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Faculty and Staff Assistance Program and Healthy Monday co-sponsor depression screenings

Monday, October 1, 2012, By News Staff

If you are feeling overwhelmed or depressed, or just not enjoying life, it may be time to pause and take a moment to assess your emotional health.

Distinguished alumni panel will speak Oct. 4 on emerging issues in immigration law

Friday, September 28, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Three distinguished Syracuse University College of Law alumni will participate in a panel discussion on “Emerging Issues in Immigration Law” on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. The discussion, held in honor of Latino Heritage Month 2012…

Shattering barriers: Jerry Robinson

Friday, September 28, 2012, By News Staff

Nothing stops Jerry Robinson. Nothing. After graduating as salutatorian in college and landing a job with a global financial company, Robinson continues to do what he knows best—shatter barriers. The budding scholar, born with cerebral palsy, is now pursuing a…

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SU in the News: Wednesday, September 26

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Korea Times opinion piece on pop culture and Korea’s social media footprint cites analysis of a viral video phenomenon by Ines Mergel, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School….

GRP Records founder Larry Rosen to visit Syracuse Oct. 2

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Legendary music entrepreneur Larry Rosen is coming to Syracuse. Co-founder of the contemporary jazz label GRP Records, Rosen will discuss music entrepreneurship on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. at CNY Jazz Central (441 East Washington St.). The event is…

SU to hold day of remembrance Oct. 10 for Bassel Shahade

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University will host a day of remembrance for slain Syrian film student Bassel Shahade on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Shahade, a Fulbright Scholar and native of Damascus, Syria, was killed in Homs, Syria, on May 28 while working as a…

Researchers work to fingerprint hydrofracking water quality

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mary Beth Jones of Apalachin, N.Y., lives near “ground zero” of the hotly contested hydrofracking debate swirling across New York State. Her land sits above the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, and like many of her neighbors, Jones is concerned about risks…

Author to present ‘Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women’

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By News Staff

Jennifer L. Pozner, author of “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV” (Seal Press, 2010), will speak Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater on “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women.” A…

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Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women

Monday, September 24, 2012, By News Staff

Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women (… and men, people of color, the economy, love, sex and sheer common sense!) Do you ever wonder… why reality TV frames humiliation of women as the “perfect fairy tale romance”?…

High school kicks off SUPA Academy with academic pep rally

Thursday, September 20, 2012, By News Staff

As an inner city school, Murry Bergtraum High School—located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side—may face many challenges, but that has not stopped it from believing and investing in its students. One way Murry Bergtraum is showing its commitment to its…