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Health & Society

BE Wise Campaign Wins First Place in National SAMHSA Challenge

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s BE Wise campaign, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, won first place and a prize of $60,000 in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Challenge. SAMHSA opened the challenge this past May to help…

Campus & Community

Movement on Main Prototype comes to Near West Side Nov. 6

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near West Side Initiative (NWSI) and UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research and Real Estate in the School of Architecture invite members of the community to experience a prototype of the Movement on Main competition-winning design, “Light-Play!,” on Wednesday,…

Media, Law & Policy

New D.C. Externship Program Offered to Syracuse Law Students for Spring 2014

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The College of Law has one of the longest running and most respected Law in London programs in the country, and now law students can add Washington, D.C., to the list of programs for experiential learning. Beginning in January 2014,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Partners with HootSuite to Offer Social Media Certification

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School and HootSuite have officially announced the launch of the Advanced Social Media Strategy (ASMS) Certificate. Geared toward working professionals, the ASMS Certificate is earned online through 15 self-paced lessons on social media strategy, including the following topic…

Arts & Culture

601 Tully Hosts ‘Nourish’ Exhibit and Events through Dec. 6

Monday, October 28, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

601 Tully, a center for artistic co-production of culture on the Near West Side of Syracuse, presents a new exhibition open through Dec. 6. “Nourish” explores the many ways that people make choices about their food, sustenance and nutrition, what…

Campus & Community

SU Abroad to Add Program in Poland in Fall 2014

Monday, October 28, 2013, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Fall 2014 will mark the launch of a new SU Abroad program, open to students from Syracuse University and other U.S. colleges and universities. Running in the fall semester only, “The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation” will offer students a…

Business & Economy

Brown Elected to Board of Directors for NYS Business Council

Friday, October 25, 2013, By Lindsay Wickham

Terry Brown, executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, was recently elected to a three-year term as a member of the Business Council of New York’s board of directors. In addition, he received…

Campus & Community

Live Virtual Conference: ‘Accessing Higher Ground’

Friday, October 25, 2013, By News Staff

All SU faculty and staff are invited to the virtual version of “Accessing Higher Ground,” a live, web-based conference focused on accessible media, web and technology, presented by the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD). The 16th annual conference…

Social Work Students Explore Corrections, Mental Health System

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Jails and prisons have become the nation’s largest psychiatric institutions, especially for low-income persons and persons of color. The National Sheriffs’ Association reports that in virtually every county across the country, county jails hold more people with severe psychiatric illness…

Youth-Driven Summit Is Saturday

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The SALT District of the Near Westside, in cooperation with the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, will present the #TURNUPCUSETOWN Youth Summit on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Fowler High…