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MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 to Maxwell School for housing affordability research

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $500,000 to Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study how housing affordability affects decisions made by older adults about their health care, living arrangements and well-being. The…

Gift baskets to be auctioned at Luthern Campus Ministry Music Festival

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Lutheran Campus Ministry will hold its sixth annual Music Festival and Basket Auction on Sunday, April 29, from 2-5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 210 Hazel St. in Liverpool. The event will include music coordinated by Gayle…

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SU Ph.D. student Jessica Kuskey wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Jessica Kuskey, a Ph.D. student in the English Department in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received the Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award at the Syracuse University Library Associates annual spring luncheon on April 26. Her essay is titled…

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OTN to host benefit concert on Saturday

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

Join Orange Television Network, headlining act Good Neighbors and opening act Stephen Babcock for “Funk Cancer,” a benefit concert event at Funk N Waffles this Saturday at 7pm. All proceeds will support Paige’s Butterfly Run, a local non-profit funding pediatric…

Department of Art B.F.A. candidates to exhibit thesis work at XL Projects

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

An exhibition of thesis work by bachelor of fine arts degree candidates from the Department of Art in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will be held May 2-13 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. A…

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Students, organizations recognized at 44 Stars event

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Student Activities, within the Division of Student Affairs, honored individual students and recognized student organizations for their hard work and dedication at the 44 Stars of Excellence Awards and Gala Celebration on April 17. Sponsored by Macy’s…

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,…