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Transcript of “The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East” Panel (PDF)

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

ROUGH DRAFT NOT VERBATIM >> Please welcome to the stage, the voices of Afghanistan. [ Applause ] [ Applause ] >> Thank you, everyone. On behalf of voices of Afghanistan I would like to thank Sam Nappi and also university…

Vincent Vater, former director of endowments and special programs, dies

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Vincent J.Vater, 80, of Pittsford, N.Y., formerly of Horseheads and Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He retired from Syracuse University as director of endowments and special programs. Vater was born Sept. 1,…

Environmentalist Bill McKibben kicks off 2012-13 University Lectures series Oct. 10

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Bill McKibben, one of America’s best known environmentalists, will kick off the 2012-13 http://lectures.syr.edu”>University Lectures season on Wednesday, Oct. 10. McKibben will speak on “350: The Most Important Number in the World” at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture,…

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We need your bra!

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

As you all may know October is Breast Cancer Awareness month! The ladies of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club Inc., in collaboration with Rebecca Lee Pre-health Society, will be making a Bra Chain. A Bra…

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M.S. in Sport Venue & Event Management information session to be held Oct. 19

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty and staff will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s newest graduate program—the M.S. in sport venue and event management—during a special Fall Information Session on Friday, Oct. 19. Parking is available in the Irving…

Remembering Bassel

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Shortly before his death in his homeland of Syria last May, graduate film student Bassel Shahade was thinking of his friends back at SU. “The last e-mail I have from him was on May 21st,” says College of Visual and Performing Arts film professor Owen Shapiro. “He wrote ‘Say hi to everyone there. I will try to stay alive. Hoping to see you soon.’”

Tracy Metz book signing, talk address Netherlands landscape in relationship to water

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By Elaine Wackerow

Tracy Metz, an American-born journalist and author on art, architecture, urban planning and the landscape, will present a talk about her new book, “Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch” (NAi 2012) in Slocum Hall Auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 9, at…

Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including Syracuse University physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.

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‘Safe Haven Story’ at the next session of IRP

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

In 1944, under the direction of President Franklin Roosevelt, nearly 1,000 war refugees from countries across Europe were brought to Fort Ontario in Oswego. The Oct. 4 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Elizabeth Ann Kahl,…

Revitalization of Lincoln Supply warehouse earns LEED® platinum rating

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The revitalization of the former Lincoln Supply warehouse in Syracuse’s Near Westside neighborhood to create apartments and offices has earned a platinum rating in a new version of the LEED® system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The…