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IVMF holds first international expansion of boots to business in England
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) held the first international expansion of its program, Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup,recently at Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base, England. The program, launched this fall in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business…
Winners named in first Student App Competition
Eleven student teams from several Syracuse University schools showcased their big ideas for web and mobile apps Nov. 28 at the inaugural SU Student App Competition. This was a different type of entrepreneurship competition, according to event founder Keisuke Inoue,…
Maxwell’s Henry Lambright penning history of Mars exploration program for NASA
As a graduate student at Columbia University in the early 1960s, Henry Lambright immersed himself in government and political science studies only to discover that his true passion lay a bit farther afield—in outer space.
Students merge scholarship with spoken word Dec. 9
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University, will host its campus-wide “Take the Mic” poetry slam on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Doors will…
Irving Berlin’s musical ‘White Christmas’ delivers romance, comedy, holiday cheer
The title song alone is a celebration and a reminder of a time when the simplest pleasures mattered most and having a big heart was genuinely considered a virtue. Two successful showmen join forces to help out their old army…
Students organize a cappella invitational to benefit Food Bank of CNY
Mary-Jo Robinson, a senior psychology and policy studies major in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, had what she describes as a “crazy epiphany moment” during a class on food justice with guest speaker Michele Jordan from the Interreligious Food Consortium of Central New York (CNY): Organize an invitational a cappella concert to benefit the Food Bank of CNY.
Marion Wilson’s ‘Artists and Social Profit’ class trades art for social good in traveling exhibit
In time for the holiday season, a weeklong community art show will explore the value of creativity and culture as a commodity, versus the value of commercial gifts of exchange. The MLAB (Mobile Literacy Arts Bus) and 601 Tully, in…
NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to keynote 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the national board of directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Carrier Dome.
Dulye Leadership Experience prepares SU students to stand out in tough job market
For every job opening today, there are more than five job seekers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So what does it take to compete and— more importantly—win in the toughest job market in decades? The answers await at…
IVMF partners with Hiring Our Heroes, Hire Heroes USA to launch Google+-powered career resource VetNet
Transitioning from military to civilian life presents a unique set of challenges. To make things easier and provide structure, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and leading organizations Hire Heroes USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative have combined forces to create VetNet.