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Balloon display, candlelight vigil start 26th annual Remembrance Week on Monday
By Marlena Ahearn
October 21, 2014 - 3:46pm
Remembrance Scholars released 35 dove-shaped balloons in honor of each SU student who died on Pan Am 103.

Remembrance Scholars gathered with the Syracuse community Monday evening to honor the 35 Syracuse University students who died in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Remembrance Week in honor Pan Am 103 victims to start Oct. 19 this year
By Marlena Ahearn
October 16, 2014 - 10:51am
Silhouettes of SU students who died on the flight will be put up throughout campus during the week.

Most undergraduates at Syracuse University were not born when the Pan Am 103 bombing occurred, killing 35 SU students studying abroad. In honor of their memory, SU hosts the annual Remembrance Week, this year starting Sunday, Oct. 19, urging students to look back and act forward.

SU alumna and author discusses 'College Girl' memoir, off-campus sexual assault
By Georgie Silvarole
October 13, 2014 - 5:27pm
Laura Gray-Rosendale came to campus for the Writing Program's Nonfiction Reading Series on Thursday.

Laura Gray-Rosendale said she always knew she would write about her rape as a Syracuse University student in 1988.

'It took a long time to be able to figure out how to be able to do that and what it would look like," she said. "This is the result."  

‘Orange Is the New Black’ star Laverne Cox to conclude Coming Out Month at SU
By Chantel Morel
October 13, 2014 - 7:34am
The actress will discuss how topics such as race, class and gender affect the lives of trans individuals.

The LGBT Resource Center is bringing a special guest from your laptop screen to Schine Student Center next week.

The center will host “Orange Is the New Black” star Laverne Cox on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. The event, titled “Ain’t I A Woman?,” will conclude the center’s events for Coming Out Month in October.

Faculty discuss promoting research, interdepartmental cooperation in last Fast Forward town hall
By Benjamin Fang
October 9, 2014 - 9:48am
Monday's meeting was the last town hall forum organized to discuss Chancellor Kent Syverud's Fast Forward Syracuse initiative.

In the last of three town hall meetings, an audience of students, faculty and staff offered suggestions and comments about the Fast Forward strategic plan on Monday afternoon at Crouse-Hinds Hall.

Maxwell panel discusses causes and effects of recent surge in unaccompanied minors
By Manmeet Sahni
October 1, 2014 - 7:56pm
Ambassadors from El Salvador and Guatemala were among the expert panelists.

As the country remains divided on whether to send these fleeing children back to their Central American homes or not, President Barack Obama’s stance on the unaccompanied minors situation has become his Achilles' heel.

Second of three town hall-style meetings addresses the strategic plan component of Fast Forward Syracuse
By Shi Shi
October 1, 2014 - 3:25pm
Participants discussed improving teaching facilities, bolstering student support services and scheduling no-class Fridays.

Members of the Syracuse University community participated in the second of three town hall meetings Tuesday in Maxwell Auditorium. The discussion focused on the strategic plan, the first element of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s Fast Forward Syracuse initiative.

Chancellor Kent Syverud hosts town hall meeting to introduce Fast Forward Syracuse initiative
By Georgie Silvarole
September 24, 2014 - 5:31pm
Syverud used the meeting to answer questions about the initiative, which has three parts: a strategic plan, a campus master plan and an operational excellence program.

Members of the SU community participated in a Q+A session Monday in Hendricks Chapel regarding Fast Forward Syracuse, a new initiative under Chancellor Kent Syverud.

"Rush" star shares his success with Syracuse University students
By Chantel Morel
September 19, 2014 - 12:36pm
Actor Rick Gonzalez spoke about the influence his upbringing has had on his acting career.

Smoothly making his way to the stage in a very laid-back T-shirt, jeans and navy blue and orange sneakers -- coincidentally showing school spirit -- the Latino TV star quickly opened up to the crowd.

“Acting has been able to shed light on some things that as a man I needed to grow up in,” Rick Gonzalez said. 

Chancellor to lead town hall meeting on future plans for Syracuse University
By Georgie Silvarole
September 15, 2014 - 9:27pm
The Fast Forward Syracuse initiative will be the topic of Monday's town hall meeting in Hendricks Chapel.

A town hall meeting to discuss Fast Forward Syracuse and related plans for Syracuse University’s future will take place Monday in Hendricks Chapel, according to an SU News release.