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Arts & Culture

‘Speed-the-Plow’ Examines Loyalty and Ambition Feb. 21-March 2

Friday, February 14, 2014, By News Staff

Tony Award-nominated “Speed-the-Plow” is a biting satire of Hollywood. Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client. Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed head of production at a major studio, both see…

Health & Society

School of Education to Host 2014 Equity and Social Justice Conference March 1

Monday, February 10, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the seventh annual Conference on Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) on Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton Syracuse University Conference Center. The theme of the 2014 conference is Social Justice Education Out of Bounds:…

Arts & Culture

Philosophy Department to Welcome World-Renowned Philosopher

Friday, February 7, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Alvin Goldman, Board of Governors Professor at Rutgers University, will deliver the second annual William P. Alston Lecture at  The College of Arts and Sciences. The free lecture, titled “Naturalizing Metaphysics with the Help of Cognitive Science,” is open to…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents Gerard H. Gaskin’s ‘Legendary’

Tuesday, February 4, 2014, By News Staff

Light Work is presenting Gerard H. Gaskin’s “Legendary,” through Aug. 8 in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in the Schine Student Center. A lecture sponsored by the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 12,…

STEM

Hougland Awarded Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award

Friday, January 31, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Advocates fighting to combat Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a rare genetic disorder that affects between one in 25,000 and one in 10,000 live births, now have a Syracuse University (SU) chemist in their corner. James Hougland, assistant professor of chemistry in…

UVP to Show Videos by Yui Kugimiya

Wednesday, January 22, 2014, By News Staff

Urban Video Project and Light Work announced the exhibition of three recent video pieces by Brooklyn-based artist Yui Kugimiya. Works included in the exhibition are “Cat Brushing Teeth” (2009), “Cronica de Una Muerte Anunciada” (2012) and “Sunset Donut” (2012). Kugimiya’s…

Arts & Culture

Ray Smith Symposium Focuses on Commodification, Aesthetics of South Asian Folk Art

Tuesday, January 21, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The commodification of South Asia folk art, including Mithila paintings by women from Northern India and parts of Nepal, is the focus of an upcoming Ray Smith Symposium.

Arts & Culture

A Change in Weather

Tuesday, January 21, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Artist and VPA Associate Professor Sam Van Aken was curious about the effects of weather on body and mind. So he is transforming the atmosphere inside the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s (MWPAI) Museum of Art in Utica—at least for a little while.

Arts & Culture

The Story Behind Iconic Image from Aftermath of Pan Am Flight 103

Thursday, December 19, 2013, By Emily Kulkus

When Catherine Crossland returned to campus in January 1989 for the second half of her sophomore year at Syracuse University, a friend gave her a newspaper he bought while studying abroad the previous semester. The paper was from South Africa. It had Crossland’s photo on the front page.

Veterans

Whitman School Announces M.B.A. for Veterans Program

Wednesday, December 18, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University will add to its already extensive list of programs in support of military veterans this spring. The M.B.A. for Veterans Program, conducted by the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is an improvised fast-track M.B.A. in entrepreneurship specially…