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STEM

Leadership and Culture Course, Book in Classroom Field-Testing

Wednesday, November 20, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Good grades, a polished resume and the requisite degree aren’t the only things students need to land a great job after college. However, many college students don’t recognize until too late that employers also require demonstrated leadership qualities in those…

Arts & Culture

‘A Christmas Carol’ Returns to Syracuse Stage

Tuesday, November 19, 2013, By News Staff

The beloved family classic returns to Central New York after a seven-year absence in an adaptation new to Syracuse audiences. “A Christmas Carol” follows the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s fateful Christmas Eve journey from an embittered, ungenerous creature into a…

Arts & Culture

Lemon Elefant to Perform Nov. 21

Tuesday, November 19, 2013, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center will host a concert featuring dynamic rhythm and blues ensemble Lemon Elefant on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held as part of the center’s music series, A Journey through Music…

Media, Law & Policy

Cultivating Entrepreneurial Journalists

Monday, November 18, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Dan Pacheco, Newhouse’s Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair of Journalism Innovation, wants communications students to explore all the ways that storytelling brings words, photos and video to life in compelling ways. A new program, in conjunction with Kickstarter, is giving Newhouse students more opportunities to make that happen.

Campus & Community

Annual Faculty and Staff Holiday Gala in SU Bookstore Nov. 20

Friday, November 15, 2013, By News Staff

Join us Nov. 20 from 4:30-7 p.m. for an evening of holiday savings discounts, author signings and food sampling from recipes selected from cookbooks available for purchase in the University Bookstore. Invited authors and guests include: Edward L. Galvin, Margaret…

STEM

A&S Professor’s Neuroimaging Work Featured in Nature Article

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Corey White, assistant professor of psychology in The College of Arts and Sciences, to get a head start on the competition. White is the focus of a Nov. 6 article in the journal Nature about young scientists…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Invited to Innovation and Opportunities Assessment Forum

Friday, November 15, 2013, By News Staff

As announced in early October, the University is conducting a full assessment of SU’s academic and administrative operations. This “Innovation and Opportunity Assessment” will focus on how the University can most efficiently and effectively deliver services across both the academic and nonacademic areas. It will also identify opportunities for innovations that further advance our mission, build on our existing strengths, and enhance our overall quality and impact.

Campus & Community

VPA Seeks Nominations for Alpert Visiting Artist Program

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is now accepting nominations for the Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist Program. The program was established by Alpert, 1945 alumna of VPA, and her husband, Clement C. Alpert, to bring leading visual…

Veterans

Syracuse University Front and Center in Veterans’ Initiatives

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Carol Boll

As the nation took a collective pause this week for its annual tribute to those who have served in the armed forces, Syracuse University reasserted its standing as a precedent-setting leader and national force for advancing programming and services to meet the needs of veterans.

Health & Society

Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….