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BBI chairman authors working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities

Thursday, March 29, 2012, By News Staff

University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, has authored a working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities. The paper, commissioned by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, discusses a right…

Colgate University’s Marlowe to lecture on archaeological origins in Roman antiquities collecting

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

Elizabeth Marlowe, assistant professor of art & art history at Colgate University, will present the lecture “False Friends: Context, Connoisseurship and the History of Roman Art” on Thursday, April 19, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium (second floor). The event, which…

SU Humanities Center hosts lectures by renowned cultural critic March 27-28

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Rob Enslin

International cultural critic Taek-Gwang Lee is making two rare appearances at Syracuse University. On Tuesday, March 27, he will discuss “Towards Geo-Cinematology: Negotiating the Identity of East Asian Cinemas” at 4 p.m. in the SU Humanities Center Seminar Room (304)…

SU named to 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University is one of only eight institutions in New York state to be named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. SU has been named for the sixth consecutive year. The honor roll, launched in…

Scientists use rare mineral to correlate past climate events in Europe, Antarctica

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By News Staff

Editor’s Note: Media reports about this research have misrepresented the study’s findings. For more information read a statement by Zunli Lu. New study published in April issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters The first day of spring brought record…

Arts & Culture

Ping Chong & Company part of disabilities panel discussion at Newhouse

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s ArtsEngage and the Goldring Arts Journalism Program welcome members of Ping Chong & Company for a panel discussion about its theatrical production “Inside/Out … voices from the disability community.” The discussion is part of Undesirable Elements, an ongoing…

Campus & Community

Civil and environmental engineering seminar with Charles Driscoll

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By News Staff

Friday, March 23, 2 p.m.,369 Link Hall

Media, Law & Policy

NPR’s Michel Martin to speak at Newhouse School April 11

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Michel Martin, host of the NPR talk show “Tell Me More,” will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, April 11, as part of the Leaders in Communications speaker series. She will speak on “Just Because You’re…

Stone Canoe seeking submissions for seventh edition, announces guest editors

Monday, March 19, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

Submissions of visual art, short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and short plays are now being accepted for the seventh edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature, and Social Commentary. The deadline for submissions is July 15. To submit…

‘Science and Magic in Film’ series continues

Monday, March 19, 2012, By KC Duggan

SYRFILM INC. and The Red House Arts Center continue their collaboration on the series Science and Magic in Film. This four-part series began in January and runs through April 2012 on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Each screening includes…