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Veterans

$500,000 Lockheed Martin gift to benefit IVMF programs that assist veterans, military families with post-service transition

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced Lockheed Martin as an IVMF One-Star Corporate Partner. The company’s commitment of $500,000 over the next three years will benefit the institute’s hands-on programs, activities and projects…

Media, Law & Policy

New book makes a case for why the U.S. is still on top and how it can stay there

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

Is the United States losing its dominant place in the world? In recent years there has been a growing “declinist” sentiment that the U.S. has lost legitimacy and power around the world due to a series of events—from the rise…

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Yvonne Buchanan shows work in Everson’s newly renovated video gallery

Tuesday, January 22, 2013, By Erica Blust

“Strange Tongue,” a video/sound installation by Yvonne Buchanan, associate professor of illustration in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, is on view at the Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, through March 31….

Media, Law & Policy

P&G’s Deb Henretta G’85 to kick off spring Eric Mower Advertising Forum speaker series

Friday, January 18, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Deb Henretta G’85, group president of Procter & Gamble’s Global Beauty Care division, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, Jan. 28, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce…

Arts & Culture

Ray Smith Symposium explores issues of Latina/o ‘citizenship’ Jan. 31-Feb. 1

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, By Rob Enslin

In response to the United States’ growing Hispanic population, the College of Arts and Sciences is presenting several events on the theme of “citizenship,” Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The events are part of the yearlong Ray Smith Symposium titled “Moving Borders:…

Arts & Culture

Student produces free instrumental and dance performance to raise awareness about bullying, ally involvement

Monday, January 14, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

‘Uncommon Action’ to premiere on Feb. 3 at CNY Jazz Syracuse University music education senior Rachel Dentinger has enlisted 16 student musicians and a team of production assistants to produce an interdisciplinary program about bullying and ally involvement that has been…

Business & Economy

Central New York receives $93.8 million in regional economic development funding

Wednesday, December 19, 2012, By News Staff

The Central New York Regional Council (CNY-REDC), co-chaired by SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor, was awarded $93.8 million dollars and was named a top performer among New York’s 10 regional councils today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A centerpiece of…

STEM

LIS student receives NYLA-Dewey Scholarship

Thursday, December 13, 2012, By News Staff

Alyssa Newton, a graduate student in the master’s program in library and information science in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), is one of seven students to receive the NYLA-Dewey Scholarship Award as a representative of Syracuse University. Recipients were selected…

Veterans

CNY Veterans’ Higher Education Regional Consortium supports vets in transition to higher ed

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By News Staff

Founder speaks with NPR on need for similar organizations across nation Twenty-six institutions of higher education located in the 13-county region of Syracuse’s Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) in upstate New York have formed the Central New York Veterans’ Higher…