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Fast Forward Syracuse September Progress Update

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Fast Forward Syracuse teams continue to gain momentum and add faculty, staff and students to each of the three program initiatives—Strategic Plan, Campus Master Plan and Operational Excellence. More than 500 people attended a Town Hall meeting with Chancellor Kent…

Digital Witness Symposium to Explore Impact of Digital Code on Human Rights Media

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Central New York Humanities Corridor will present two installments of its fifth annual Digital Witness Symposium. The first one is on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in room 127 of the Kirner-Johnson Building at Hamilton College (198 College Hill Rd., Clinton,…

Art World Converges in Syracuse for Renaissance Art Symposium Oct. 18

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ continues its semester-long look at “Perspective” with a major symposium on Italian Renaissance Art. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the College of Arts and Sciences will present “New Perspectives on Renaissance Art” from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15…

Take a Hike for Health with WALKTOBER

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By News Staff

Challenge yourself and your colleagues to good health. Take a walk outside this fall and log in your steps for the second year of WALKTOBER. Healthy Monday and the Department of Recreation Services host this month-long initiative and competition that…

STEM

New Cooling System Heats up Physics Research

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support ongoing work in quantum information science. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is the recipient of a $230,000 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award…

‘The Image of the Black in Western Art: The Final Stages’ Subject of Sept. 25 Lecture

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

David Bindman, professor emeritus of art history at University College London and a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center, will present a lecture titled “The Image of the Black in Western Art: The Final Stages” on Thursday, Sept. 25,…

Arts & Culture

914Works to Present Maria Marrero Costume Design Retrospective

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Erica Blust

Costume designer Maria Marrero, a professor of theater design and technology in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Drama, will present “Character & Collaboration,” a retrospective of her career in theatrical costume design, Sept. 25-Oct. 14…

STEM

Dedrick, Stanton Receive NSF Funding for Smart Meter Study

Friday, September 19, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Do people care how smart meters collect data about the electricity they use? That’s one of the questions a new National Science Foundation-funded grant will permit two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors to explore in their project, “Data Privacy…

South African Poet, Activist Diana Ferrus to Lecture Sept. 29

Friday, September 19, 2014, By News Staff

The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Project at Syracuse University will host Diana Ferrus, internationally renowned poet and storyteller, who will deliver a performance lecture entitled “From Broken Bones to Healing Hearts: My Journey with Sarah Baartman” at Peter Graham Scholarly Commons…

Point of Contact Gallery Hosting ‘Materiality and Poetry, the Visual and the Verbal’

Thursday, September 18, 2014, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery is hosting a panel discussion, “Materiality and Poetry, the Visual and the Verbal,” on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. The conversation will concern the poetic influence behind the current exhibition “Last” by Dorene Quinn. Chilean…