventh annual Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. The program, which is always offered at…

Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…

CCJI and NAACP Draft Civil Rights Crime Resolution

Wednesday, July 17, 2013, By Scott McDowell

On July 16, during its annual national convention in Orlando, the NAACP voted and passed a resolution that the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University played a substantial role in drafting. The resolution calls on President Barack Obama…

Stripling Inaugurated as ALA President

Monday, July 15, 2013, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling was inaugurated as the president of the American Library Association (ALA) at the group’s annual summer conference in Chicago last week. As president of the ALA, Stripling will be the…

Light Work Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Works of 40 Artists

Friday, July 12, 2013, By News Staff

Light Work is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition “40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection,” featuring work by artists Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal…

TracyLocke Establishes Scholarship Fund in Communications Design at VPA

Thursday, July 11, 2013, By Erica Blust

TracyLocke, an Omnicom global agency led by president and CEO Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89, has established the TracyLocke Scholarship Fund for Communications Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The fund will provide scholarship and financial support of…

Janklow Arts Leadership Program Increasing in Size, Diversity

Monday, July 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Welcoming its second student cohort this summer, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program has acquired a reputation for academic rigor and selectivity and has established an international presence.

Q&A: Kevin Noble Maillard Explains Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decisions

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

College of Law Professor Kevin Noble Maillard, an expert on family law, explains Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality.

McDonald Gives Reaction to Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, By Keith Kobland

A surprise ruling from the Supreme Court is drawing a wide range of reaction, much of it negative.

Arts & Culture

Setnor Faculty of Grupo Pagán to Perform in Brazil

Friday, June 21, 2013, By Erica Blust

Bill DiCosimo and Josh Dekaney, both faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, will travel to Brazil in July with Edgar Pagán to perform as Grupo Pagán….