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Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

SU Sustainability Division, Bird Library collaborate on new e-waste program

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

As a part of the Syracuse University Sustainability Division’s recycling campaign, a new e-waste recycling program was launched for students on campus. Through this Sustainability Division and Bird Library joint venture, collection bins are located in the library’s first floor…

Switching subject categories could improve test scores

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

New research on ‘output interference’ published in Psychological Science Students of all ages could improve their test scores if the category of information changed abruptly midway through the test, according to a new study on memory by researchers from Syracuse…

Marilyn Higgins one of five newly appointed to Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement & economic development  at Syracuse University, is one of five newly appointed to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. Higgins, nominated by Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle (NY-25), will be sworn in Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel to host conversation on creating spaces for inclusion

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hendricks Chapel will host a conversation on “Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism: Creating Spaces for Inclusion” on Wednesday, April 25, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room.

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse students take first at regional advertising competition

Monday, April 23, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Advertising students from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications were winners at the 2012 American Advertising Federation (AAF) regional competition (District 2), held earlier this month in New York City. Newhouse students have won at regional competitions three times…

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month culminates with lecture on cross-cultural leadership

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, is bringing Judy Shen-Filerman, founder and principal of Dreambridge Partners, to campus on Tuesday, April 24, to conclude SU’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Shen-Filerman will give…

New restaurant, Windows on the Green Bistro, opens at Drumlins Country Club

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

A new restaurant, Windows on the Green Bistro, is now open at Drumlins Country Club. This new restaurant will be serving contemporary American cuisine in a casual atmosphere overlooking the beautiful Drumlins golf courses.  Windows on the Green Bistro will…

Student film on 9/11 to be screened at Newhouse April 30

Friday, April 20, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

“We Were Quiet Once,” a film by Newhouse students Laura Beachy and Cory Sage, will be screened on Monday, April 30, at 5 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. A Q-and-A and reception will follow. The film…

Secretary of State Clinton to visit Maxwell School, speak at Hendricks

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By News Staff

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit the Maxwell School and the Syracuse University campus on Monday, April 23, to meet with students and then engage in a policy conversation entitled “America and the World” with Maxwell School…