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Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel to Host A Cappella Benefit

Monday, April 6, 2015, By Martin Walls

One of the finest acoustic venues in Central New York will play host to some of the best vocal ensembles in the area, as five local a cappella groups come together for a concert in Hendricks Chapel on Saturday, April…

Arts & Culture

Smart, Sharply Funny ‘Other Desert Cities’ Tackles Art, Politics, Family Secrets

Thursday, April 2, 2015, By News Staff

Are there secrets that should always be kept? In this smart, sharply funny and sensitive contemporary play, playwright Jon Robin Baitz folds art, politics and family secrets into a tumultuous drama that pits a liberal middle-aged writer against her conservative…

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

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…

Health & Society

Sports Nutritionist Sarah Wick to Speak April 8

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Sports nutritionist, Sarah Wick will speak on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Room 001 Life Sciences Building. She will speak to the audience about sports nutrition and how it affects performance. According to Wick, “This is such a growing…

Campus & Community

University Formalizes Commitment to Prohibit Direct Investment in Coal, Fossil Fuels

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that it is formalizing its commitment to prohibit direct investment of endowment funds in coal mining and other fossil fuel companies. The University will also continue to seek additional investments through its endowment in companies that…

Arts & Culture

Finding the Right Words with the Writing Center

Monday, March 30, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Maybe the words aren’t flowing. Or you’re grappling with the organization for a complex assignment or even just debating a correct subject-verb agreement. There’s a place—and a dedicated, skilled group of people—that can help. Find out more in this first piece in a new series: Tips for Better Writing.

Media, Law & Policy

Panel on Whistleblowing and Journalism to Be Held April 1

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Over the past several years, the American media have sharply increased their coverage of scandals that have been brought to light by whistleblowers, including NSA spying, banking fraud, contaminated food and nuclear safety risks. The stakes for the public—and to…

STEM

Lessons from the Fishbowl

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, By Amy Manley

Just before Spring Break, two dozen eighth- and ninth-grade students filed into a biology lab in the Life Sciences Complex, where they were greeted by tanks of petite, striped fish. Their assignment? To study the animals up close. The students…

Media, Law & Policy

Cold Case Justice Initiative Presents Case on U.S. Human Rights Violations to United Nations

Monday, March 23, 2015, By Scott McDowell

Paula Johnson and Janis McDonald, law professors and co-directors of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law, were at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, during the week of March 16. There they met with staff…