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Walmart India’s Raj Jain to lecture at Whitman School March 5

Friday, February 17, 2012, By News Staff

As part of the Whitman School of Management’s Jonathan Holtz Global Speaker Series, Raj Jain, president of Walmart India and managing director and CEO of Bharti Walmart Pvt. Ltd., will speak on Monday, March 5, at Whitman’s Lender Auditorium, room…

Three renowned authors will be featured during Spring 2012 University Lectures

Friday, February 17, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Jonathan Franzen kicks off series March 6 Jonathan Franzen, award-winning author of “The Corrections” and “Freedom,” will kick off the 2012 University Lectures series at Syracuse University on Tuesday, March 6. Franzen is the first in a trio of noted…

Film starring Emma Roberts to shoot several scenes on SU campus

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By News Staff

On Saturday, Feb. 18, Hollywood comes to SU as crews for the independent film “Adult World” arrive on campus for a day of production shoots. The PG-13 film, produced by Syracuse native Justin Nappi, is expected to premiere at a…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville CEO Troy Tomlinson to speak via videoconference Feb. 21

Thursday, February 16, 2012, By Erica Blust

Troy Tomlinson, a 27-year publishing veteran who serves as president and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville, will speak via videoconference on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin…

SU helps Jewish Center of Norwich celebrate restoration efforts Feb. 16

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Jewish Center of Norwich—which made headlines in 2008, when it was vandalized by local youths—is the subject of a forthcoming event involving Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Judaic studies program. SU friends and alumni, as…

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PLACA Summer Research Grants – Call for Proposals

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, By News Staff

Attention Graduate and Doctoral Students: This year the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) will grant awards to graduate students of up to $2,000 (with committee discretion to award partial funding in some cases) to support field research…

Lan Luan G’04, senior product manager at Microsoft, to speak at SU

Monday, February 13, 2012, By Kim Infanti

The Office of Career Services within the Division of Student Affairs, and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing Lan Luan G’04, senior product manager at Microsoft, to campus on Tuesday, Feb. 21, as part of the Alumni Speaker Series….

Designer Suzanne Tick to speak Feb. 14

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Erica Blust

Suzanne Tick, principal of Suzanne Tick Inc., which specializes in material development for commercial and residential interiors, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium. The free, public talk is sponsored by the School…

Grey NY ad exec Rob Baiocco to visit Newhouse School March 1

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rob Baiocco, executive creative director for Grey Healthy People, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, March 1, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak on “Secrets of Success in…

SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…