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Arts & Culture

Q and A: Humanities Center’s Gregg Lambert speaks on peace

Friday, August 31, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and Founding Director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, answers questions on the topic of world peace. What is your perspective on world peace and how it can be achieved? In her filmed…

STEM

Craftistas takes top place in Student Sandbox Demo Day competition

Thursday, August 16, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Startup entrepreneur Camille Malkiewicz found out that going last among 15 presenters in the RvD IDEA Student Sandbox Demo Day competition had its benefits, after all. Her company, Craftistas, took first place, winning $1,000, a travel stipend, and most importantly,…

Campus & Community

SU London staff member volunteers as ‘Games Maker’ during 2012 Olympics

Thursday, August 9, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London have undeniably captivated the world, and one Syracuse University staff member is doing her part to make this global-scale event in her home city a success. From the beginning of the games, Ria…

STEM

Stripling a key speaker at 2012 NYLA/SSL Leadership Institute Retreat

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

The librarianship profession is witnessing a major shift in library sciences as over 45 states adopt the Common Core State Standards Initiative to offer students high-quality education to prepare for college and careers beyond high school. To help school librarians…

STEM

SU students take second place in robotic lawnmower competition

Friday, June 15, 2012, By News Staff

A team of four Syracuse University students took second place in the static competition at the ninth annual ION Robotic Lawnmower Competition in Beavercreek, Ohio. The SU team spent $37,000 less on its design than the winning team. Andrew Cash,…

IVMF takes part in Celebration of Service Honoring Female Veterans

Thursday, June 7, 2012, By News Staff

JPMorgan Chase & Co., founding partner of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), is hosting the “Celebration of Service Honoring Female Veterans,” an event featuring various information sessions that provide female veterans with valuable information…

IVMF takes part in CGI America June 7-8 in Chicago

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director and founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been invited to participate in the second Clinton Global Initiative…

Breakdown Services offers scholarship to educate future casting directors of new Syracuse University casting program

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, By Scott McDowell

Breakdown Services has been working with casting directors since it opened its doors 40 years ago. When founder Gary Marsh attended the most recent CSA Artios awards and heard an announcement about a new collaborative program at Syracuse University’s Tepper…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse student Sawyer Rosenstein speaks at shuttle landing

Thursday, May 17, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Sawyer Rosenstein, a sophomore in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, spoke at the landing of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month. Rosenstein was invited to speak by the president of the…

Arts & Culture

Greytak’s ‘Archaeology of a Woman’ awarded a Gold Remi Award

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, By Erica Blust

Sharon Greytak, professor of practice in film in VPA’s Department of Transmedia and an independent filmmaker, had her newest dramatic feature film “Archaeology of a Woman“ awarded a Gold Remi Award at the 45thWorldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Greytak’s lead actress,…