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Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred
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…
Alternative pirate press Cannonball Press to present exhibition, lecture at VPA
Cannonball Press, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based alternative pirate press co-founded by artists Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston, will present an exhibition and artists’ lecture in April at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). The exhibition, which includes new,…
Vanessa Williams to receive Syracuse University Icon of Style Award at New York gala
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Administrative Officer Frank Bisignano to be presented with Dean’s Award of Distinction Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that it will honor renowned actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams ’85…
Steven Cohan, SU English professor, publishes new book
“The Sound of Musicals” (Palgrave Macmillan for the British Film Institute 2011), a new book edited by Steven Cohan, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, was released in February in the United States….
Smart Growth Initiative at this week’s Thursday Morning Roundtable
The March 3 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) will feature Paul Beyer, director of Smart Growth Planning at the New York State Department of State. Various New York state agencies are involved with the Smart Growth initiative, which is…
Near Westside Initiative Business Association experiencing tremendous growth
Encourages more business owners and entrepreneurs to join Twenty-eight neighborhood business owners and entrepreneurs attended this month’s Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) Business Association meeting at the Delavan Center in Syracuse. The meeting marked the third straight month that the group has experienced record turnout. “The…
XL Projects to exhibit ‘New Directions in Photography’ March 9-27
What does it mean to be an art photographer today? In the exhibition “New Directions in Photography,” the third-year art photography graduate students in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) prove that the photographic medium has outgrown…
Sixth annual Gospel Extravaganza with ‘Sunday Best’ winner rounds out Black History Month at SU
The Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University will celebrate the sixth annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza with Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) “Sunday Best” winner Le’andria Johnson, Sunday, Feb. 27, at Hendricks Chapel. Doors will open at 4:30 pm….
Award-winning author to lead Feb. 25 College of Law event honoring legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Syracuse University College of Law Black Law Students Association (BLSA) has organized a Black History Month program that pays tribute to the legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African American member of…
Exhibition from the Breuer archives at Syracuse Architecture
The exhibition “Marcel Breuer and Postwar America” opened on Feb. 15 in the Slocum Gallery at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. The show was curated by Syracuse architecture students as part of a seminar on the Bauhaus architect taught…