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Arts & Culture

Etgar Keret Presents Raymond Carver Lecture Oct. 9

Monday, September 30, 2013, By Renée K. Gadoua

Etgar Keret, the popular Israeli writer and filmmaker, will present this semester’s second Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…

Business & Economy

Connective Corridor Announces Second Round of Facade Grants

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By News Staff

Partners with Central New York Community Foundation on new Syracuse Beautification Fund Syracuse University today announced the recipients of $250,000 in the second round of Connective Corridor Façade Improvement grants to 16 businesses who will make significant investments to improve…

Arts & Culture

Five Distinguished Alumni to Receive George Arents Award during Orange Central

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni, representing excellence in the areas of the performing arts; art; fashion design; advertising, wellness and philanthropy; and literature will be honored with the George Arents Award during the University’s 2013 Orange Central celebration. Those who…

Media, Law & Policy

In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.

Health & Society

‘Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?’ Is Topic of Anbar Lecture

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University ethicist, will deliver the sixth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Syracuse University and Temple Adath Yeshurun. His SU lecture, titled “Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?” is Monday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Killian Room (Room 500) at the Hall of Languages. The previous day,…

Arts & Culture

Kushner Is First Guest of 2013-14 University Lectures

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will kick off the 2013-14 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “A Conversation with Tony Kushner,” discussion between Kushner and University Lectures Director…

EOIRS Helps to Encourage Environment of Respect

Friday, September 6, 2013, By News Staff

For more than a year, Human Capital Development (HCD) has conducted a campus-wide educational outreach effort to familiarize the Syracuse University community with the policies, laws and available resources that relate to issues of diversity, inclusion, equity and discrimination. The…

STEM

JPMC Contributes $15,000 to Support It Girls Program

Thursday, September 5, 2013, By Diane Stirling

JP Morgan Chase & Co. has provided a $15,000 sponsorship for this year’s It Girls Overnight Retreat, an event created by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) to engage, inspire and celebrate high school women and their potential in technology….

Ray Smith Symposia to Highlight Haudenosaunee Oral History, South Asian Folk Art

Thursday, September 5, 2013, By Rob Enslin

“Listening to the Wampum” and “Transformations in South Asian Folk Arts” expect to draw record crowds.

CRAVE Arts Immersion Festival to Transform Syracuse Sept. 20-21

Wednesday, September 4, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Connective Corridor will become an interactive stage for CRAVE, an innovative arts festival designed to immerse Syracuse in a wide variety of visual and performing arts Sept. 20-21. The two-day festival brings together collaborators to produce events as diverse…