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Campus & Community

Department of Recreation ServicesThanksgiving Break facility hours

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By News Staff

The Department of Recreation Services Thanksgiving Break Facility Hours are available at rereationservices.syr.edu. Website: recreationservices.syr.edu Contact Person: Eliza Decker, etdecker@syr.edu

Arts & Culture

Paperback writers (and hardcover ones too): SU’s creative writing program turns 50

Thursday, November 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Raymond Carver said that the secret of good writing wasn’t talent—there’s plenty of that around, he added—but a person’s ability to put his signature on everything he does.

Media, Law & Policy

‘Food, Inc.’ documentary screening to be held Nov. 15

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

How much do we really know about the food we buy at local supermarkets? Take a peek under the veil of our nation’s highly mechanized food industry in the final movie of the SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series. The Academy Award…

Business & Economy

Video: Foursquare creator helps concepts grow at Idea Jam

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University graduate and social media site Foursquare creator Dennis Crowley was on hand recently to help young entrepreneurs grow their business ideas during Idea Jam, held at the Hall of Languages November 9th. Crowley served as one of the…

Prediction app created by SU team available for download

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University student entrepreneurs are making their mark, and the latest to do that is PsyQic. PsyQic, which allows users to share predictions on sports, politics, TV shows, movies, business, science, environment, technologies and more, is now available for iOS…

Veterans

BBI’s Southeast ADA Center creates guide for veterans: ‘Know Your Employment Rights Under the ADA’

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By News Staff

The Southeast ADA Center (a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University) and its Kentucky affiliate, MLM Associates, have created an employment rights guide for veterans with disabilities. The guide includes practical information to help veterans with disabilities…

Office of Human Capital Development announces new policies on discrimination and harassment

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced a revised and comprehensive policy regarding sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse. The new policy sets clear parameters and provides specific direction to University employees and the wider SU community with respect to appropriate conduct and the…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse student-reporters experience democracy in action on Election Day

Tuesday, November 6, 2012, By News Staff

  To tell voters’ stories on Election Day, several hundred journalism students—from Syracuse, N.Y., to Miami, Fla., to Phoenix, Ariz.—will share their coverage through a special project coordinated by three professors at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Called…

Campus & Community

Free movie screenings

Monday, November 5, 2012, By News Staff

Friday 11/9- “Girl, Interrupted” Tuesday 11/13- “A Beautiful Mind” Please join Active Minds in creating awareness and a conversation about mental health by participating in this fun social event!   Website: www.facebook.com/syracuseactiveminds?ref=hl#!/events/420800841315564/   Contact Person: Lexy Davis lndavis@syr.edu activemindsatsu@gmail.com

Campus & Community

‘Portrait of Wally’ film screening

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse premiere screening of the documentary film”Portrait of Wally,” 2012, directed by Andrew Shea, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. Lecture by Award Winning Director Andrew Shea at 1 p.m. preceding the film. In 1939,…