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La Casita presents free workshop on theater and social change
The La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will present an introductory workshop on the use of theater as a means for social change on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The workshop is free and open to…
Syracuse University joins yearlong initiative to promote higher education as agent of democracy
Chancellor Cantor to moderate Jan. 10 White House panel on public scholarship Syracuse University will join with the White House Office of Public Engagement, the U.S. Department of Education and other civic and educational groups tomorrow, Jan. 10, for a…
Five will receive Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards at Jan. 21 celebration
The 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Awards will be presented to five members of the Syracuse University or greater Syracuse communities during Syracuse University’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of…
SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families expands team
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced the appointment of staff members who will oversee veterans programs, special events and conferences, research, communications and design, and office administration. The expansion of the IVMF team…
SU students tutor, mentor through Literacy Corps
Tutoring and mentoring through the Syracuse University Literacy Corps (SULC) is a unique, challenging and rewarding experience working with students in the Syracuse City School District to improve their literacy skills. This year, more than 244 tutors from SU at 50…
Prestigious journal reviews book co-authored by Peter Blanck
The December 2011 issue of The American Historical Review includes a book review of “Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America” (Cambridge University Press, 2010), authored by Burton Blatt Institute chairman and University Professor Peter Blanck…
Light Work announces ‘Looking & Looking’
Light Work has announced the exhibition “Looking & Looking,” featuring photographs by Jen Davis and Amy Elkins. Both artists create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The…
Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’
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…
Whitman names winners in semiannual student Capstone Competition
Sixty-three student teams representing more than 300 Whitman seniors competed in the semiannual Capstone Business Plan Competition held Dec. 9-10 at the Whitman School of Management. At the conclusion of both the fall and spring semesters, Whitman’s Department of Entrepreneurship…
Connective Corridor project receives $10 million in federal funding from U.S. Department of Transportation
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the City of Syracuse a $10 million grant to pay for the next two phases of the Connective Corridor, a project linking downtown Syracuse and the Syracuse University area with a pedestrian-and…