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The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to visit SU for October peace forum and concert

Monday, August 27, 2012, By News Staff

Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Andy Grammer and Nas among the two dozen artists scheduled to perform; comedian Whoopi Goldberg to emcee. “Common Ground for Peace,” will be held on campus Monday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Arts & Culture

SU organist Owolabi to give recitals on historic Holtkamp organ

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By Erica Blust

Kola Owolabi, Syracuse University organist and assistant professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present organ recitals on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and…

Veterans

IVMF hosts fourth V-WISE entrepreneurship training conference for female veterans Aug. 23-25 in San Diego

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

Major General Martha T. Rainville (U.S. Air Force, Retired), Brigadier General Belinda H. Pinckney (U.S. Army, Retired) and Master Chief Petty Officer Ginger L. Simpson (U.S. Navy, Retired) to be honored as pioneering women in the military Veteran Women Igniting…

Arts & Culture

Jewish bioethicist headlines Anbar lectures at SU, Temple Adath Yeshurun Sept. 5-6

Thursday, August 16, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Laurie Zoloth, a pioneer in medical and research ethics, is delivering the fifth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Syracuse University and Temple Adath Yeshurun. Her SU lecture, titled “The Second Text: Tradition, Narrative and Translation in Jewish Bioethics,” is Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 13

Monday, August 13, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Tacoma Weekly reported on Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup, a program to help transitioning service members and veterans become entrepreneurs. The pilot program was launched by the Institute for Veterans and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse professor brings Antarctic pioneer diary to life in ‘Aurora Passage’

Friday, August 10, 2012, By News Staff

On Saturday, Aug. 18, Arc Cinema in Australia will host the inaugural live performance of “Aurora Passage” by sound designer and composer Douglas Quin, associate professor in the Newhouse School. The performance is a multimedia composition combining piano, live narration,…

STEM

Stripling a key speaker at 2012 NYLA/SSL Leadership Institute Retreat

Friday, August 3, 2012, By News Staff

The librarianship profession is witnessing a major shift in library sciences as over 45 states adopt the Common Core State Standards Initiative to offer students high-quality education to prepare for college and careers beyond high school. To help school librarians…

Campus & Community

Lil O’Rourke elected to CASE board of trustees

Thursday, August 2, 2012, By News Staff

Lil Breul O’Rourke ’77, G’04, secretary to the Syracuse University Board of Trustees and vice president of principal gifts, has been elected to the CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) board of trustees. O’Rourke will serve as the…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School’s Center for Policy Research names new director

Tuesday, July 31, 2012, By News Staff

A leading researcher on child and family policy and co-author of two recent Pew Charitable Trusts studies on economic mobility, Leonard Lopoo, has been named director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the oldest interdisciplinary social science research program…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, July 25

Wednesday, July 25, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a Wall Street Journal article on parents of new college students letting go, Colleen O’Connor Bench, director of Syracuse University’s Parents Office, comments on the need for parents to step back in order to…