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Move to paperless bus schedules supports campus sustainability

Friday, November 4, 2011, By News Staff

With more and more people accessing the Internet wirelessly from just about everywhere, finding the next Quad Shuttle, Late Night Orange Express or any other bus departure/arrival time is now just a few quick clicks or finger taps away.  Syracuse…

SU holds Veterans Day National Roll call on Nov. 11

Thursday, November 3, 2011, By News Staff

On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Syracuse University will join more than 175 colleges and universities from 50 states and the District of Columbia in a Remembrance Day National Roll Call. The event is designed to honor the more than 6,270…

Kronos Quartet performs in weeklong residency at SU Nov. 7-13

Thursday, November 3, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Arts.Engage welcomes the Kronos Quartet for a weeklong residency, Nov. 7-13. The residency will include workshops, film screenings, talkbacks and a concert. The residency coincides with the Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) Institute, Nov. 6-9, at…

IDEAS Collaborative at this week’s IRP

Tuesday, November 1, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Heidi Holtz, director of grant making at the Gifford Foundation, and Stephen Butler, executive director of the Cultural Resources Council, will discuss the IDEAS Collaborative (Initiative to Engage and Develop Audiences), at the Nov. 3 session of Institute for Retired…

Atlanta elementary school students inspired by adults with disabilities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011, By News Staff

Successful adults with disabilities from throughout the metro-Atlanta area inspired children at Gwinnett County’s Nesbit Elementary School on Oct. 12 to dare to dream for their futures as part of a new disability mentoring day and career expo pilot program….

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage, SU Drama to participate in nationwide premiere of ‘Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays’

Monday, October 31, 2011, By News Staff

Witty, warm and occasionally wacky, “Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” is an evening of new short plays by an A-list lineup of writers with two Pulitzer Prizes, four Obies, one Emmy and three Tony nominations. Be there as…

Media, Law & Policy

McMahon gives talk at human rights forum

Thursday, October 27, 2011, By News Staff

Anthropology Associate Research Professor Felicia McMahon participated in the “I Am Unspoken” forum, giving voice to human rights violations.

Campus & Community

Exploring IBM’s Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Jim De Piante, IBM project manager on the Watson supercomputer project, will speak about the development of Watson and the Jeopardy! gameshow challenge on Nov. 3.

Arents Awards honor four distinguished alumni Nov. 12 as part of Orange Central

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By News Staff

Four distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of law, sustainability innovation, social and environmental activism, and public service will be honored with George Arents Awards during the University’s 2011 Orange Central celebration. At the Arents Award luncheon…

Arts & Culture

Stone Canoe hosts public literary showcases in community

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Poets and writers featured in Stone Canoe, A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, will read from their works at two separate events scheduled locally.  Stone Canoe Poetry Night will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 7- 8:30…