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Campus & Community

Solar Panels on South Campus Help SU Reach Energy Goals

Monday, November 25, 2013, By News Staff

Tyler Poyant read a Tweet over the summer stating that solar thermal panels were being installed on South Campus apartments. Having lived on South Campus last year and planning to again this year, this environmental step made by SU affects…

Arts & Culture

SU Professor Organizes ‘Visual Literacy’ Institute to Strengthen Immigrant Voice

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Using art to develop language and literacy was the theme of a recent two-day institute at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Among the organizers was Amanda Brown, assistant professor of linguistics in The College of Arts and Sciences….

Arts & Culture

‘Holidays at Hendricks’ Heralds the Season Dec. 8

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“Holidays at Hendricks,” the annual Syracuse University holiday concert featuring the Hendricks Chapel Choir, the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE) and University Organist Kola Owolabi, will fill Hendricks Chapel with the sound of music on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Campus & Community

What Are You Thankful For?

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Keith Kobland

With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, we asked students and their parents what they’re most thankful for, and what they’re bringing home for break. The answer would make the Maytag repairman proud. What am I thankful for from Syracuse University…

Arts & Culture

Jane Springer to Conclude Fall Carver Reading Series Dec. 4

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Renée K. Gadoua

Poet Jane Springer will conclude Syracuse University’s Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the…

Media, Law & Policy

Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.

Media, Law & Policy

A Video in Courage

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Kevin Gendron ’17 has given a voice to the most vulnerable of victims in society—as part of a project that doesn’t say a word.

Health & Society

Q&A: Kelly Lux Talks about Using Electronics on Planes

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Kelly Lux, director of social media at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), answered some questions about the recent change in Federal Aviation Administration rules regarding the use of electronic devices by airplane passengers. Passengers are now allowed to use…

Campus & Community

Every International Student has a Story

Thursday, November 21, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Videographers at student-run web portal The NewsHouse are honing their storytelling skills by taking a worldwide view right on the Syracuse University campus. As part of a project assigned by their instructor, Jonathan Glass, students conducted interviews with international students…

STEM

Climate Change Garden Mixes the Future with the Present

Thursday, November 21, 2013, By News Staff

Scientists expect Central New York’s climate to more closely resemble that of South Carolina by the end of this century, and ecologists have long warned that our local forests of sugar maple and basswood may gradually change to the drier oak-hickory forests of the U.S. South and Midwest.