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Campus & Community

Syracuse and Sustainability Go Hand in Hand

Friday, April 24, 2015, By Keith Kobland

When someone mentions the word “sustainable,” what comes to mind? Is it the environment? Is it your family? Is it your finances? Sustainability can take on many different forms. At Syracuse University, sustainability means identifying and promoting sustainable practices that…

Verbal Blend to Host Campus-Wide Student Poetry Slam Featuring Rudy Francisco

Thursday, April 23, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Nu Rho Poetic Society  will co-host the annual Take the Mic Poetry Slam featuring Rudy Francisco on Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce…

Campus & Community

Community Engagement Honored at Annual CAPES Award Ceremony

Wednesday, April 22, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University will honor students, faculty, staff and community partners who exemplify SU’s commitment to engagement with the community and public scholarship at the 2015 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship (CAPES). The awards will be given at a…

SBA Administrator Announces Funding to Support Expansion of Services to Vets

Wednesday, April 22, 2015, By News Staff

Maria Contreras-Sweet, the 24th administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, held a press conference at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) on Tuesday, April 21, to announce that the…

Arts & Culture

Department of Art B.F.A. Senior Exhibition Opens April 23

Tuesday, April 21, 2015, By Erica Blust

The Department of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present the “2015 BFA Senior Exhibit,” featuring work by bachelor of fine arts degree candidates, April 23-May 10 on the fourth floor of Smith Hall. An opening…

Campus & Community

Nancy Leu ’15 leverages hard work, networking into pre-graduation job offer

Tuesday, April 21, 2015, By Amy Manley

Nancy Leu ’15 will have one less thing to worry about as she prepares for graduation ceremonies this May. The political science and policy studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School was offered a…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Hosts Annual Holtz Alumni Awards

Monday, April 20, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Whitman School will honor Theodore Spall, Jr., ’69, with the Jonathan J. Holtz Alumnus of the Year Award at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 29, at 3 p.m. in Whitman’s Lender Auditorium. The Jonathan J. Holtz Alumnus of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Technology Commercialization Law Program at College of Law Redesignated as NYS Science and Technology Law Center

Monday, April 20, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The College of Law has announced that it has been redesignated as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation. The center was established at the College of Law…

Survivor Love Letter Event in Honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Monday, April 20, 2015, By Shannon Andre

On-campus peer education groups Sex-Esteem, Mentors in Violence Prevention, e5m, Pride Union, SASSE, AMI and Sex SYMBALS, with support from the Office of Health Promotion, Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team and the LGBT Resource Center, hope to spread messages…

Campus & Community

Award-Winning Poet and Memoirist Mary Karr to Give 2015 Commencement Address

Friday, April 17, 2015, By News Staff

Karr will also be awarded an honorary degree, a Doctor of Humane Letters, at the 161st Commencement exercises.