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 [...]

The first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Feb. 25 will feature motivational speaker Jon Vroman as its opening keynote speaker, and SU alumnus and medical student Sean Haley '10 as its closing keynote speaker. The conference will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center and other [...]

Proceeds from 'Before Our Eyes: Inside the Changing World of Book Publishing' to benefit ProLiteracy It is possible for a group of undergraduate students to write, edit, print, publish and market a book about the publishing industry all in one semester? Yes, as 10 intrepid Soling Program students recently proved—and that's a good thing because [...]

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that 10 seniors have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors in art, design and transmedia; communication and rhetorical studies; drama; and music. Students are selected based [...]

Applications are now being accepted for the Class of 2013 senior class marshals. The application deadline is Feb. 3. All current juniors who will be on campus during the entire 2012-2013 academic year are eligible to apply, or may be nominated by faculty, staff or classmates. Senior class marshals are some of the University’s most [...]

A free shuttle bus from the Syracuse's Regional Transportation Center (RTC) and Hancock International Airport will be available for students returning to campus on Sunday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 16.

Hip-hop superstars Ludacris and Rick Ross are slated to co-headline University Union’s inaugural Rock the Dome concert on Feb. 2. University Union is aiming to create a new SU tradition by hosting a new, large-scale Carrier Dome show in addition to the springtime Block Party concert, open to students and the greater SU community. The [...]

Tennity Ice Pavilion on South Campus offers Learn to Skate progams.

Two Whitman School of Management students were honored with awards for their academic achievements in supply chain management at the 62nd annual Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program this fall. Roz Amirfazli ’12 received the Robert H. Brethen Prize, given to an outstanding junior studying supply chain management. The $10,000 merit-based award is granted based [...]

Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from a context in which each musician challenges the rest of the group—every solo representing a [...]

Syracuse University students who participate in the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) are planning and hosting the first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. It will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center and other venues across campus. The purpose of this new conference is to introduce SU [...]

Link between student body, Student Association with aid of CitrusTV In partnership with CitrusTV's "SA Today" program, the Syracuse University Student Association will host a debate for the upcoming Student Association presidential and comptroller election. The debate will take place in Grant Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 13, beginning at 7 p.m. and ending at 9 [...]

Orange Orators, the Syracuse University-sponsored Toastmasters International Club, has once again earned the President’s Distinguished Award, Toastmasters International’s highest honor. This honor is earned based on a set of 10 criteria, and is achieved by fewer than 15 percent of Toastmasters clubs worldwide. The 2010-11 year was a remarkable one for the Orange Orators. In [...]

Michael Yormark, a junior in the Whitman School of Management majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises, as well as marketing management, was named the Best CEO Student Leader at the 2011 Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) conference.

The Syracuse University Student Association will be providing a free shuttle bus from the Regional Transportation Center (RTC) and Hancock International Airport for students leaving campus on Nov. 17, 18, and 19, and returning to campus on Nov. 27.

The Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP) encourages SU and SUNY-ESF graduate students to plan now to earn an advanced credential in sustainability.

Round-trip buses serve four major Northeast cities.

For the second year the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and MLB.com are co-sponsoring the MLB.com College Challenge, a contest that invites iSchool students to develop new ideas that could end up on MLB.com, Major League Baseball’s official website.

The Whitman School of Management's Career Center continues to find ways to meet the unique interests of students. From Career Madness to corporate office hours, Whitman students have a myriad of resources and services available to help them prepare for a business career search. The center recently added to its career advising program by appointing [...]

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An Orientation Leader (OL) is an ambassador for Syracuse Welcome to help incoming students transition to Syracuse University.

Four students in the supply chain management program at the Whitman School of Management recently traveled to New York City for the fourth annual Dahlman Rose & Co. Global Transportation Conference. Seniors Jorie Richlin-Zack, Laura Mun, Kevin Kennedy and Jonathan Carrubba attended the two-day conference, which highlights the importance of the transportation industry within the [...]

The inaugural “A Run For THEIR Life” event will be held on Sunday, Oct. 23.

New programs of study in Applied Mathematics are available, effective fall 2011, from the Mathematics Department (http://math.syr.edu) in The College of Arts and Sciences.

Orange Television Network will be launching its fall season the week of Oct. 3 with new episodes of students’ favorite OTN programming.

Jenna Caira, a physical education major in SU's School of Education and softball pitcher at SU, will represent Canada in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The entire Canadian team will travel to Mexico on Oct. 12 and participate in the games until Oct. 24. Caira will be required to provide bi-weekly reports [...]

In preparation for the 2011-12 flu season, SU Health Services will provide free seasonal flu vaccine to Syracuse and SUNY-ESF students at its first flu vaccine clinic on Thursday, Sept. 29, from noon to 4 p.m.

Syracuse University alumna Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72, a pioneer for social change, has been selected to serve as emcee of the inaugural Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon on Oct. 16 in Syracuse. In this spirit, SU K-Team has formed as a way for Empire State Marathon participants to come together. SU students, faculty, staff [...]

Hill Communications, a student-run public relations firm based in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, is offering a new service called SPRINT, designed to support budding entrepreneurs. SPRINT—which stands for Start, Prioritize, Research, Identify, Navigate and Transmit—is an exclusive consulting service for student businesses and organizations. Hill Communications created the service after being [...]

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the second annual Retail Summit on Sept. 22-23, to educate students about the field and provide opportunities for them to hear from high-profile members of the Retail Advisory Board, all important leaders in the industry. The summit was created as a means to educate and [...]

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be conducting a food waste audit throughout the day on Friday, Sept. 16, at Shaw Dining Center.  As a part of its “Year of Recycling” initiatives and in collaboration with Shaw Dining Center, the Eco-reps pilot program—a peer-to-peer sustainability outreach program—and the Society for Public Health Education, along with [...]

During the late summer and early fall months, there is a seasonal increase in bat activity in and around Central New York, including the Syracuse University campus.

A team of 16 international relations majors from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, led by adviser Francine D'Amico, captured the Distinguished Delegation honor at a five-day Model United Nations (MUN) event in New York City this past spring. The honor marks the first time the Maxwell contingent has won a delegation prize. [...]

Students thinking about going to law school have a unique opportunity to connect with representatives from more than 70 nationally recognized schools at Law School Day on Thursday, Sept. 22. Law School Day will take place in tents on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad from 5-7 p.m. Among the participating schools are American University Washington [...]

More than 110 graduate school representatives will descend upon Syracuse University's Kenneth A. Shaw Quad on Wednesday, Sept. 21, as students line up to learn about their programs and explore graduate school possibilities. Graduate & Professional School Day will take place from 5-7 p.m. under tents on the Quad. More than 110 graduate school programs will [...]

The Division of Student Affairs has announced the four winners of the OrangeReport summer contest: Most Viewed Blog: “Scholarship in Asia,” by Katherine Smith, sophomore advertising major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Video: “My Summer as a Reporter,” by David Kaplan, senior broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School. Best [...]

Roughly 10,000 guide dogs are in service throughout the United States and Canada.

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

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.

Avicii and B.o.B are set to co-headline Syracuse University's 8th annual Juice Jam concert.

The Whitman School of Management chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), a service fraternity that includes accounting, finance and information studies majors, has been selected as one of five chapters in the nation to receive the Ernst & Young LLP Diversity Award. The recognition includes a $1,000 grant. The Ernst & Young Diversity Award reflects [...]

Brianna Carrier ’12, a dual major in geography and policy studies in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a 2011 Udall Scholar. A member of the Turtle Clan of the Mohawk Nation, she is one of only 10 Native American and Alaska Native scholars in this year’s Udall class, comprising [...]

The Syracuse University SIFE (SU-SIFE) team, based in the Whitman School of Management, placed fourth at the 2011 SIFE USA National Exposition held earlier this month in Minneapolis. More than 400 teams competed as part of the exposition. This is the second year that SU-SIFE has placed in the top four at nationals. SU-SIFE members [...]

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Vivian Yaci Yu, a junior biochemistry major in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as the University’s 2011 Beckman Scholar. The highly competitive program, funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, supports select students interested in chemistry, biochemistry and the biological and medical sciences. Beckman Scholars receive $19,300 in financial [...]

Two Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) student startup companies, Helios and Broodr.com, earned top prizes in the New York Business Plan Competition held in Albany on April 28.  Helios, a medical device company developing ultraviolet technology to sterilize equipment, won the grand prize and took first place in the health care track, walking [...]

Senior class marshals Justin Michael Cole and Katherine L. Lewinski will carry the Class of 2011 banner to open Syracuse University’s 157th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15, and continue a longstanding tradition by representing their class on this special occasion. Cole, of Watertown, N.Y., is a policy studies, economics and political science triple major in The [...]

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety honored 10 of its employees, along with five members of the University community, at the fourth annual DPS Awards Ceremony, held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Drumlins Country Club. The awards honored the exceptional achievements of DPS staff members throughout the 2010 calendar year. Their outstanding accomplishments [...]

Twelve graduating seniors have been named Syracuse University Scholars, which is the highest undergraduate academic honor bestowed at the University.  University Scholars represent the entire SU graduating class at the May 15 Commencement ceremony. On April 27, the scholars took part in a reception at the Chancellor’s Residence hosted by SU Chancellor and President Nancy [...]