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SU Opera Theater to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Gondoliers’

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Opera Theater will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers” Jan. 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. Admission is free for SU students with a valid SU…

Five will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards at Jan. 21 celebration

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards will be presented to five members of the Syracuse University or greater Syracuse communities during Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of…

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SU students tutor, mentor through Literacy Corps

Tuesday, January 3, 2012, By News Staff

Tutoring and mentoring through the Syracuse University Literacy Corps (SULC) is a unique, challenging and rewarding experience working with students in the Syracuse City School District to improve their literacy skills. This year, more than 244 tutors from SU at 50…

Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’

Monday, December 19, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from…

iSchool and Microsoft partner on social networking experiment

Friday, December 16, 2011, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Microsoft Corporation announce a partnership to better understand how Microsoft’s new social software So.cl can be used with students who have grown up with social software, study information science and design communication tools. So.cl…

SU’s South Side Innovation Center receives support to train entrepreneurs for clean energy sector

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By News Staff

New program to put residents of Syracuse’s South Side and others on career pathway to employability and entrepreneurship The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced today that it is providing funding to Syracuse University’s South Side…

Syracuse University Library acquires papers of architect Morris Lapidus

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has acquired the personal papers of the flamboyant and trend-setting architect Morris Lapidus. Lapidus, who died in 2001, is perhaps best known for hotels like the Fontainebleau, Americana and Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Fla., buildings which embodied…

Women’s input on business sought at roundtable

Thursday, December 8, 2011, By Lindsay Wickham

National SBA advocacy representative to host roundtable for local women entrepreneurs In an effort to collect information about women entrepreneurs in the Central New York region, Teri Coaxum of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy will host…

SU students host first annual student leadership conference in Feb. 2012

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University students who participate in the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) are planning and hosting the first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. It will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference…

Creative writing by Somali Bantu refugee students to appear on Connective Corridor buses

Monday, December 5, 2011, By News Staff

Creative writing by Somali Bantu refugee students will be revealed on one of the Connective Corridor buses Monday, Dec. 5, as part of the Corridor’s new In Motion program. The Somali Bantu teenagers responsible for the prose will be surprised…