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Campus & Community

Dream Big: University Looking to Fund Innovative Student Ideas

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Have a great idea to leave a lasting mark on campus? The University wants to help you make it a reality. For the second straight year, students have the opportunity to pitch their ideas as part of the Fast Forward…

Veterans

IVMF Receives Walmart Foundation Grant to Support Veteran Reintegration

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By News Staff

The Walmart Foundation today announced a $1 million grant to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to help kick off the Welcome Home North Carolina (WHNC) initiative to support a three-year pilot to identify new ways in which…

10th Annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza Is Feb. 22

Monday, February 16, 2015, By Shannon Andre

The 10th Annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Thomas Family, the Gifford Foundation, WAER and Power 620, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22, at Bethany Baptist Church, 149 Beattie St. This year’s…

Arts & Culture

Serious Subjects Become Funny in SU Drama’s ‘Lips Together, Teeth Apart’

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Playwright Terrence McNally excels at making wild and witty comedy out of serious and thoughtful matters. In this 1991 off-Broadway triumph, two couples grapple with the mundane (burgers and kites) and the momentous (illness and infidelity) as they try to…

Campus & Community

Survey to Assess Faculty Satisfaction

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University is joining peer institutions in this year’s administration of a national survey on faculty job satisfaction in order to assess and, where necessary, make improvements in the faculty experience. The survey was created and is administered by the…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Monitoring Forecast for Extremely Cold Weather

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Keith Kobland

It appears the worst of the recent cold spell isn’t over yet. A wind chill warning is in effect until Monday at 10 a.m. Of particular note, the possibility of wind chill factors as cold as 30 degrees below zero…

Arts & Culture

Pianist Steven Heyman to Present Faculty Recital Feb. 24

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Erica Blust

Pianist Steven Heyman, an associate professor of music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, will present a faculty recital on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. in the…

Media, Law & Policy

National Wildlife Federation President and CEO to Speak at Maxwell

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and a 2006 M.P.A. graduate of the Maxwell School, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in Maxwell…

Campus & Community

Working Group to Assess SA, GSO Concerns on Free Speech

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

In response to resolutions passed last fall by Syracuse University’s Student Association and Graduate Student Organization, Chancellor Syverud has created a working group to consider revisions to the University’s Computer and Electronic Policy that will address concerns regarding free speech…

Powerball Odds Are Not In Your Favor

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Keith Kobland

With a $500 million dollar jackpot at stake, you may be one of the many people lining up to purchase a ticket for the multi-state Powerball jackpot. The thought of instant riches is alluring. For someone who studies math however,…