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Campaign for Syracuse University surpasses $1 billion fundraising goal more than three months early

Thursday, September 13, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that it has surpassed its goal for the most ambitious fundraising effort in the institution’s history. Through the generosity of more than 60,000 individual donors, including trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and supporters, the Campaign has raised a total of $1,008,612,731 as of Aug. 31.

Arts & Culture

VPA Advisory Council members establish post-M.F.A. engagement fellowship; inaugural fellow named

Thursday, September 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic, yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift by VPA alumna Marylyn Ginsburg-Klaus…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, September 12

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A water-pipe repair technique developed at Syracuse University is noted in an Associated Press article about the attempt to repair the Delaware Aqueduct, which carries water to New York City. Media coverage of the upcoming…

Health & Society

BBI study reveals people with disabilities are sidelined in American politics

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

People with disabilities remain largely sidelined in American politics, according to a new study published in Social Science Quarterly.

Interns working to bring solar energy to rural Mexican village

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

Some students take on internships to learn what work in the “real world” will be like after graduation. Others get involved in projects in order to learn how to make their post-graduation world more like they want it to be….

Themes of dissent, displacement addressed in Ray Smith symposia kick-off event Sept. 14

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By Rob Enslin

In keeping with the foci of this year’s Ray Smith symposia, Syracuse University is hosting a special kick-off event devoted to dissent and displacement. Titled “Feeling on the Outside,” the event is Friday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks…

Campus & Community

Inaugural ‘Positions of Dissent’ symposium lecture is Sept. 20

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Helen Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of History emerita at Smith College, will give the inaugural lecture in the library’s Ray Smith Symposium, “Positions of Dissent,” on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the…

STEM

ISchool student awarded scholarship to cloud computing conference

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Cloud computing has expanded into a useful resource for businesses to collaborate, store information and create programs to improve their organizations. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), students, faculty members and entrepreneurs work closely together to both understand these…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…

Media, Law & Policy

Carnegie Program will host public conversation with filmmaker Helen Whitney Sept. 10

Friday, September 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Carnegie Religion and Media Program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host a public conversation featuring award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney on Monday, Sept. 10. “A Life in Film: Spiritual Landscapes” will begin at 3:45 p.m. in…