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SU students serve as Balancing the Books tutors
Balancing the Books, a collaboration between Syracuse University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and the Syracuse City School District, is a service learning program geared toward tutoring local middle and high school students in the Syracuse area.
Boston-area alumni and friends join forces, raising $1 million for The Campaign for Syracuse University
Thonis Challenge exceeded by $150,000 Thanks to the leadership of the Boston Regional Council, Syracuse University Trustee Mike Thonis’ inspirational challenge and the loyalty of Boston-area alumni and friends, The Campaign for Syracuse University’s first regional campaign closed out 2010…
SU campus to celebrate Chinese Spring Festival Feb. 4
Spring Festival, the important Chinese holiday marking the arrival of the New Year, begins on Feb. 3. The Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) will simultaneously celebrate the holiday and educate the University community about it through a unique collaboration…
Jonathan Katz to lecture on controversial exhibition, censorship Feb. 7
Light Work, Hendricks Chapel and the LGBT Resource Center have announced a Feb. 7 lecture by Jonathan Katz, co-curator of the important Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.” The talk will take place at…
Students, faculty explore business, cultural implications of Super Bowl in new course offering
A new course, “The Super Bowl and Society,” debuted in the College of Human Ecology this semester. With enrollment of more than 100 students, SPM 199 explores the evolution and strategic brilliance that has allowed a football game to become a…
Syracuse University’s endowment funds had positive investment return of 17.2 percent in 2009-10
Syracuse University’s long-term invested endowment funds returned 17.2 percent in fiscal year 2009-10, outperforming a number of peer institutions and making significant gains after the effects of the 18-month long global economic crisis. As a result of this investment performance,…
Ray Smith Symposium continues music of conflict theme with ‘Refugees and Exile,’ Feb. 17-18
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong exploration of “Music of Conflict and Reconciliation” with a two-day program titled “Refugees and Exile.” Events include a colloquium, featuring ethnomusicologists Michael Frishkopf (University of…
SU in the News: Thursday, January 27, 2011
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the performance of Syracuse University’s endowment, as reported annually by the NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. The Utica Observer-Dispatch highlighted an upcoming performance at…
SU in the News: Thursday, January 27
Arts and Sciences’ David Yaffe writes in Village Voice on Bob Dylan