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WISE Symposium Draws 1,000 Women from the Business Community

Monday, April 22, 2013, By News Staff

If the Twitter stream from #WISE2013 is any indication, the WISE Symposium held on April 16 at the Oncenter in downtown Syracuse was a huge success. Hosted by the Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Center (WISE) Women’s Business Center…

Arts & Culture

‘Good People’ a Funny, Compelling Play for Our Times

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

In this 2011 Tony-nominated play set in Boston, Margie is a single mom who just lost her job, is behind on her rent, and like many today, has zero prospects.

Arts & Culture

2013-14 Syracuse Stage Season Offers Classics Coupled With Hot Contemporary Plays

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage announced its upcoming 2013-2014 season, offering well-known classics coupled with works that have created a significant buzz in New York, around the country and even the globe.

SU Professor George Saunders Named One of TIME Magazine’s TIME 100

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

TIME named George Saunders G’88, professor of English in Syracuse University’sCollege of Arts and Sciences, to the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…

Philanthropy Week Highlights Importance of Giving Back to SU

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Howie Phanstiel ’70, G’71 will talk about his personal philanthropic journey on Friday during Phanstiel Lecture The third annual Philanthropy Week is now under way, with special events planned throughout the week to raise awareness about the vital role philanthropy…

Design Team Selected for Movement on Main: Designing Healthy Main Street

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

A team led by STOSS landscape urbanism, including Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Nitsch Engineering and Angie Cradock Sc.D, MPE, has been selected as the winning design team for the Movement on Main: Designing the Healthy Main Street competition in Syracuse.

Ogilvy & Mather Chairman Emeritus Shelly Lazarus to Visit Newhouse School April 17

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Shelly Lazarus, chairman emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather, will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, April 17, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will present “A Conversation on Advertising, Branding and Leadership” at 6:30 p.m. in…

SU Launches Second Round of Connective Corridor Façade Improvement Program

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University has announced the launch of the second round of the Connective Corridor Façade Improvement Program on the strength of a $250,000 award through Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s regional council initiative. SU was awarded $250,000 from the Central New…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.