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Campus & Community

Schine Box Office Hours During Spring Break

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Schine Box Office hours during spring break: Friday, March 10, noon-5 p.m.; Saturday, March 11-Sunday, March 19, closed; Monday, March 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact: Kim Green Schine Box Office boxoffice@syr.edu 315.443.4517 kigreen@syr.edu

Campus & Community

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee Seeks New Members and Speaker Recommendations

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The planning committee for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is seeking new members from the Syracuse University community, including students, faculty or staff. The 33rd Dr. King Celebration Dinner will be held in the Carrier Dome in January…

WHAM-TV

Profs. Lysak and Gutterman Offer Thoughts on Press Briefing Shut Out

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Suzanne Lysak, Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism, and Roy Gutterman, Associate Professor and Director of The Tully Center for Free Speech, were both interviewed by WHAM-TV for the story “Media Shut Out of Press Briefing.”

STEM

iPrize, CompeteCNY Make $140,000 Available for Student Pitch Competition

Monday, February 27, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Entrepreneurial students on campus will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a new competition supported in part by the Raymond Von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool)….

Wired

Jeff Hemsley on why Fake News Spread

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Jeff Hemsley, assistant professor, was interviewed by Wired magazine for the article The Internet Made ‘Fake News’ a Thing—Then Made It Nothing

Campus & Community

Actor Derek Luke Speaking Wednesday as Guest of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

Sunday, February 26, 2017, By News Staff

Derek Luke, star of the critically acclaimed film “Antwone Fisher,” will speak on Wednesday, March 1, at 7:11 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3, as guest of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Tickets—$1 for students and the general public—are…

Campus & Community

History-maker at University College: Single Mom, Odds Set Against Her, Flies Past Barriers

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Tani Huddleson finds strength by remembering the hardest point. She was barely 16, a single mother with a newborn child in Mattydale, a gritty working community just north of Syracuse. She had dropped out of high school to care for…

Campus & Community

University Presents Record-Breaking Amount to United Way from Employee Fundraising Campaign

Friday, February 24, 2017, By News Staff

During halftime at Wednesday night’s men’s basketball game, Syracuse University presented the United Way with a record-breaking dollar amount—$240,000—raised through its annual employee fundraising campaign. Just prior to the check presentation, United Way President Frank Lazarski was also recognized by…

Arts & Culture

Sharif Anael-Bey to Speak for Sankofa Lecture Series

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Briana Rinaldo

The Office of Program Development and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) are hosting author Sharif Anael-Bey ’95 for the Sankofa Lecture Series. His presentation—“Black History Month Relevant?”—is Monday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons,…

Campus & Community

Update: Duct Bank Restoration Project Taking Place on South Campus

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Work continues today (Wednesday, February 22) on South Campus to restore duct banks along Skytop Road. Some of the work may be visible from the roadway and could impede traffic between the tennis courts and the Inn Complete. Construction across…