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Media, Law & Policy

Social and Economic Justice in South Africa Trip Makes Lasting Impression on Students

Friday, April 1, 2016, By News Staff

A twig snapped in the darkness to the left of the rumbling, open-top truck. It was 5:30 in the morning and the sun had not yet come up over the horizon at Kruger National Park. As we plummeted forward on…

Arts & Culture

‘Rising from the Rubble’

Friday, April 1, 2016, By Amy Manley

Celebrated author, essayist and Judaic studies scholar, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will be the featured speaker for the 2016 B.G. Rudolph Lecture. The annual address, sponsored by the Jewish studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences, will happen on Monday,…

Health & Society

Sustainable Diets Panel April 6th

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

A panel about sustainable diets will take place April 6 at 7 p.m. in 200 Falk College. It will include Allan Gandelman, owner of the organic farm Main Street Farms; Jennifer Wilkins, endowed professor of practice in nutrition and creator…

Arts & Culture

Cruel April 2016 Kicks Off at Point of Contact Gallery

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By News Staff

Cruel April, Point of Contact’s annual poetry event, will open to the public on April 7 at the Point of Contact Gallery in downtown Syracuse. The program will host poetry readings on every Thursday in April at 6 p.m., followed…

STEM

Langmuir Spotlights SU Nanotechnology Research

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Nanoparticles are used in a wide range of applications, including targeted drug delivery, biosensing, imaging and catalysis. When they are paired in solutions with surfactants—chemical compounds that determine surface tension—they are even able to form stable suspensions that can trap…

Campus & Community

Student Association, Student Affairs Providing Free Buses to Final Four

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, By News Staff

Three buses will be departing from Schine Student Center on Thursday, March 31, at 8 p.m. to drive to Houston. The buses will be returning to Syracuse University, contingent upon standing in the tournament. These buses will have outlets, wifi…

Campus & Community

‘It’s On Us’ Week of Action Includes Visit by White House Advisor on Violence Against Women

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The week of action begins Wednesday, March 30, with Take Back the Night rally, continues into following week with speakers, open mic night, workshop and a showing of the documentary “The Hunting Ground.”

Campus & Community

Community Leaders Speak to Students as Part of Annual SU Impact Week

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, By News Staff

Student Association and the Residence Hall Association (RHA) teamed up for the annual SU Impact Week, encouraging students to get more involved in the Syracuse community through volunteering and philanthropy. On Wednesday, March 23, Impact Week hosted a panel of…

Media, Law & Policy

Groundbreaking Syrian Accountability Project Details Sexual Crimes in Syria’s War

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, By Martin Walls

As the civil war in Syria enters its sixth year, the Syrian Accountability Project (SAP) at the College of Law has released a groundbreaking report—“Looking Through the Window Darkly: A Snapshot Analysis of Rape in Syria”—about sexual crimes committed by…

University Invites Campus, Local Communities to Pep Rally Wednesday in Manley Arena

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The University will host a Final Four public pep rally Wednesday at Manley Arena to offer an enthusiastic send-off to the men’s and women’s basketball teams.