The city of Syracuse is featured prominently in a national PBS special "Designing Healthy Communities," airing Sundays in February at 8 p.m. on WCNY. Host Richard Jackson looks at the impact our built environment has on key public health indices like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, cancer and depression. Jackson connects bad community design with [...]

Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs is launching a Blood Drive Activism campaign in tandem with the kick-off to the SU-UConn Blood Battle on Monday, Feb. 13. The blood drive will take place from 2-9 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. The campaign aims to educate the SU [...]

Most businesses are lucky to have one social media strategist or community manager on staff. This season, two major Syracuse attractions are especially fortunate in that they will have legions of social media practitioners at work for them. That is because both Destiny USA and the Rosamond Gifford Zoo have signed on as clients of [...]

Emmy-winning executive producer Sam Mettler, creator of the AETN television series “Intervention,” will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Feb. 14. He will give a talk at 1:30 p.m. in the Miron Room in Newhouse 1. To RSVP, contact Mary Ann Durantini at 315-443-2150 or mmdurant@syr.edu. Follow on Twitter at [...]

Syracuse University’s Students In Free Enterprise (SU-SIFE) group needs your help to make a big splash during Saturday’s men’s basketball game at the Carrier Dome. Literally.  As the Orange faces the University of Connecticut Huskies on the court, SU-SIFE will have a dunk tank set up in the backcourt area where fans can try and [...]

The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band will present a joint concert on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the [...]

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Members of the SU community will have the opportunity to make an impact both locally and globally on Monday, Feb. 13, leading up to the men’s basketball showdown between SU and Louisville. Individuals can donate blood as part of the American Red Cross “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” campaign from 2-9 p.m. [...]

Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ryan Williams has been appointed associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid at Syracuse University. The appointment, effective March 5, was announced today by SU Vice President for Enrollment Management Donald Saleh. Williams has most recently served as vice president for enrollment programs and services at the College Board [...]

Zach Goldberg is working to create a more sustainable world. Whether he’s promoting recycling or blogging about sustainability, the Syracuse University freshman leads by example to show how simple actions can make a difference. It’s this dedication to being green—along with support from the SU community—that may just propel him into eco-stardom.  Goldberg is a [...]

Organist Bruce Stevens, an instructor of organ at the University of Richmond in Virginia and organist emeritus of the historic Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, will present an organ recital on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The recital is [...]

Faculty from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present a show of work Feb. 15-March 4 at VPA’s XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. A reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, from 6-8 p.m. in conjunction with Th3 (the Third Thursday). XL Projects is open Wednesday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m. For [...]

The Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has announced the 13th annual Prism Concert. The concert will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College. Admission and parking are free, and parking is available in Irving Garage. Prism is a unique 360-degree [...]

Families living in Syracuse are invited to attend the kickoff for Syracuse University’s Neighborhood Youth Recreation Program spring semester on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 9-11:30 a.m. in Archbold Gymnasium. The free program offers recreational activities for Syracuse-area youth, ages 5 to 12, for seven sessions on Saturday mornings. Parents can register their child for the spring [...]

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini-residency by an expert in early modern English drama. Thomas King, associate professor of English at Brandeis University, will present a keynote lecture titled “Barry's Ear: [...]

The indie pop duo of Madeline Folin and Brian Oblivion, better know as Cults, will headline University Union Concerts’ Bandersnatch Music Series first show of the year on Feb. 29. A student opener for the show will be announced at a later date. The show will be held in the Schine Underground, with doors opening [...]

Honig was a member of physics department for 56 years At Syracuse University and beyond, physicist Arnold “Arny” Honig will forever be remembered as the “idea guy.” A member of the Department of Physics in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences for 56 years, Honig died Jan. 31, just four weeks shy of his 84th [...]

Sedore and Staniec named to senior leadership appointments Two appointments in Syracuse University's Office of Academic Affairs support a new structure that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of academic support units, improve “business processes” across Academic Affairs, drive toward a rich use of data analytics, sharpen the focus on pathways to success for students [...]

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in partnership with award-winning digital agency 360i, announces the establishment of the 360i and Newhouse Digital Advertising Alliance. Made possible by a gift from 360i and the agency’s CEO Bryan Wiener ’92, the initiative will support the creation of a digital advertising program at Newhouse.  “We are so [...]

Twelve Syracuse University undergraduate students will be recognized for excellence in introductory earth science during the annual Chauncey D. Holmes Lecture and award ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in Heroy Auditorium, located in the Heroy Geology Laboratory. The featured speaker for the event will be John Valley, the Charles R. Van Hise [...]

The Newhouse School’s Department of Television-Radio-Film, and Stone Canoe, A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary will present a screening of the documentary film “Not My Life” on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The event is free and open to the public. A Q-and-A with filmmaker [...]

University College of Syracuse University has announced the newly named Talent and Education Development Center (TEDCenter) and the appointment of Karen DeJarnette as the center’s director. Formerly the WorkKeys Center, the TEDCenter will provide programming to support the workforce needs of businesses and the career development opportunities for individuals in Central New York and across [...]

Ken Hays, the founder and executive director of Gathering of the Vibes, an annual music festival inspired by the Grateful Dead, will give a talk on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the [...]

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, was an invited guest of the White House at a public appearance held earlier today, Feb. 3, announcing new entrepreneurship training programs for the nation’s veterans. The president’s announcement took place in the Northern Virginia community of Arlington, at [...]

Dana Spiotta and Bruce Smith, English faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Spiotta was nominated in the fiction category for “Stone Arabia” (Scribner, 2011); Smith in the poetry category for “Devotions” (University of Chicago Press, 2011). Winners of the NBCC [...]

The 601 Tully Center will host its February Word Thursday event as an open mic poetry session with acclaimed writer, poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto. The Word Thursday reading series takes place on the third Thursday of each month and features a local artist’s work, as well as poetry sessions open for community members [...]

Syracuse University’s Office of Career Services within the Division of Student Affairs will hold its annual Career Expo in Goldstein Auditorium of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. More than 60 employers are scheduled to attend the event. This year, General Electric, Macy’s/Bloomingdale’s, and JPMorgan Chase [...]

Syracuse University’s Sustainability Division invites students, faculty and staff to register for the eighth annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference being hosted by SU. The conference will be held for three days, from April 2-4, at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center. The conference registration fee is $175 through March 2. After March 2, [...]

Hendricks Chapel will present “Occupy Faith,” the next installment in its Luncheon Discussion Series, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at noon in the Noble Room, located on the lower level of Hendricks Chapel. A free vegetarian lunch will be provided. RSVP for the lunch only to Elizabeth Cronk at eacronk@syr.edu. No RSVP is necessary is you [...]

Scholar James E. Young, a distinguished university professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has written widely on public art, memorials and national memory, will speak at Syracuse University on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. as part of the lecture series “Memory and Commemoration, as Fact or Fiction.” The talk will be held [...]

The Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue on Feb. 15 with Syracuse University alumnus and award-winning poet Santee Frazier G’09 at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in SU’s pay [...]

The 2011 United Way of Central New York campaign at Syracuse University wrapped up its fundraising efforts this month with a record-setting total of $214,293 for the local United Way chapter. The final campaign total is the highest ever recorded for the United Way campaign at the University. The campaign, which was chaired by Chief [...]

David Heymann, general manager of the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center in Syracuse, is the recipient of the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association’s (NYSH&TA) 2012 Outstanding General Manager of the Year award (151 Rooms or More). Heymann will be recognized at the association’s 2012 Stars of the Industry Gala & Awards [...]

Book was edited by SU graduate student The Gifford Street Community Press will celebrate the publication of its second book, “I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside,” from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse. The celebration is free and open to the public. The Press [...]

At the Feb. 2 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP), Pam Hyland, CEO of Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Inc., will provide an overview of the first 100 years of Girl Scouts from a Central New York perspective, as well as a glimpse of the next 100 years. The Girl Scouts of America [...]

All skill levels, majors and community members are welcome.

Fred Longchamps, a light bulb changer for SU, will begin the 2,180-mile trek of the Appalachian Trail in February.

Awards support innovation in green technologies State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D-120), the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) and CenterState CEO announced at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry on Jan. 17 that five companies have received Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) awards totaling $248,300 to promote the commercialization of innovative green and clean technologies. The announcement [...]

The Syracuse University Senate Women’s Concerns Committee, in collaboration with Hendricks Chapel and the Advocacy Center at Syracuse University, is sponsoring a forum on child sexual abuse on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The goals of the forum are to inform the SU and greater Syracuse communities about child sexual abuse, [...]

Six Syracuse University drama students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Drama and the Bill Horrace Trio are presenting a series of vocal jazz performances during the spring 2012 semester at Phoebe’s Restaurant, 900 E. Genesee St., and Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. The students—senior Elizabeth Boyke, junior [...]

For graduating seniors, the final semester of college can be a stressful time. The Office of Career Services within the Division of Student Affairs has put together three “Senior Sessions” to further prepare students for life after college as it relates to job searches. The one-hour sessions are open to all majors and years, but [...]

Syracuse University’s annual Black History Month celebration, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs, begins on campus Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the atrium of the Schine Student Center from noon-2 p.m. This kick-off event will feature a soul food lunch provided by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Schine [...]

The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has upgraded its streaming capability for live concerts in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium to offer compatibility with many portable devices, including iPhones and iPads. Most Setnor Auditorium performances are streamed live. To access [...]

Career Services and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing fashion photographer Lindsay Adler ’08 back to campus on Tuesday, Feb. 7, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series. Adler will give a presentation about her career at 7:30 p.m. in Watson Theater, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. The event is free [...]

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is offering an exciting challenge to the Syracuse University community during the Can It! Rivals on the Court: Teammates in the Fight Against Hunger food donation drive on campus in early February. PwC will donate $1 to the Food Bank of Central New York for each can collected at the Better Together table [...]

The fifth annual Law, Politics and the Media Lecture Series presented by the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media at Syracuse University will run from Feb. 8 to April 18, with eight scheduled lectures designed to engage the dialogue about the court system and its environment as a single, integrated [...]

Opening at the SUArt Galleries on Feb. 2, the exhibition “Pressing Print: Universal Limited Art Editions 2000-2010” chronicles the recent decade of artwork published by the renowned American printmaking workshop Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE). The exhibition assembles new print works created by the 20th century masters of American Art (Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and [...]

The School of Education’s Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will host a workshop titled “Teaching about Genocide with a Focus on Africa" at Syracuse University's Winnick Hillel Center on Feb. 13 from 4-7 p.m. The workshop will be presented by Edward Kissi, associate professor in the Department of African Studies at the University of South [...]

 William Horrace, professor of economics at the Maxwell School, and his band will board the 443 CC bus to provide 'music in motion' It will be a free jazz concert of keyboard, bass and guitar for Connective Corridor riders on Friday, Jan. 27. Courtesy of William Horrace, professor of economics at the Maxwell School, and [...]