Campus & Community
Volunteers sought for Syracuse Welcome 2010
Syracuse Welcome 2010, SU’s new student orientation program, offers many events designed to assist students and families new to Syracuse University.
Syracuse University departments help feed the homeless as part of National Volunteer Week
SU units are among the 30 organizations across Central New York that have joined the Corporate Volunteer Council’s (CVC) inaugural Signature Project, to take place during National Volunteer Week, April 18-24.
Message from Chancellor Nancy Cantor regarding University commencement speaker
April 9, 2010 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, As we approach commencement, there have been concerns expressed over the choice of Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, as this year’s commencement speaker. In my experience, virtually every commencement…
SU Project Advance fills the gap for high school economics teachers—economically
Over the last several decades, the emphasis on economics at the high school level has drastically increased; however teacher preparation for the subject has lagged behind.
SU in the News: Friday, April 9
Maxwell School’s Leonard Burman discusses value-added taxes on MSNBC
Census personnel on campus to collect student surveys
Personnel from the 2010 Census will be on campus for the next month to collect information for the federally mandated nationwide population count.
Streaming video testimony of survivors commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Ha-Shoah)
To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday April 12, the Judaic Studies Program in partnership with the University Library is presenting “Holocaust Voices: Excerpts from the (Steven Spielberg) Visual History Archive at the University Library.”
SU in the News: Thursday, April 8
College of Law and Maxwell School’s William Banks quoted on CBS radio about Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
The NewsHouse: Parachute deployed to pick up dragging audience
Review: Pop act Parachute tries to engage a smaller crowd Wednesday night at the Schine Underground.
Loren Barrigar to perform at Isabella Street Tapestry Garden benefit concert
Loren Barrigar will perform a solo concert co-hosted by Women Transcending Boundaries (WTB), Syracuse Grows and the Northside Collaboratory.