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Let it rain: Monitoring effectiveness of downtown green roof

Monday, September 17, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Civil engineering professor Cliff Davidson had a breathtaking view of the City of Syracuse from a rooftop garden Thursday. But it’s the possibilities of that prime location that made the experience memorable.

Getting to know Ashlee Newman ’15

Monday, September 17, 2012, By Carol Boll

As a high school student in Farmingdale, N.J., Ashlee Newman exhibited an early passion for the study of law. After her family suffered the tragic loss of a loved one to domestic violence last December, the SU sophomore has developed…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, September 14

Friday, September 14, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Media coverage of the University’s announcement of surpassing its $1 billion Campaign for Syracuse University goal includes reports by YNN, CNY Central and the Post-Standard. The milestone was marked with a celebration Thursday on the…

Arts & Culture

VPA Advisory Council members establish post-M.F.A. engagement fellowship; inaugural fellow named

Thursday, September 13, 2012, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic, yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift by VPA alumna Marylyn Ginsburg-Klaus…

Senior Sessions take stress out of graduation

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, By News Staff

For graduating seniors, the final year of college can be a stressful time. Career Services in the Division of Student Affairs is helping to eliminate this stress by offering three “Senior Sessions” focused on resumes, career fairs, interviews and social…

Interns working to bring solar energy to rural Mexican village

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

Some students take on internships to learn what work in the “real world” will be like after graduation. Others get involved in projects in order to learn how to make their post-graduation world more like they want it to be….

Campus & Community

Inaugural ‘Positions of Dissent’ symposium lecture is Sept. 20

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Helen Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of History emerita at Smith College, will give the inaugural lecture in the library’s Ray Smith Symposium, “Positions of Dissent,” on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the…

STEM

ISchool student awarded scholarship to cloud computing conference

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Cloud computing has expanded into a useful resource for businesses to collaborate, store information and create programs to improve their organizations. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), students, faculty members and entrepreneurs work closely together to both understand these…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…

Arts & Culture

Faculty, staff have advance opportunity to buy One World concert tickets

Friday, September 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU faculty and staff will have an advance opportunity to purchase tickets for the upcoming One World concert. This advance sale opportunity will be online only beginning Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. EDT. Prices range from $35-$55, with a…