Bowlers wanted for Tuesday evenings.

Interim Syracuse University shuttle service for orientation week will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Light Work has announced the exhibition “EN FOCO/IN FOCUS: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection,” featuring photographs from the permanent collection at En Foco. It will be on view Sept. 1-Jan. 31, 2012, in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in the Schine Student Center. Since its founding in 1974, En Foco has been dedicated [...]

The 2011-12 season features an exciting selection of ticketed performances.

The College of Arts and Sciences has appointed James W. Watts as the William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. An expert in literature and religion of the Hebrew Bible, Watts serves as professor and chair of the Department of Religion. He takes over the professorship, which promotes humanities teaching and curriculum development, [...]

As incoming freshmen take their first steps on campus this August, four Syracuse University graduates return for an extra year of school as part of the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Engagement Fellowship (KEEF) program. Fellows participate in local projects or ventures that incorporate the principles of SU’s Scholarship in Action vision, allowing them to explore innovative ways [...]

Very soon, some 3,700 first-year and transfer students will arrive at Syracuse University ready to kick off the new academic year. When they do, SU’s student orientation program, Syracuse Welcome, will help them get acclimated and ready to start the new semester. In its ninth year, Syracuse Welcome begins Wednesday, Aug. 24, as new students are [...]

Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of physics, has developed a patent-pending robust process to manufacture stable suspensions of metal nanoparticles capable of capturing sunlight. By changing the composition of the suspension, researchers can “dial in” to a given [...]

Doctoral students Nell Champoux and Soumitree Gupta named 2011-12 Humanities Center Dissertation Fellows.

National media cite research by College of Arts and Sciences' Linda Ivany on fossilized clams off Antarctic coast

The Office of Residence Life holds its second annual student supply drive for K-8 classrooms in Syracuse City School District.

William J. Ward joins Newhouse School at SU as professor of practice in social media, bringing "DR4WARD" leadership in new media education to campus.

Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day highlighted by Post-Standard

The 115th College of Law first-year law class at SU arrived Aug. 15 for a weeklong orientation program.

Nine colleges from across Upstate New York saw their students and recent graduates pitch startup businesses at the Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day at the Syracuse Tech Garden.

When you were a kid growing up, you dreamed big. Your imagination ran wild and no idea was unattainable. As we age, we tend to lose that "entrepreneurial" spirit and the creativity that once drove us to create basement fort masterpieces or the neighborhood’s most profitable lemonade stand. The need to hold a steady job [...]

Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany.

White House blog highlights SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families

It’s that time of year again! Tickets for the Great New York State Fair will be on sale at the Schine Box Office starting Aug. 25.

Wednesday, Aug. 17, is the last day students can submit a report to OrangeReport for entry in the summer contest. Students can begin voting on what they deem are the best reports on Thursday, Aug. 18 until Friday, Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. Winners will be announced on Monday, Aug. 29. Winners will be grouped [...]

C. Cora True-Frost has joined the Syracuse University College of Law as an assistant professor of law for the Fall 2011 semester.

The Near Westside Initiative (NWI) will hold its second annual Multicultural Block Party at Skiddy Park, Thursday, Aug. 18, from noon-9 p.m.

Newhouse School's Tula Goenka writes for New Delhi Television on Bollywood and the new Prakash Jha film "Aarakshan"

While in Italy for SU Abroad's new program in Cinema Studies & Filmmaking, Owen Shapiro was presented with the Mario Dall'Argine Award in recognition of his efforts to promote culture through the art of cinema.

Keri Foster has joined the Syracuse University College of Law Office of Student Life as an associate director for academic and Bar support. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the College of Law, teaching a third-year law seminar on bar examination skills. "I am thrilled to be a part of the College of [...]

XL Projects will present works of the SUArt Galleries' exhibition "Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin" Sept. 7-Oct. 16.

The Whitman School's Eunkyu "Kyu" Lee is a recipient of the Journal of Retailing's 2011 Best Reviewer Award.

NPR, Post-Standard discuss University efforts to help create a new symphony for Syracuse and CNY

Syracuse University College of Law welcomes all alumni back to the University for Reunion 2011, Sept. 23-24. This celebration includes the Law Annual Dinner on Friday, and a pre-game tailgate and the Syracuse vs. Toledo football game Saturday. Events are open to all alumni, with special recognition for class years ending in 1 and 6. The [...]

The 13th annual Pricing Conference will be co-hosted by the marketing department and Earl V. Snyder Innovation Management Center of the Whitman School of Management on Aug. 18-20. The conference offers a forum for academic researchers, as well as practitioners, to share ideas and explore issues related to pricing, price promotion and a diverse set [...]

Intersession recreation facility hours begin on Monday, Aug. 15.

Samuel Gorovitz, a pioneer in the field of medical ethics and an expert on philosophy and public policy, delivers the fourth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Temple Adath Yeshurun (450 Kimber Rd., Syracuse), in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Gorovitz’s lecture, “Values, Causation and the Moral Community,” takes place on Sunday, Sept. 11, [...]

Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor in Syracuse University’s School of Education and research director of Imagining America, has been invited to serve as a scholar-in-residence at the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa from Aug. 10-23.

A group of Syracuse University students, faculty and staff visited Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 30-Aug. 6 to begin the first phase of an information technology outreach project between SU and the State University in Haiti (UEH). Despite challenges posed by Tropical Storm Emily, by Friday night the group had managed to install wireless networks on three [...]

R. David Lankes has been appointed as Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy.

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), located at 805 E. Genesee St., is set to get a signature facelift Thursday, Aug. 18, and Friday, Aug. 19. Once completed, CFAC will be the first building on the Connective Corridor to showcase new signage branding the district. The project is funded by the Façade Improvement Program (FIP) [...]

The University Ave. entrance to Marshall Square Mall will be closed on Friday, Aug. 12 and Tuesday, Aug. 16 due to concrete pouring in front of the building.

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE  The New York Times reviewed “Devotions,” the newest book of poems by Bruce Smith, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences.  USA Today cites statistics from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) in an article on federal prosecutions of gun crimes.  The Post-Standard reported on the [...]

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE   SU and the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), founded at the Whitman School of Management, were featured in a White House announcement on President Barack Obama’s commitment to employing America’s veterans, which was reported on by the Associated Press, Louisville Courier-Journal, and Times-Picayune (New Orleans).  An event [...]

The Syracuse Shakespeare Festival brings the playwright's work to Syracuse University students .

The symposium runs from September to April.

Up-and-coming theater artists anxiously awaiting their big break in the industry now have a new way to enhance their professional development. The Araca Project, a new initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and the Araca Group, one of New York City’s leading entertainment production and [...]

Syracuse University students facilitated creation of ‘HOME: Journeys into the Westside’ The Gifford Street Community Press, a Syracuse-based community press, has announced the publication of “HOME: Journeys into the Westside,” an exploration of the diversity and rich cultural heritage of Syracuse’s Westside neighborhood through the voices of its residents. The publication will be celebrated during [...]

Under the auspices of the New York Council for the Humanities, Emeritus Professor of English Sanford Sternlicht G’62 will lecture on “C.S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga” at the Cape Vincent Community Library in Cape Vincent, N.Y., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 6 p.m. Sternlicht’s lecture is based in part on his Syracuse University Press best-selling [...]

In 2009, Congress officially declared Sept. 11 to be a day of National Service and Remembrance during which it urged all citizens to join together in acts of community service. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and Hendricks Chapel, along with faculty, staff, and student and community organizations, [...]

Combining historically accurate military and espionage details, David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management Rick Burton ’79 published his first novel this spring: a thriller that spans two generations of complicated intrigue and dark double-crosses.

Due to road work on University Place, the following detour will be used when the street is closed from Tuesday, Aug. 9, through Tuesday, Aug. 16.

Following a public appearance at the Washington Navy Yard this morning, President Barack Obama and the White House acknowledged in a press release the importance of the support and resources that Syracuse University’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) and newly established Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF).

Assistant Professor of Practice Art Thomas has contributed to a book on project management.

From applications that allow you to share your social itinerary with friends, record your workout, or help you discover local points of interest to technology that sanitizes medical instruments, the third annual Student Sandbox Demo Day will showcase the innovation and dedication of Central New York student entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Tech [...]