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Spring Cleaning Takes Place in Thornden Park

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By News Staff

Students Join Thornden Park Association for Park Clean-Up Thornden Park shook off the remnants of winter with the help of a group of SU students over the weekend. Volunteers from the Thornden Park Association directed teams of students as they…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

Directors Headline Experimental Film Series at SU, University of Rochester

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Program celebrates experimental film of past and present Independent filmmakers Morgan Fisher and Kevin Jerome Everson are among those scheduled to participate in a new screening series, taking place at Syracuse University and the University of Rochester. The CNYX screening…

‘Who Cares About Kelsey?’ Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker, Star

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll has one goal—to graduate. However, as a freshman in her New Hampshire school notorious for its high dropout rate, Carroll failed to earn a single academic credit. Carroll also carries with her a diagnosis of ADHD, a history of emotional and substance abuse, and the physical scars of self-mutilation. The odds seem stacked against her.

Campus & Community

2013 Annual Light Work Grants in Photography

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

Light Work announces the 2013 Annual Light Work Grants in Photography competition.

Veterans

IVMF’s Haynie to Deliver Keynote Address at VA Tech ‘Veterans in Society’ Conference April 14

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director and founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management , will deliver the opening keynote address at the “Veterans in…

Foremost Expert on Religion, Morality to Present Lecture April 16

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Robert Merrihew Adams of UNC-Chapel Hill is defender of theistic morality The Syracuse University Humanities Center continues its spring symposium series with a lecture by one of the world’s leading authorities on morality, religion and metaphysics. Robert Merrihew Adams, Distinguished…

Internet, Twitter Sensation Mastin Kipp Serves Soulful Inspiration to Campus

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

Mastin Kipp, founder of TheDailyLove.com, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the weekly student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype this Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in 201 Hall of Languages. The event will be free and open…

Students Organize Cardboard Campout, Donation Drive April 18 on SU Quad

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Michele Barrett

In the past year, an average of 235 people who might otherwise have been homeless stayed at the Rescue Mission shelter nightly. On April 18, 26 students enrolled in SPM 101, “Personal and Social Responsibility,”will sleep in cardboard boxes overnight…

Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…