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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Event April 13 Will Look at Issues in Media and Democracy During Election Year

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will host Michael Copps, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Todd O’Boyle, director of the media and democracy reform initiative at Common Cause, on Wednesday, April 13. They will present “Media and Democracy in…

University Lectures Hosts ‘Serial’ Co-Creator/Host Sarah Koenig

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The 2015-16 season of the University Lectures concludes Tuesday, April 12, with Sarah Koenig, host and co-creator of the wildly popular podcast “Serial” and named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2015. Koenig’s lecture is free and…

Media, Law & Policy

University Professor Driesen ‘Economic Dynamics of Law’ at Several Chinese Universities

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Robert Conrad

University Professor David Driesen recently spent two weeks giving lectures on his book “The Economic Dynamics of Law” at a number of universities throughout China. The focus of his discussions was on environmental law and greenhouse gas emissions trading. The…

Campus & Community

In The News: Friday, April 8

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Keith Kobland

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Arts & Culture

Jazz Day to Feature Master Class, Concert with Renowned Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Erica Blust

Renowned musician, composer, conductor and arranger Wycliffe Gordon will be the featured guest at Syracuse University’s Jazz Day on Saturday, April 9. Gordon will conduct a jazz master class at 3 p.m. and perform with the University’s Morton Schiff Jazz…

Health & Society

Falk Graduate Students Host Golf Tournament to Benefit Vera House May 9

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Venue and Event Management Graduate Program in Falk College is hosting a charity golf tournament to benefit Vera House on May 9 at Timber Banks Golf Club in Baldwinsville, N.Y., beginning at 12:30 p.m. Monies raised will support…

Arts & Culture

Conductor Vance George to Lead 13th Annual Women’s Choir Festival

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Erica Blust

Vance George, the Grammy Award-winning conductor emeritus of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, will be the guest conductor for the University’s 13th Annual Invitational Women’s Choir Festival and concert on Saturday, April 16. The theme of the festival is “Joyfully…

Campus & Community

Art Installation on Quad Representing Intersection of Alcohol, Sexual Assault Postponed

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

An art installation on Shaw Quad representing the intersection of alcohol and sexual assault has been postponed due to weather. The display will highlight the fact that over 50 percent of college sexual assaults involve alcohol and that alcohol is…

Campus & Community

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Series for Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Wellness Initiative is offering a course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for SU faculty and staff. The eight-week course meets Wednesday evenings, 500 Hall of Languages from 5:15  – 7:15 p.m., beginning April 27. The MBSR…

STEM

Physicist to Receive Young Scientist Award in France

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By Amy Manley

A physicist in the  College of Arts and Sciences has been selected to receive the prestigious Young Scientist Award by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). M. Lisa Manning, associate professor…