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Student startups win more than $150,000 at Emerging Talk

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By News Staff

Thirty-seven student startups won a combined $153,200 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on March 30 at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out…

Room to Read founder John Wood to deliver inaugural Phanstiel Lecture

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

John Wood, founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, will deliver the inaugural Phanstiel Lecture on Tuesday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. The lecture is part of SU’s Philanthropy Week, which raises awareness of…

Health & Society

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club honors two School of Education colleagues for excellence and leadership

Thursday, March 29, 2012, By News Staff

Two members of the School of Education’s Partnership for Better Education and Center for Graduate Preparation and Achievement received honors from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. Christabel O. B. Sheldon, director of the Ronald E….

Second annual Syracuse Air Guitar Competition to be held April 14

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By News Staff

Central New York Air Guitarists, get ready to rock for the Second Annual Syracuse Air Guitar Competition April 14 at the Red House, 201 South West St., Syracuse. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and competition begins at 8 p.m. The…

Campus & Community

Careers in Aging: An informal event for students

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Looking for a career? Ever thought about gerontology, one of the fastest growing fields in the country?

SU Showcase video competition deadline is March 30

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Two $250 awards are on the line in the SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 video competition. But to have a shot at them, students must register their video concepts by this Friday, March 30.  SU Showcase organizers are calling on…

IVMF issues analysis of 2011 BLS annual report on employment situation of veterans

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Unemployment rate increases most significantly for post-9/11 female vets ages 18-24 In relation to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has released The Employment Situation of Veterans: 2011,…

Conference celebrates internationally renowned mathematician

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mathematical researchers and graduate students from across the United States and Canada will converge on the Syracuse University campus April 13-15 to celebrate internationally renowned mathematical theorist Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz and to discuss the intersection of two diverse areas of mathematical…

SU named to 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of only eight institutions in New York state to be named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. SU has been named for the sixth consecutive year. The honor roll, launched in…

Campus & Community

Luvenia Cowart to receive Rubenstein Social Justice Award March 27

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

In honor of her tireless work advocating for the health needs of underserved populations, Luvenia Cowart, Ed.D., R.N., executive director and co-founder of the Genesis Health Project Network, will receive the 2012 Daniel and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award.