Co-founders of a student venture, The Front – Nilus Klingel ‘11, G’12 (School of Architecture) and Stephen Klimek ‘11, G’12 (School of Architecture) – recently received the “Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship” CAPES 2012. The Front launched in 2010 and incubated for ...Read the rest

  More than 40 downtown buildings will be “dressing up” during the coming season, thanks to more than $600,000 in Connective Corridor façade improvement grants awarded to downtown property owners. Among the changes: new awnings and canopies, outdoor bistro tables, chairs and umbrellas, lighting displays ...Read the rest

  Venture creation is an act of pure engagement. Ask any entrepreneur. More than 100 student entrepreneurs gathered last week at Syracuse University for the launch of IDEA ( http://idea.syr.edu/) – the Raymond Von Dran Innovation & Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator, which was recently named a ...Read the rest

    Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence this month, and among them will be faculty member Don Carr who was one of the first to include the Connective Corridor Initiative in his curriculum. Among The 2011-12 ...Read the rest

Is April really the cruelest month? T.S. Eliot thought so. But Syracuse is no cultural “Waste Land” this April – especially with Cruel April Poetry Happening, a series of readings and receptions with featured poets every Thursday of April at 6 p.m. at The Point ...Read the rest

Here’s a brilliant engagement idea: Connect top interns and top employers in the region. Project-ION, a web-based portal to more than 500 internships each year, is doing just that. Students are invited to a Project-Ion Networking Event, April 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at ...Read the rest

The $31 million Inns at Armory Square broke ground this past month. Expect to see construction move at a fast pace this coming season, with a scheduled opening in May 2013. The 180-room complex, located directly adjacent to the Warehouse, will be an anchor project ...Read the rest

The Woodbine Group continues to invest along the Connective Corridor with another transformational project – Copper Beach Commons, an adaptive reuse of the former Armory on East Genesee Street into impressive student housing with all-inclusive amenities. Work is underway this month to create two, three ...Read the rest

Platinum LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council is a rare feat – the highest award for sustainability.  Syracuse now has three buildings which have achieved that vaulted designation.  Each is part of the Connective Corridor and NWSI neighborhoods, and together, they position Syracuse ...Read the rest

by Rose Picón, staff writer There are so many exhibits along the Connective Corridor that it’s impossible to experience each one. This month we bring you a review by Rose Picón of Noriko Ambe’s complex and provocative “Inner Water,” which is currently on display at ...Read the rest