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Veterans

Football fans support Habitat’s Veterans’ Build

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University football fans helped “raise the roof” for Syracuse Habitat for Humanity’s first Veterans’ Build in New York state. Volunteers sought donations at various locations on campus and at entrances to the Carrier Dome prior to the game. More…

Arts & Culture

Leading public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah to give opening lecture Tuesday

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the keynote lecture of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium™ on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Syracuse Symposium™ is a semester-long exploration of the public humanities presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center for The College of…

Health & Society

Garcia honored as outstanding educator during Onondaga County Hispanic Heritage Month

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Michele Barrett

As the local community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Syracuse University professor of social work Alejandro Garcia will be honored as an outstanding educator. The award will be presented at the opening ceremony that will kick off the…

Campus & Community

‘Haitian Education Mission Project’ at Sept. 15 IRP

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Karen Dross, a retired Syracuse City School District teacher and volunteer in Haiti, will present the “Haitian Education Mission Project” at the Sept. 15 session of Institute for Retired People (IRP). Meetings are held on every first and third Thursday of…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, September 8, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

BBC speaks with College of Law’s David M. Crane on British and American taxes and jobs

Campus & Community

SU students explore graduate school possibilities at Graduate & Professional School Day

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

More than 110 graduate school representatives will descend upon Syracuse University’s Kenneth A. Shaw Quad on Wednesday, Sept. 21, as students line up to learn about their programs and explore graduate school possibilities. Graduate & Professional School Day will take place…

Campus & Community

Local Internship Fair to bring more than 100 employers to campus Sept. 21

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, Syracuse University’s Kenneth A. Shaw Quad will be abuzz with networking conversations as students connect with local organizations about internship opportunities in the Central New York region. The Local Internship Fair will take place from 11…

STEM

SU physicist aids in discovery of predicting breaking points in disordered solids

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered structure makes such predictions a more daunting task. A collaboration of…

STEM

Developmental biologist garners highly competitive National Institutes of Health grant

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

Katharine Lewis, associate professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to systematically identify genes that instruct spinal cord nerve cells (neurons) to develop into specialized cells that are critical to walking, running and countless movements…

Campus & Community

IRP call for new members

Wednesday, September 7, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The Institute for Retired People (IRP), a program for anyone age 50 and over, is seeking new members for the 2011-12 year.