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STEM

Student Entrepreneur Daniel Goldberg Competes for Global Title

Thursday, April 16, 2015, By J.D. Ross

Student entrepreneur and School of Information Studies (iSchool) senior Daniel Goldberg is in Washington, D.C., this week as a finalist in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) competition. One of 41 contestants from around the world, Goldberg will be…

Campus & Community

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course Begins April 29

Wednesday, April 15, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty and staff are invited to participate in an eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course beginning April 29. The MBSR program uses meditation and yoga to teach participants to relate differently to managing all kinds of stressors…

Campus & Community

Experience Cuse Plans ‘Orange Fit’ Event

Monday, April 13, 2015, By News Staff

A group of Syracuse University students calling themselves Experience Cuse is seeking to help Syracuse students connect with downtown Syracuse businesses.  They are working with Urban Life Crossfit on an event called “Orange Fit,” to take place Saturday, April 18,…

Arts & Culture

Music Industry Executives Bandier, Sykes, Poleman to Speak April 14

Thursday, April 9, 2015, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts‘ Bandier Program will present a lecture on Tuesday, April 14, by program founder and SU Trustee Martin Bandier ’62, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV; John Sykes ’77, president of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises; and…

Campus & Community

New Documentary ‘Answers the Call’ for Syracuse Alumnus

Thursday, April 9, 2015, By Amy Manley

When Bryce Renninger left Syracuse University with a dual degree in English and textual studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Television, Radio and Film in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he had already laid out…

STEM

Thomas Helps Develop Global Project Management Course Materials, Curriculum

Monday, April 6, 2015, By News Staff

A School of Information Studies faculty member has been part of a Project Management Institute (PMI) effort to develop sample course materials and an overall curriculum design for undergraduate project management programs in universities worldwide. Arthur P. Thomas, associate professor…

STEM

iSchool Students Part of Syracuse-Based NYCWiC Conference

Monday, April 6, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The third New York Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (NYC-WiC) is taking place in Syracuse this year, and School of Information Studies (iSchool) students, staff members, groups and alumnae are part of its planning and presentations. The conference, scheduled Friday, April…

Campus & Community

University Community Walks All Night to Raise Money in Fight Against Cancer

Monday, April 6, 2015, By News Staff

From 6 p.m. on April 18 through 6 a.m. on April 19, students, faculty and staff will come together for a common goal: fighting cancer through Relay for Life, an overnight walk-a-thon. Participants will walk around the Dome turf to…

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

ITS Sentinels: Students Defending University’s Network Digital Assets

Thursday, March 26, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

In the last two years, Information Technology and Service (ITS) has ramped up the hiring of student employees for its Information Security (InfoSec) team. Called ITS Sentinels, these students work diligently to defend the University against online threats and security…