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Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award
Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…
Take a Musical Journey to the South in ‘Violet’
Violet Karl has lived in her “stupid” town of Spruce Pine, N.C., her entire life, and she’s ready for a change. Bearing a facial scar accidentally left by her father at a young age, Violet sets off on a bus…
Count Basie Orchestra’s McDonald to Perform with Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble
Marshall McDonald, the lead alto saxophone player of the Count Basie Orchestra, will join SU’s Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble for a concert on Thursday, April 18, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The…
Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes
The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…
Mayfest 2013 Celebration Set for April 26
Syracuse University will celebrate Mayfest 2013 on Friday, April 26, from 1-6 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. Mayfest marks the arrival of spring and the end of the school year with live entertainment, prizes and free…
Princeton Scholar to Explore Link Between Poetry and Art
Leonard Barkan analyzes works by Caravaggio, Michelangelo and Shakespeare The relationship between poetry and visual art is the subject of a lecture by Leonard Barkan, a Princeton University professor and an expert on European culture, on Thursday, April 18, at…
Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Announces Release of Sixth Poetry Collection During Cruel April Poetry Readings
The Point of Contact Gallery, in commemoration of National Poetry Month, is hosting its annual program of weekly poetry readings, Cruel April. The readings will be held each Thursday in April at 6 p.m. Showcased are four new voices from…
Political Theorist to Discuss ‘Ideas of Peace’ in Hebrew Bible April 24
One of today’s leading political theorists will give a lecture in The College of Arts and Sciences. Michael Walzer, professor emeritus of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, will deliver this year’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture,…
New Course Will Help Students Build Concrete Skills in Community Organizing
A new course in the fall 2013 semester will teach students key skills of organizing by leading a community engagement project on campus. “Community Organizing: People, Power and Change” (SWK 400/CFE 400) will meet on Wednesdays from 2:15-5 p.m., and…
Danny Zuker ’86, Emmy Award-Winning Writer, Executive Producer of ‘Modern Family,’ to Visit Newhouse April 4 and 5
Newhouse alumnus Danny Zuker ’86, Emmy Award-winning writer and executive producer of ABC’s “Modern Family,” will visit the Newhouse School as a guest of the school’s Department of Television, Radio and Film. He will give a public talk on Friday,…