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Students Establish Art Bench to Connect Communities

Monday, November 17, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

On the edge of campus, the Syracuse University campus and the east University neighborhood meet up at Comstock and Euclid avenues. Bikers, drivers and pedestrians move quickly through this bustling intersection every day. Now they have a reason to linger.

University of Copenhagen Scholars to Lecture on Rhetorical Citizenship

Thursday, November 13, 2014, By Erica Blust

Christian Kock and Lisa Villadsen, scholars from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, will visit Syracuse University as guests of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. They will present a joint…

Humanities Data Mining Subject of ‘Issues in Digital Scholarship’ Talk

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Peter Leonard, librarian for digital humanities research at Yale, will give a talk titled “Making Sense: Data-Mining Large Collections of Digitized Cultural Material,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. Leonard’s…

‘Elect Her’ Preparing Women for Leadership and Political Office

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

In student leadership roles and in political office across the country, more women are needed to represent. An upcoming conference is giving University students the opportunity to find their voice and build confidence to pursue an elected leadership position.

Barry Scheck Explores Impact of DNA Evidence in Nov. 11 University Lecture

Thursday, November 6, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Renowned attorney and DNA expert Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, will be the next guest of the University Lectures series on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Hendricks Chapel. Scheck’s lecture, “The Innocence Project: DNA and the Wrongly Convicted,” will…

Urban Video Project Presents Sanford Biggers’ ‘Shuffle’ and ‘Shake’

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work are pleased will present “Shuffle”(2009) and “Shake” (2011) by celebrated multimedia artist Sanford Biggers from Nov. 6-Dec. 27. This screening marks the second major exhibition in Urban Video Project’s year-long curatorial…

Campaign Data Collection and Analysis is First Project in iSchool’s New BITS Lab

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Diane Stirling

As Election Day approaches, candidate advertisements and campaign messages consume the broadcast airwaves. But it’s another kind of political chatter—social in nature, occurring in bits and bytes, by and between candidates and among voters online—that several faculty members at the…

Perspectives on Sounds from East and West Nov. 2

Friday, October 31, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Society for New Music presents “Sound Perspectives East and West” Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel. The program features a variety of sounds, from different places in the chapel that will allow audience members to consider…

Campus & Community

Disabled and Proud Conference Draws Prospective Students to Campus

Friday, October 31, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A unique opportunity for prospective students (and their parents) to learn more about the fact that “disabled” does not mean “unable” when it comes to attending college, the Disabled and Proud conference motto was “Dare to Dream.” Come to find…

Campus & Community

HathiTrust Research Center Seeks Proposals for Collaborative Projects

Friday, October 31, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) projects that utilize the HathiTrust Digital Library and Research Center computational tools to address scholarly research questions. Examples of such collaborations include, but are not limited to: running…