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Carrie Grogan Abbott appointed director of Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs

Monday, December 5, 2011, By News Staff

The Division of Student Affairs has announced the appointment of Carrie Grogan Abbott as the director of the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP). Abbott joined the office on Nov. 16. “Given Carrie’s strong collaboration skills, rich experiences in…

‘300 Miles to Freedom’ to be screened at Harlem’s historic First Corinthian Baptist Church on Dec. 15

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The New York City debut of “300 Miles to Freedom,” a documentary film celebrating the life of fugitive slave John W. Jones, will take place at the historic First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem (1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)…

VPA M.F.A. thesis show ‘Fishing from the Beach’ travels to West Coast

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Erica Blust

“Fishing from the Beach,” the 2011 master of fine arts (M.F.A.) thesis show of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), has opened on the West Coast at the Arcade Gallery of the San Pedro Arts & Academic…

Media, Law & Policy

Call for entries: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting 2011 are now being accepted by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Deadline for entries is Jan. 14, 2012. Entries should be submitted online at…

Campus & Community

Campus events to be held today in support of United Way

Friday, December 2, 2011, By News Staff

The Newhouse School and Bird Library will hold events today, Dec. 2, to raise money for the United Way of Central New York.

Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…

Play Your Own Hand: $45,000 in cash prizes at Spring Panasci Business Plan Competition

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, By Lindsay Wickham

Turn your business dreams into reality. Entrepreneurship is thriving on the Syracuse University campus and students from any major or school have the chance to embrace the entrepreneur within and follow their business ideas. Whether it’s just an idea, a…

‘An Inside Look at Your Onondaga County Library’ at this week’s IRP

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

At the Dec. 1 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP), Elizabeth Dailey, executive director of the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL) system, will discuss the operation of the OCPL, the trends in library services and usage, and current…

SU veteran entrepreneurship programs cited in Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development report

Monday, November 28, 2011, By News Staff

As more than 1 million servicemen and women prepare to return home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next five years, the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, created by President Obama, has issued a…

Campus & Community

Message from Chancellor Cantor (Nov. 27)

Sunday, November 27, 2011, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, & Alumni: Tonight, in the wake of troubling new allegations that emerged in the media today, I am writing to let you know that Bernie Fine’s employment at the University has been terminated effective immediately. Frankly,…