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Health & Society

Marion Wilson’s ‘Artists and Social Profit’ class trades art for social good in traveling exhibit

Wednesday, November 28, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

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…

Arts & Culture

Award-winning novelist concludes Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, By News Staff

Adam Levin G’04, author of the breakthrough novel “The Instructions” (McSweeney’s, 2010), will present the final installment of the fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…

Campus & Community

VPA ceramics program, Shaped Clay Society to host mug sale Nov. 28-30

Monday, November 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

The ceramics program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Shaped Clay Society, a student-run group in the program, will host their annual mug sale Nov. 28-30 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. in the first-floor galleria of…

Library offers campus-wide access to Chronicle of Higher Education

Wednesday, November 21, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library has secured a campus-wide site license for online access to the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Premium content is available to anyone accessing either website (chronicle.com/ and philanthropy.com/) from an on-campus location. No…

Campus & Community

Tools and tips for analyzing social media using the So.cl research dataset

Tuesday, November 20, 2012, By News Staff

Analyzing social media may be a daunting task, given its overwhelming size and messy, unstructured nature. Further, for those new to analyzing social behavior in online systems, there are any number of pitfalls that make it challenging to find the…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club’s eighth annual Charity Sports Auction to benefit Special Olympics

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By Michele Barrett

The Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its eighth annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, December 8, at the Carrier Dome. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics New York. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports…

Campus & Community

Health Services offers free flu clinics for students Nov. 14 and 15

Tuesday, November 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU Health Services will hold free flu vaccine clinics for students on Wednesday, Nov. 14, and Thursday, Nov. 15, from noon-4 p.m. at Health Services, 111 Waverly Ave. No appointment is necessary.  Students should bring their SU/ESF ID, and use…

Campus & Community

SPM Club’s Dec. 8 Charity Sports Auction proceeds to benefit Special Olympics NY

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

Special Olympics NY will be the beneficiary of the SU Sport Management (SPM) Club’s Eighth Annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Carrier Dome. Silent bidding on hundreds of auction items, including sports memorabilia and hands-on experiences,…

STEM

Biology’s circle of life

Monday, November 12, 2012, By News Staff

Nature is all about cycles—the circle of life. Likewise, the history of the Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences could be summed up in terms of life cycles. That cycle, which began 140 years ago,…

SU plays key role in Sandy cleanup

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By Keith Kobland

It’s mountains of trash and debris, and will take an equally mountainous effort to remove it from New York City, and communities on Long Island and New Jersey.