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Advocating for the Needs of Transgender People

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Michele Barrett

For the past nine years, Deborah Coolhart has provided a much-needed resource in the Syracuse community. Almost as many years ago, Coolhart, an assistant professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), was one of only a few…

Library Awarded $280,000 NEH Grant for Phase Two of Marcel Breuer Digital Project

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Syracuse University Library a $280,000 grant for phase two of a project that created a digital scholarly edition of the works of Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. The new project, titled…

Spring Cleaning Takes Place in Thornden Park

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By News Staff

Students Join Thornden Park Association for Park Clean-Up Thornden Park shook off the remnants of winter with the help of a group of SU students over the weekend. Volunteers from the Thornden Park Association directed teams of students as they…

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.

What’s Being Built on South: An Outdoor Challenge Course

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By News Staff

The word is out on the Division of Student Affairs campaign asking the question “What’s Being Built on South?” The Department of Recreation Services is building an outdoor challenge course on South Campus with an outdoor education center, which will…

Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2013 Mirror Awards Competition

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2013 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 5 in New York City. The finalists,…

‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Star

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate. However, as a freshman in her New Hampshire school notorious for its high dropout rate, Carroll failed to earn a single academic credit. Carroll also carries with her a diagnosis of ADHD, a history of emotional and substance abuse, and the physical scars of self-mutilation. The odds seem stacked against her.

Campus & Community

2013 Summer Institute on Creative Collaboration and Conflict Resolution

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

The Summer Institute is a series of 3-credit, workshop-style courses designed to enable participants to manage disputes and differences collaboratively in both professional and personal settings. The Institute draws on the highly regarded faculty of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and…

Veterans

IVMF’s Haynie to Deliver Keynote Address at VA Tech ‘Veterans in Society’ Conference April 14

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director and founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management , will deliver the opening keynote address at the “Veterans in…

Students Organize Cardboard Campout, Donation Drive April 18 on SU Quad

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Michele Barrett

In the past year, an average of 235 people who might otherwise have been homeless stayed at the Rescue Mission shelter nightly. On April 18, 26 students enrolled in SPM 101, “Personal and Social Responsibility,”will sleep in cardboard boxes overnight…