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SU’s Financial Literacy Program Celebrates Financial Literacy Month

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By News Staff

April is Financial Literacy Month, and SU’s financial literacy program, “I Otto Know This!” is celebrating with sweet treats, prizes, a hashtag contest and activities on the Quad. Financial literacy experts will be available at all events to answer money…

Campus & Community

50 Cent to Headline Block Party

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By News Staff

University Union will host its annual Block Party on April 24 in the Carrier Dome. The event will follow Mayfest in Walnut Park with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. This year’s line up will feature rappers 50 Cent with G-Unit…

Arts & Culture

Creative Musician James Gordon Williams to Headline Local Events

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

James Gordon Williams, a creative musician, composer and critical musicologist at Syracuse University, will be the focus of three upcoming local events. The pianist is an assistant professor of African American studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences….

National Pan-Hellenic Council Presents ‘A Night with Taraji P. Henson’

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Shannon Andre

On Wednesday, April 1, the National Pan-Hellenic Council is hosting award-winning actress Taraji P. Henson for a conversation and Q&A session in Goldstein Auditorium beginning at 7 p.m.  Tickets are available at the Schine Box Office for $2. Henson has…

Arts & Culture

University Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Shannon Andre

This year’s commemorative speaker is Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014. Davuluri spent her year in that role traveling across the country to speak on “Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency.”

Arts & Culture

Writing Program to Host Notre Dame’s John Duffy

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The “Reimagining Student Writers” series presented by the Writing Program in the  College of Arts and Sciences will continue this week with a guest lecture by the University of Notre Dame’s John Duffy. The lecture, titled “Rhetorical Virtues: The Ethical…

Campus & Community

Free Six-Week Tobacco Cessation Programs for Students

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By News Staff

SESSIONS STARTING IN APRIL   Free six-week tobacco cessation programs for students The classes will be facilitated by Cynthia Cary, R.R.T., C.P.F.T., C.T.T.S., director of tobacco cessation at SUNY Upstate Medical University.The program consists of seven one-hour classes in a…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Neither Confirmed Nor Denied: MFA 2015’

Monday, March 30, 2015, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries has announced the opening of “Neither Confirmed nor Denied: MFA 2015.”  The annual master of fine arts exhibition features 17 artists from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This year’s presenting artists are working…

Arts & Culture

Reel Queer Film Festival Will Feature Drama, Comedy

Friday, March 27, 2015, By News Staff

The film festival was started almost a decade ago to showcase the plight and progress of queer and trans* identities across the globe.

Veterans

Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter to Visit Campus March 31

Friday, March 27, 2015, By News Staff

On his first domestic trip since taking office, Secretary Carter will discuss the “Future of the Force.”