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Applications Open for EntreTech NYC Immersion Trip

Friday, October 20, 2017, By J.D. Ross

The EntreTech NYC immersion program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is now accepting applications for the January 2018 trip. A signature immersion program at the iSchool, Entretech NYC is designed to give students a firsthand look at the companies, entrepreneurs,…

Health & Society

Christopher Barley ’89 Puts Heart and Mind into International Relief Work

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

When Christopher Barley ’89 learned a 7.8 magnitude earthquake had hit Nepal in April 2015, he quickly traveled there to provide medical assistance in the region near the capital city of Kathmandu. “Little towns were just rubble,” he says. “Every…

STEM

Duncan Brown Named to Internet2 Board of Trustees

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the Internet2 Board of Trustees. His three-year term will begin Nov. 1. A Syracuse faculty member since 2007, Brown has…

Moneyish

New Show Brings A-Listers to Your Living Room

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While we are used to watching movie stars on the big screen, the next step is to watch the big screen with these stars sitting right next to us. That is the premise of a new show, Movie Night with…

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week Begins Sunday with Candlelight Vigil

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Arts & Culture

Backstage Names VPA’s Musical Theater Program One of 10 ‘You Should Know’

Thursday, October 19, 2017, By Erica Blust

Backstage has listed the musical theater program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama as one of “Ten Musical Theater College Programs You Should Know.” According to Backstage, the list, which does not numerically rank the…

STEM

Yale Physicist to Deliver 10th Annual Wali Lecture Oct. 26

Thursday, October 19, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of its premier lecture series with a program by a renowned theoretical astrophysicist. Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, will deliver this…

Arts & Culture

Top Architecture Schools of 2018: Syracuse Architecture repeats at No. 3 in U.S.

Thursday, October 19, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

For the second consecutive year, the Syracuse University School of Architecture undergraduate program has been ranked #3 in the nation by DesignIntelligence (DI) in its list of “Top Architecture Schools.” DI is the bimonthly journal of the Design Futures Council, considered…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Dean’s Convocation Brings Campus Together in Spirit and Song on Sunday Evenings

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Every Sunday evening at 7 p.m., Hendricks Chapel comes alive. Members of the Syracuse University community come together for the Dean’s Convocation, a spirited gathering featuring music and reflection. The idea of a weekly convocation emerged from the Syracuse campus…

Arts & Culture

Poets Explore Theme of Disability as a Way of Knowing at Oct. 24 Event

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Poets Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson will share verses from their book, “Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems,” at a reading Tuesday, Oct. 24, in celebration of Disability Awareness Month. The event, part of Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A…