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It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By Rob Enslin

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…

SU’s South Side Innovation Center receives support to train entrepreneurs for clean energy sector

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By News Staff

New program to put residents of Syracuse’s South Side and others on career pathway to employability and entrepreneurship The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced today that it is providing funding to Syracuse University’s South Side…

‘300 Miles to Freedom’ to be screened at Harlem’s historic First Corinthian Baptist Church on Dec. 15

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The New York City debut of “300 Miles to Freedom,” a documentary film celebrating the life of fugitive slave John W. Jones, will take place at the historic First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem (1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)…

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Call for entries: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting 2011 are now being accepted by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Deadline for entries is Jan. 14, 2012. Entries should be submitted online at…

Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…

Elman receives $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to establish Qualitative Data Repository

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will be the home of the new Qualitative Data Repository, which is to be established with a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $600,000. Associate Professor of Political Science Colin…

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NPR’s Michel Martin to speak at Newhouse School Nov. 30

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

Michel Martin, host of the NPR talk show “Tell Me More,” will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, Nov. 30, as part of the Leaders in Communications speaker series. She will speak on “Just Because…

‘Six Sides of Japanese Package Design’ to open at Design Gallery

Tuesday, November 15, 2011, By Erica Blust

The exhibition will Dec. 2-Jan. 19.

SUArt Galleries presents “Sources and Structures: The Art of Robert Stackhouse”

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By Syracuse University Art Museum

Opening Thursday, Nov. 10, the SUArt Galleries presents the exhibition “Sources and Structures: The Art of Robert Stackhouse.” The exhibition will run through Jan. 22, 2012. This 25-year retrospective, organized by the SUArt Galleries, surveys the development of Robert Stackhouse…

Syracuse University alumnus and entertainment industry leader Gil Cates dies

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, By Erica Blust

Gilbert “Gil” Cates ‘55 G’65, an alumnus of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a leader in the entertainment industry, died Monday, Oct. 31, in Los Angeles. He was 77. Cates was founding dean of the…