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Social Entrepreneur Lauren Given Moynihan Spirit of Public Service Award

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced that Lauren Bush Lauren, the founder and CEO of FEED Projects, is the inaugural winner of the school’s Moynihan Spirit of Public Service Award, named for the late Sen. Daniel…

Deborah A. Coquillon Memorial Award Helps Seniors ‘Pay It Forward’

Thursday, October 9, 2014, By Rob Enslin

When Tesia Kim ’13 began working for Teach for America, she found herself at a medical prep school in Chicago that was so poor, some of her students couldn’t afford binders and notebooks. “Two students didn’t have $25 for scrubs,”…

Arts & Culture

August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterpiece ‘The Piano Lesson’ Starts Oct. 22

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By News Staff

In August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “The Piano Lesson,” the past threatens to pull apart brother and sister. Bernice treasures a one-of-a-kind piano, an heirloom with carved figures of their enslaved ancestors. Boy Willie suddenly arrives from the South determined…

Campus & Community

Sasaki Associates Selected as Partner for Campus Master Plan

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

As part of the Fast Forward Syracuse Campus Master Plan initiative, Syracuse University will partner with Sasaki Associates to assist with campus planning and identify guidelines to better support the University’s academic and research mission. Sasaki Associates is a Boston-based,…

Three Will Be Honored with George Arents Award at Orange Central

Tuesday, October 7, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Richard M. Jones ’92, G’95, L’95, Angela Y. Robinson ’78 and Donald Schupak ’64, L’66 will receive the George Arents Award, the University’s highest alumni honor. The award recognizes alumni who are pioneers and leaders in their fields.

Campus & Community

WellsLink Hosts 11th Annual Transitions Ceremony to Honor Class of 2017 Scholars

Friday, October 3, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, hosts its 11th annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The ceremony honors WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have successfully…

Strategic Plan Open Forum Set for Oct. 6

Friday, October 3, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The University community is invited to attend Open Fora meetings to fuel discussion and provide an opportunity to share ideas about the Strategic Plan, one of the components of Fast Forward Syracuse. Monday, Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 010 Crouse-Hinds…

Campus & Community

Bowlers Wanted for Tuesday Evenings

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

Would you like to try bowling? Do you want a fun activity with your colleagues? Would your group want to form a new team? The SU & ESF Faculty and Staff Bowling League is searching for a new team or…

Health & Society

R. David Lankes Writes About Being ‘The Boring Patient’

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Professor R. David Lankes shares a personalized, humor-filled account of his experience being diagnosed with and living with cancer over the last two-plus years in his new book “The Boring Patient.”

NSF Fellows Given Creative Freedom to Explore Varied Topics

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Ph.D. student Ariel Ash-Shakoor is helping create biomaterials that are better able to interact with human cells. She was one of three Syracuse University students in 2014 given a strong nod of encouragement to continue in their various fields through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.