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Student Start-up Accelerator has new name
The Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator, an initiative that helps Central New York college students start private enterprise and nonprofit/social ventures, has been renamed. The new name for the initiative is the Raymond von Dran Innovative and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator, or IDEA. …
Nervous but Excited to perform at Red House with Sarah Aument
Michigan-based folk duo Nervous but Excited will perform Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. at The Red House Arts Center, 201 S. West St., Syracuse, with local singer Sarah Aument. Nervous but Excited is made up of singer/songwriters Kate Peterson…
Standard & Poor’s boosts SU’s credit rating outlook
Standard & Poor’s credit ratings services has boosted Syracuse University’s outlook to “positive” from “stable” based on the overall financial position of the University. According to Standard & Poor’s, SU’s ‘A+’ rating continues to reflect its view of Syracuse’s “comprehensive…
SU Student Association, University Union present Mayfest 2011 April 29 in Walnut Park
Syracuse University will celebrate Mayfest 2011 on Friday, April 29, from 1-6 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. This popular SU/SUNY-ESF students-only tradition is co-produced by the SU Student Association and University Union in partnership with SU…
Local minority business owner Juanita Bass is WISE Women’s Business Center success story
Juanita Bass of Juanita’s Soul Classics Inc., located in Frankfort, N.Y., is a minority-owned, local business success story that has emerged through the ongoing efforts of WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship) Women’s Business Center. WISE is an entrepreneurship…
Sandwich makers, donations needed for April 15 Jelly Jam
Syracuse University’s Protestant Campus Ministry (PCM) will hold a Jelly Jam on Friday, April 15, from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room. Volunteers will make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to donate to the Rescue Mission in…
Bandier Program to present joint talk by CBS Interactive Music Group president, music industry attorney
Elliot Groffman, a music industry attorney and founding partner of Carroll, Guido & Groffman, and David Goodman, president of CBS Interactive Music Group, will present a joint lecture on Tuesday, April 12, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located…
Entrepreneur, makeup artist Bobbi Brown to deliver keynote at 2011 WISE Symposium
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome makeup artist Bobbi Brown, founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, as the keynote speaker for the ninth annual Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE)…
Menahem Pressler to perform at Setnor April 10
Acclaimed pianist Menahem Pressler will perform Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College. The concert is presented by the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music and the Setnor School of Music. Tickets are $10 for students…
Sarah Whiting, Rice School of Architecture dean, to lecture at Syracuse
Sarah Whiting, dean and William Ward Watkin Professor at the School of Architecture at Rice University, will lecture about her recent work on Tuesday, April 12, at 5 p.m. at the Syracuse University School of Architecture in Slocum Hall Auditorium….