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Arts & Culture

VPA industrial and interaction design 360 Competition Exhibition to showcase current entries, past winners

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Erica Blust

The industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Design will present the IID 360 Competition Exhibition, a showcase of the competition’s current entries and past winners, Sept. 29-Oct. 6 at…

Maxwell students win Distinguished Delegation at Model United Nations competition

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

A team of 16 international relations majors from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, led by adviser Francine D’Amico, captured the Distinguished Delegation honor at a five-day Model United Nations (MUN) event in New York City this past…

STEM

Developmental biologist garners highly competitive National Institutes of Health grant

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

Katharine Lewis, associate professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to systematically identify genes that instruct spinal cord nerve cells (neurons) to develop into specialized cells that are critical to walking, running and countless movements…

Veterans

Donations collected at SU vs. Rhode Island game Saturday to help complete veterans’ homes on Near West Side

Wednesday, September 7, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University is helping to raise the roof for Habitat for Humanity by asking fans to make a donation to help complete two veterans’ homes under construction on Syracuse’s Near West Side. Once completed, the homes—located at 113 and 115 Fitch…

Veterans

Volunteers needed to help collect donations to complete veterans’ homes on Near West Side

Wednesday, August 31, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University is helping to ‘raise the roof’ for Habitat for Humanity by asking students, faculty and staff to collect donations needed to complete two veterans’ homes under construction on Syracuse’s Near West Side. Once completed, the homes—located at 113…

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during “Illuminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,” Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…

Arts & Culture

Composer Phillip Rothman to perform original score for D.W. Griffith’s silent film ‘Way Down East’

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By KC Duggan

The Syracuse International Film Festival has commissioned composer Phillip Rothman to write a score for the 1920 D.W. Griffith silent film “Way Down East.” Rothman will debut the original composition, scored for eight musicians, with the film screening Oct. 14…

Business & Economy

Student entrepreneurs showcase their companies Aug. 17

Friday, August 5, 2011, By News Staff

From applications that allow you to share your social itinerary with friends, record your workout, or help you discover local points of interest to technology that sanitizes medical instruments, the third annual Student Sandbox Demo Day will showcase the innovation…

Chilled Water Plant receives wastewater compliance award

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Chilled Water Plant has been recognized for its performance in protecting local waterways from pollutants discharged into the county sewer system. The plant, which is part of SU’s Steam Station, received a 2010 Onondaga County Industrial Achievement Award…

Campus & Community

Nicholson, Comprix and Harter named 2011 Whitman Professors of the Year

Friday, May 27, 2011, By News Staff

Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been chosen as 2011 Undergraduate Professor of the Year. Joseph Comprix, assistant professor of accounting, and Don Harter, associate dean for masters programs and assistant professor of management information systems, were selected as 2011 Graduate Professors of the Year.