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Atlanta Program Helps Students Discover Heart of the South
It was an exciting spring for Syracuse University in Atlanta, as alumni and friends welcomed 14 students from the College of Arts and Sciences to their city for its inaugural immersion program. The trip combined a variety of cultural activities…
Reminder: Tickets for Syracuse University Day at Citi Field Available Until Game Day on June 28
A reminder that tickets for Syracuse University Day at Citi Field will be available until game day, which is June 28. If you would like information on bus rides from campus or any other details, email sumets@syr.edu. Tickets for the…
Award-Winning Poet and Memoirist Mary Karr to Give 2015 Commencement Address
Karr will also be awarded an honorary degree, a Doctor of Humane Letters, at the 161st Commencement exercises.
New Documentary ‘Answers the Call’ for Syracuse Alumnus
When Bryce Renninger left Syracuse University with a dual degree in English and textual studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Television, Radio and Film in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he had already laid out…
Spelman College Names Syracuse University Alumna as Next President
Syracuse University alumna Mary Schmidt Campbell was selected as the 10th president of Spelman College in Atlanta, according to an announcement by the college’s board of trustees March 28. Campbell G’73, G’80, G’82, who is dean emerita of the Tisch…
20th Anniversary of Historic Day for Space Program and University Alumna
Feb. 3, 1995, is a day Eileen Collins ’78 is unlikely to forget. It was on that day that Collins piloted the shuttle Discovery into outer space and into the history books all at once. Collins became the first female…
Show Orange Love with Duke Tailgate
This Valentine’s Day, show your love for the Orange by attending the Duke Rivalry Tailgate! Join alumni, fans and friends for the tailgate on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 3-5:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, before the men’s basketball game against the…
True Value CEO John Hartmann L’88 to Go Undercover for ‘Undercover Boss’
For John Hartmann L’88, it was admittedly a nightmare scenario. “I don’t like talking about myself,” he said, “and I don’t like having my picture taken.” But the chance to further enhance the brand of the company he runs, True…
Sean O’Keefe G’78 Appointed University Professor, Phanstiel Chair
Sean O’Keefe G’78, former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the 17th person in Syracuse University history to hold the title of University Professor.
ABC Publicity Director to Speak at Newhouse Oct. 29
Mitch Messinger ’92, G’93, publicity director for ABC, will speak at Newhouse on Oct. 29 as a guest of the Public Relations Student Society of America and Newhouse’s television, radio and film department. His talk, “Confessions of a Television Publicist,”…