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Agence France-Presse

Facebook’s Dive Into Local News

Monday, January 29, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Social media platform Facebook is adding a new aspect to its user’s news feeds: local news coverage. This is to combat the fake news epidemic that struck the site as a part of the most recent Presidential election. While Facebook…

Campus & Community

Sport Management Club Raises over $56,000 during 13th Annual Charity Sports Auction

Friday, January 26, 2018, By News Staff

The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University raised $56,800 for Meals on Wheels Syracuse as a result of its 13th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 9, supporters placed bids on hundreds of…

Campus & Community

Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Awards Offered to Students Seeking Unique Internships

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By Stephanie Quinn

The Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Awards are intended to enable Syracuse University students to undertake unique internships that wouldn’t be possible without financial help. Clements Interns will usually spend one summer away from the University, working under the guidance…

Campus & Community

Student Association Purchases Tickets for Students to Attend Sunday’s MLK Celebration

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University’s Student Association (SA) has purchased additional tickets to Sunday’s Martin Luther King Celebration at the Dome, and plans to begin distribution today (Thursday) at the Schine Student Center. SA leadership had already purchased tickets for students, which were…

Business & Economy

Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…

Arts & Culture

University Union Presents Jenny Slate and Aparna Nancherla

Monday, January 22, 2018, By News Staff

University Union’s Spring Comedy Show will take place on Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. The night will begin with stand-­up comic Aparna Nancherla opening, and Jenny Slate will be the headlining comedian for the evening. Tickets for the show are on…

Campus & Community

2019 Senior Class Marshal Applications Due Jan. 26

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Each year, the University designates two rising seniors to lead their class as the all-University student representatives for Commencement. Class of 2019 Senior Class Marshal applicants must be current undergraduate students graduating in May 2019. The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan….

STEM

Rivera G’16 Named to 2018 ALA Emerging Leaders Class

Monday, January 22, 2018, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) alumnus Juan Rivera G’16 has been named to the American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging Leaders class for 2018. The ALA program is a leadership development offering that enables newer library workers to participate in problem-solving…

Business & Economy

Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Program Named ‘National Model Entrepreneurship Program’

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program at the Whitman School of Management was recently named the National Model Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Los Angeles, California, Jan….

PolitiFact

Would Immigration Bill Have Kept Trump’s Family Out of US?

Friday, January 19, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Under a Trump-backed immigration bill, thousands would no longer be able to enter the US. Now, many are wondering if two members of Trump’s own family, his wife Melania and grandfather Friedrich, would have been able to come to America…