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eBay’s Oliver to speak at iSchool convocation

Friday, January 25, 2013, By News Staff

Bence Oliver ’95, Syracuse University alumnus and director of strategic sourcing at eBay, will deliver the 2013 convocation speech at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) on May 11. “Bence embodies many qualities we hope our graduates will relate to,”…

Arts & Culture

Bandier Program to present talk by U.S. Copyright Office law clerk Andrew Beyda ’11

Friday, January 25, 2013, By Erica Blust

Andrew Beyda ’11, a law clerk with the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Copyright Office, a service unit of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., will give a talk on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m….

Campus & Community

Submit to ‘Too Hard To Keep (Syracuse)’

Friday, January 25, 2013, By News Staff

In 2010, Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus initiated a growing archive of photos deemed “too hard to keep.” T.H.T.K. (Too Hard to Keep) is a place for photographs, photo-objects and even digital files to exist when they are too difficult to…

Campus & Community

Spring Is Right around the Corner. Be Ready!

Friday, January 25, 2013, By News Staff

Drumlins Country Club offers two 18-hole golf courses The Private East Course • Now accepting applications for the 2013 season • This year, new tiered rate structure – click here for 2013 rates • Corporate memberships available • Leagues available…

Campus & Community

Campus community takes cold weather spell in stride

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Cold weather and Central New York go together like milk and cookies, ham and eggs or sweatpants under jeans. That last one is how student Brendan Donovan is trying to stay warm.

Arts & Culture

Mangurian Foundation commits $75,000 challenge gift to kick start marching band uniform campaign

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By Erica Blust

When the Syracuse University Marching Band (SUMB) makes its Atlantic Coast Conference debut next year, the band members hope to step onto the field at the Carrier Dome looking as good as they sound.

STEM

Global Game Jam planned for Jan. 25-27

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be a host site for the Global Game Jam event, where students and other game developers gather together to make innovative games. For 48 hours Jan. 25-27, participants at the iSchool and across…

STEM

Students head to Buffalo for tech road trip

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By J.D. Ross

On Jan. 18, nearly 40 School of Information Studies (iSchool) students headed down the Thruway to Buffalo to learn about technology practices at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, and First Niagara Center, home of the Buffalo Sabres….

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

Campus & Community

Surveying Faculty and Staff for a Healthier Campus

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Susan Furtney, who heads the University Wellness Initiative, wants faculty and staff members to envision what a dynamic, accessible network of health and wellness programs on campus would look like. Healthy cooking classes, a South Campus trail system and access to onsite cholesterol checks—or other possibilities to be suggested by the campus community—are some options to think about.