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White Ribbon Campaign ribbons, wristbands still available across campus

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Vera House White Ribbon Campaign continues to gain momentum as it closes in on the remaining few weeks of the campaign. Fostered by the Division of Student Affairs, this University-wide initiative involving offices and individuals across campus has…

Join SU, SUNY-ESF in annual Earth Day communitywide cleanup

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Off-Campus and Commuter Services within the Division of Student Affairs will host its annual Earth Day Communitywide Cleanup on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Each year, SU and SUNY-ESF students, faculty, staff and Syracuse-area residents…

SU named to 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of only eight institutions in New York state to be named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. SU has been named for the sixth consecutive year. The honor roll, launched in…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, March 21

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By News Staff

Whitman School’s John Torrens writes in Wall Street Journal on equity-based crowd funding

Arts & Culture

Ping Chong & Company part of disabilities panel discussion at Newhouse

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s ArtsEngage and the Goldring Arts Journalism Program welcome members of Ping Chong & Company for a panel discussion about its theatrical production “Inside/Out … voices from the disability community.” The discussion is part of Undesirable Elements, an ongoing…

Event to break down racial barriers features Joseph ‘Rev Run’ Simmons

Monday, March 19, 2012, By News Staff

The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and the Student African American Society (SAS) are hosting a collaborative event, titled “Race Relations” on March 21 in Gifford Auditorium. Hip-hop pioneer and reality TV personality Joseph Simmons, also…

Four city high school students win arts awards from Stone Canoe

Monday, March 19, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

Four Syracuse City High School students were awarded prizes for their work in the categories of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and visual arts during the recent launch party celebrating the sixth edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature, and…

Memorial service for John Walker Briggs to be held March 21

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

John Walker Briggs of Syracuse, professor emeritus of history and education in the School of Education and The College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 10. He was 74. A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held…

‘The Submission’ author Amy Waldman to speak March 22

Monday, March 12, 2012, By Erica Blust

Amy Waldman, author of the acclaimed novel “The Submission” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011), which tells the story of a competition to design a memorial for the victims of a terrorist attack and of the American Muslim who wins it,…

Media, Law & Policy

March 26 Toner Symposium will examine news reporting in the Digital Age

Friday, March 9, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

New Yorker’s Jane Mayer will receive Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age at a special event at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse…