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Campus & Community

The Warehouse to be Named in Honor of Chancellor Nancy Cantor

Thursday, November 7, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Thompson G’67 announced last night that The Warehouse—SU’s academic and community facility in downtown Syracuse—will be formally named the “The Nancy Cantor Warehouse” in her honor.

Campus & Community

Five Join Near Westside Initiative Board of Directors

Thursday, November 7, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), housed in Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development, has announced five new members of its board of directors. They are Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District (SCSD); Robert…

Arts & Culture

Stephen Dunn Is Next Carver Speaker

Wednesday, November 6, 2013, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Stephen Dunn G’70 is the next speaker in this semester’s Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is…

Campus & Community

Libraries Offer New Digital Scanner for Microfilm, Fiche

Tuesday, November 5, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A new microfilm/fiche scanner is now available for public use on the third floor of Bird Library. Features of the Indus 4601-SL include scan to file, scan to print, email, OCR and automated multipage scan. The scanning station is connected to…

Campus & Community

Sen. George J. Mitchell to Discuss Pan Am 103, Global Peace in Nov. 12 University Lecture

Monday, November 4, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

American statesman Sen. George J. Mitchell will return to Syracuse University on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to discuss prospects for global peace and how (or if) the world has changed in the 25 years since the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…

STEM

Disrupting Traditional Gender Roles

Monday, November 4, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Both partners in today’s modern couple may each have professional lives outside the home but two careers still equals three jobs—two professions, plus managing a home. And for women, oftentimes, that third job still remains their role. A recent SU Advance speaker pointed out ways to correct that imbalance.

Media, Law & Policy

Art Meets Technology in Newhouse M.I.N.D. Lab

Friday, November 1, 2013, By News Staff

Art meets technology in pioneering ways in a new facility opening Monday, Nov. 4, in the AXA Equitable Tower, located in downtown Syracuse on the Connective Corridor. Newhouse M.I.N.D. Lab is debuting its new world-class research and design center, featuring…

Campus & Community

Bow Tie Sale Will Support Project Transition

Thursday, October 31, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Wearing a bow tie is a way to make a unique fashion statement. During this upcoming Family Weekend, it is also a way to support students and families and strengthen the Syracuse University community. The School of Education, together with…

Media, Law & Policy

Indian filmmaker Onir to Attend Screening of his Film “I Am”

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s South Asia Center, the Newhouse School’s Department of Television, Radio and Film (TRF) and the College of Arts and Sciences’ LGBT Studies program will host a screening of the feature film “I Am” on Monday, Nov. 4, at…

STEM

Reformatted Data Science MOOC Offering Begins Oct. 28

Thursday, October 24, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) is repeating its popular massive online open course (MOOC) offering in data science in an adapted form, beginning Oct. 28. Based on participant feedback, the free course now is being offered as a self-paced…