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Veterans

Vice Chancellor Haynie Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services

Friday, February 16, 2018, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Executive Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship Mike Haynie testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on the…

Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie Pushes for More Support for Military Families

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Mike Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation and executive director of IVMF, talks with WAER about the need for additional federal resources to support military families. In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 14,…

Arts & Culture

School of Design, Quirky Partner On Student Invention Challenge

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Erica Blust

Industrial and interaction design students kicked off their spring semester with a two-week invention challenge hosted by invention community Quirky. Industrial and interaction design (IID) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design partnered with the…

Campus & Community

Sixth Annual SU Rising to Stop Sexual Abuse Will Be Held Friday

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By News Staff

The Syracuse University community will come together on Friday, Feb. 16, at 5:30 p.m. for a candlelight vigil to stop sexual and gender violence locally and globally. This is the sixth consecutive year for the SU Rising: Stop Sexual Abuse…

Inside Higher Ed

Assistant Professor Patrick Berry Discusses New Book and Teaching Literary Skills in Prisons

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

As his new book “Doing Time, Writing Lives: Refiguring Literacy and Higher Education in Prison,” has hit shelves, assistant professor and chair of the writing and rhetoric program Patrick Berry was featured in an Inside Higher Ed article. He discussed…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Announces Launch of Nation’s First Live Online J.D. Program

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Robert Conrad

The American Bar Association has granted the College of Law a variance to offer a fully interactive online juris doctor program. The online J.D. program will be the first in the nation to combine real-time and self-paced online classes, on-campus…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents Lorraine Hansberry’s American Classic ‘A Raisin in the Sun’

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage continues its critically acclaimed season with a sterling production of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic American play “A Raisin in the Sun,” Feb. 21-March 11 at the Syracuse Stage/Syracuse University Drama Complex in the Archbold Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St.,…

STEM

Become a Leader in Cybersecurity this Fall—General Interest Meeting Feb. 28

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

In today’s hyperconnected world, cyberattacks on our institutions and personal information are increasing. Governments and industries alike need well-trained experts to protect us. This fall, the Cybersecurity Semester (CSS) returns to the University to teach computer science and computer engineering students from…

Campus & Community

SU Libraries to Host Human Library Event April 11; Book Volunteers Needed

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries will host its fifth annual Human Library event on Wednesday, April 11, from noon-5 p.m. in Bird Library. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to “human books”: volunteers from the Syracuse University community who represent a…

Veterans

How to Have a Healthy US Military – Invest in the Families Now

Wednesday, February 14, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

New research conducted jointly by Blue Star Families and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University suggests that today, only 40% of military family respondents would recommend military service to their children – a decline from 45% in 2015….