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SU in the News: Tuesday, April 24
College of Law’s David M. Crane quoted by AP on Special Court for Sierra Leone and Charles Taylor
Symphony Syracuse to present all-Mozart concert April 29
Symphony Syracuse will present an afternoon of favorites by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Sunday, April 29, at Inspiration Hall (formerly St. Peter’s Church), 709 James St., Syracuse. The 2:30 p.m. concert will feature violinist Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, former associate concertmaster of…
Switching subject categories could improve test scores
New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…
World premiere of ‘Crooked Arrows’ to take place in Syracuse May 9
The red carpet will go down on Montgomery Street on Wednesday, May 9, as Syracuse prepares for the world premiere of “Crooked Arrows,” the first mainstream film featuring the sport of lacrosse. Neal Powless, a former All American lacrosse player,…
TRAC: White-collar crime prosecutions down
According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the latest available data from the Justice Department show that in January 2012 the federal government prosecuted 546 individuals in white-collar crime cases, down 13 percent from the previous month and down more…
Prospective first-year students present ideas on improving their own communities through public policies
Sixty-seven of Syracuse University’s prospective first-year students will present their ideas on public policies that can improve their communities at the 66th annual Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship Conference, sponsored by the Public Affairs Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…
SU in the News: Tuesday, April 17
Associated Press highlights sustainability of SU/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement gowns
Posse students welcomed during Spring Reception
From April 16-18, Syracuse University hosted 33 admitted students from Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles for the first ever Posse Spring Reception. Accompanied by directors from each city’s program, the inaugural cadres traveled to SU for an introduction to the…
Send Silence Packing: student advocacy group is raising awareness about student suicide
The Syracuse University chapter of Active Minds is hosting Send Silence Packing, an award-winning national exhibit of 1,100 backpacks representing the number of college students lost to suicide each year.
SU’s Chandra Mohanty to earn honorary doctorate from College of Wooster
Chandra Talpade Mohanty—an internationally recognized scholar of post-colonial and transnational feminist theory and a celebrated professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences—will receive an honorary doctorate from the College of Wooster (Ohio) at its 142nd commencement ceremony on…