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Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…

Health & Society

SU Wellness Week to Kick Off April 15

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s second annual Wellness Week, presented by Health & Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, and in sponsorship with Tops Friendly Markets, will kick off Monday, April 15. A variety of campus departments and student organizations have…

Mayfest 2013 Celebration Set for April 26

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University will celebrate Mayfest 2013 on Friday, April 26, from 1-6 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. Mayfest marks the arrival of spring and the end of the school year with live entertainment, prizes and free…

2013 Poster Project Unveiling Ceremony Slated April 18

Friday, April 5, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse Poster Project will unveil its 12th annual poster series Thursday, April 18, from 6-8 p.m. at City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St. The Syracuse Poster Project brings together community poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry illustrations for the city’s poster panels.

Princeton Scholar to Explore Link Between Poetry and Art

Friday, April 5, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Leonard Barkan analyzes works by Caravaggio, Michelangelo and Shakespeare The relationship between poetry and visual art is the subject of a lecture by Leonard Barkan, a Princeton University professor and an expert on European culture, on Thursday, April 18, at…

Shadow Day Program Celebrates 15 Years

Friday, April 5, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

For 15 years University College (UC) carried forward the dream of an SU student who initiated a program as a project in her leadership class. Shadow Day, founded in 1998, was the brainchild of Kamika Dunlap ’99. It fosters community…

#CUSEtoATL: Capturing the Spirit of Orange Nation

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The Orange Nation is not so much a place, as a state of mind. You can be anywhere in the country—or the world—and still be in the heart of the Orange Nation. So, as the men’s basketball team prepares for…

BBI Receives $100,000 Gift to Technology Program for Children with Disabilities

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By News Staff

Barb and Greg G’91 Tresness have announced a commitment of $100,000 to the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. The donation will fund the creation of Communication Hope through Assistive Technology (CHAT), a program to assist youth with disabilities…

SU Humanities Center Ends Semester with Back-to-Back Programming

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Topics include transgenerational trauma, the Nuremberg Trial, Afro-Brazilian politics The Syracuse University Humanities Center concludes its spring schedule—and fifth anniversary—with a series of back-to-back events. They include a Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture by Meera Lee titled “Transgenerational Trauma, Phantom Emotion”…

New Course Will Help Students Build Concrete Skills in Community Organizing

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A new course in the fall 2013 semester will teach students key skills of organizing by leading a community engagement project on campus. “Community Organizing: People, Power and Change” (SWK 400/CFE 400) will meet on Wednesdays from 2:15-5 p.m., and…