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Campus & Community

Sept. 4 dance party to feature Syracuse’s No. 1 dance-club video DJ

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

Students who are looking for a fresh, new and fun night out over this year’s Labor Day weekend should attend “On the Floor at the Jersey Shore:” SU’s totally hot, yet incredibly cool, Sunday-night dance party at the beach. DVDJ…

IVMF’s Schmeling appointed interim executive director of Global Universal Design Commission

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By News Staff

The Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), a not-for-profit corporation established to develop Universal Design (UD) standards for buildings, products and services, has announced the appointment of James Schmeling as its interim executive director.

Arts & Culture

SyrFilmFest presents sneak preview and last year’s ‘Best of Fest’

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By KC Duggan

The SYRFILM organization that brings year-round programming to Central New York, in collaboration with Art Rage Gallery, will present “The Man Who Knew How to Fly,” directed by Robi Michael, (USA, fiction, 24 minutes) a selection of the 2011 film…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University to celebrate Syracuse Stories: An All Arts Festival

Monday, July 18, 2011, By News Staff

Festival to be held during Syracuse ArtsWeek, July 25-31 Syracuse Stories: An All Arts Festival, part of the community-based initiative Art Across Borders, is a communitywide storytelling festival modeled on the International Literary Festival of Paraty, Brazil (FLIP).  Syracuse Stories…

Veterans

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities celebrates fifth year

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, By News Staff

Features keynotes by U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Ray Jefferson and legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. On Saturday, July 16, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome a new class of 25 veterans…

Campus & Community

Connective Corridor construction transforms face of University Avenue

Friday, July 1, 2011, By News Staff

Prepare to have patience if you’re grabbing that morning cup of coffee on Marshall Street. A five-block span of University Avenue, from Waverly Street to East Genesee Street, is under heavy construction as the Connective Corridor construction project gets underway….

Campus & Community

Graduate student shares passion for science with middle school students during Science Horizons Summer Program

Wednesday, June 22, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

When Nadia Essi was selected as the only eighth-grade student from Levy Middle School to attend a science camp at Syracuse University, she was excited to learn more about a subject she had come to love. “My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs….

Campus & Community

SYRFILMFEST’11 calls for volunteers

Thursday, June 2, 2011, By News Staff

SYRFILMFEST’11 is seeking dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who want to contribute to the continued success of one of the leading international film festivals in the country. By becoming part of the festival team, you will network with other people, see…

Business & Economy

SU-SIFE helps local businesses ‘go green’

Wednesday, June 1, 2011, By News Staff

The local business community is now a little more sustainable thanks to a new green business certification program that received support from nearly two dozen Syracuse University student volunteers.  Eight businesses graduated from the Green Core Company program on May…

Campus & Community

Case worker steers student up the hill to SU degree

Monday, May 16, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

At the age of 17, Oubon Phommanyrath was living on her own in the Salvation Army Transitional Apartments on Salina Street in Syracuse. Phommanyrath had fled from a physically and emotionally abusive home life at age 14, ending up on…