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Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred

Friday, March 25, 2011, By News Staff

J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned scientist regarded as one of the most influential people in the world for his efforts to decode the human genome, will deliver the Commencement address to the 2011 graduates of Syracuse University, Syracuse University College…

SU College of Law Impunity Watch journal welcomes United Nations Peacekeeper for symposium on child soldiers

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The Impunity Watch Law Journal of Syracuse University College of Law will host its annual symposium, “Humans as Commodities: Child Soldiers,” on Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m. in Grant Auditorium. The event addresses the use of child soldiers in…

Twelfth annual Reel Queer Film Festival planned March 31-April 2

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, By News Staff

Open Doors, a graduate group of queer and queer-friendly Syracuse University students, announces its 12th annual Reel Queer Film Festival on March 31, April 1 and April 2. The group will present a diverse platform of films that give voice…

Campus & Community

‘Food for Fines’ Day is April 14

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, By News Staff

The library’s fine amnesty program, “Food for Fines”, will take place on Thursday, April 14, at Bird Library, the Science and Technology Library, Geology Library, Barclay Law Library, the Architecture Reading Room and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library.

XL Projects to host concert by Eastman student guitarists March 25

Monday, March 21, 2011, By Erica Blust

Three graduate student guitarists from the Eastman School of Music will be featured in a concert presented by the Great Lakes Guitar Society on Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The concert,…

U.S. Senator Scott Brown to hold SU Bookstore book signing March 26

Monday, March 21, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University Bookstore will host U.S. Senator Scott Brown for a book signing on Saturday, March 26, from 1-2 p.m. Brown will sign copies of his new memoir “Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks and Second Chances”…

Lecture by MAXXI’s Ciorra, Breuer exhibition reception slated for March 22 at School of Architecture

Thursday, March 17, 2011, By Elaine Wackerow

On Tuesday, March 22, the Syracuse University School of Architecture will host two events of significance to the architecture and design communities. Pippo Ciorra, senior curator of the MAXXI Architecturra, will speak at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium.  Ciorra is…

Media, Law & Policy

Comcast CEO, Foursquare co-founders to be honored at fifth annual Mirror Awards ceremony June 7

Wednesday, March 16, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Comcast Corporation chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts will receive the Fred Dressler Achievement Award, and Foursquare co-founders Dennis Crowley ’98 and Naveen Selvadurai will receive the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the fifth annual Mirror Awards…

Campus & Community

‘The Life of James K. McGuire’ at this week’s IRP

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Onondaga County Court Judge Joseph E. Fahey will present on the life of James K. McGuire, the youngest mayor to govern Syracuse.

Campus & Community

IDEAS Collaborative–Saving the Arts at this week’s Thursday Morning Roundtable

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The March 17 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) will feature Heidi Holtz, director of grant making at the Rosamond Gifford Foundation, and Steve Butler, executive director of the Cultural Resources Council. They will present “IDEAS Collaborative.”