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Connective Corridor Announces Second Round of Facade Grants

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

Partners with Central New York Community Foundation on new Syracuse Beautification Fund Syracuse University today announced the recipients of $250,000 in the second round of Connective Corridor Façade Improvement grants to 16 businesses who will make significant investments to improve…

Health & Society

‘The Subject is Sports’ Open to All

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

Free massive open online course begins Oct. 14, explores historical, business perspectives of sport Sport is a business that entertains and inspires, bridging generations, time zones and cultures. In 2012, the sport industry in the United States alone was valued…

Campus & Community

University Community Encouraged to Share Pan Am 103 Reflections

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

As the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 approaches, members of the Syracuse University community are invited to share their reflections on the tragedy. “Telling the Stories: The Pan Am 103 Story Archive Project” is an attempt…

STEM

Biologists Confirm Role of Sperm Competition in Formation of New Species

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Rob Enslin

‘Current Biology’ article marks culmination of six years of research Biologists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed that reproductive isolation, a critical step in the formation of new species, can arise from diversifying sperm competition. Their…

STEM

SU App Challenge Applications Open Oct. 1

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Diane Stirling

For a second year, students across the SU campus can showcase their software and hardware application creativity while competing for $2,500 in prizes at the fall SU App Challenge. Competition founder Keisuke Inoue, an instructor for the School of Information…

Campus & Community

Program Change in Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

Due to unavoidable circumstances, the closing night screening for the 11th annual Human University Human Rights Film Festival has been changed. The festival will now close on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Life Sciences Auditorium (LSB001) with “Kai…

STEM

SU Physicist Develops Model for Studying Tissue Pattern Formation

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Professor Lisa Manning wants to know if embryonic tissue behaves more like a solid or liquid—and why A team of scientists, including M. Lisa Manning, assistant professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, has developed a model…

Arts & Culture

Five Distinguished Alumni to Receive George Arents Award during Orange Central

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni, representing excellence in the areas of the performing arts; art; fashion design; advertising, wellness and philanthropy; and literature will be honored with the George Arents Award during the University’s 2013 Orange Central celebration. Those who…

Campus & Community

Free parking, public transportation available for Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Last-minute preparations are being made for the first annual Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo, taking place this weekend at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool, N.Y. The expo runs Saturday, Sept. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept….

Campus & Community

King Center Imaging Project Exhibition on Campus Will Be on Display Sept. 30-Oct. 1

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is bringing its exhibition booth celebrating the King Center Imaging Project to the Syracuse University campus on Monday, Sept. 30, and Tuesday, Oct. 1. The booth, which showcases digital images of key documents from Martin Luther…