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SU students participate in West African Dance Residency with master teacher

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

On Oct. 4, a select group of SU students who are either members of a multicultural student dance organization, or just dance lovers at heart, began a six-week artist-in-residence program learning traditional West African dance from master teacher Biboti Ouikahilo….

Campus & Community

Alston named senior vice president for human capital development

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

Kal Alston has been named senior vice president for human capital development at Syracuse University. Alston’s appointment to this newly created position addresses the need for the strategic leadership of major initiatives and projects related to the inclusion and development…

Arts & Culture

‘Presenting Bakelite: the material of a thousand uses,’ an illustrated lecture by Reindert Groot

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In conjunction with its ongoing exhibition “Just One Word: Plastics,” the Syracuse University Library will host Dutch producer/photographer and Bakelite expert Reindert Groot, founder of the Amsterdam Bakelite Collection. The presentation will take place in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at…

Arts & Culture

SU Brass Ensemble kicks off 2011-12 season with ‘Silver Screen’ concert in Rome Oct. 23

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), a 35-piece group housed in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, kicks off the 2011-12 season with its popular “Silver Screen” program. The concert—emceed by WCNY-FM’s Bruce Paulsen, with projected images coordinated by…

Arts & Culture

VPA announces associate dean appointments

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced two associate dean appointments. The appointments will allow Arthur Jensen, VPA’s senior associate dean of academic affairs and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School names two Robertson Fellows

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs enters its second year of collaboration with the Robertson Foundation for Government by naming the two newest Robertson Fellows. Laura Alexander of Tamarac, Fla., and Nathan Strand of Gaithersburg, Md., began their…

Media, Law & Policy

University to host two-day conference on urban revitalization

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

Speakers, workshops will focus on urban transformations through art and design A conference on “Urban Revitalization: Transformations through Art and Design” will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, at the Warehouse Auditorium, 360 W. Fayette St. The…

Media, Law & Policy

Mullen chief innovation officer Edward Boches to visit Newhouse Oct. 26

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

How do we resolve the need and desire to control brands and messages with the equal need to let go and invite participation? The ramifications affect how we change our mindsets, our company cultures, teams, briefs and creative output. Ask…

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini residency by Italian Renaissance scholar Michael Rocke. Rocke—the Nicky Mariano…

Arts & Culture

SU symposium explores legacy of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa Oct. 21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the subject of a daylong symposium, organized and presented by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and…