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Arts & Culture

VPA Students Exhibit Work in ‘Common Language’

Tuesday, February 18, 2014, By Erica Blust

Eight undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are exhibiting work in the show “Common Language” through Saturday, Feb. 22, on the first-floor wall of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The students showing…

Campus & Community

University Lectures’ Spring Semester Kicks Off Feb. 25 with Chris Hayes

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

MSNBC host Chris Hayes will speak about the crisis of authority in American life in the first University Lectures event of the spring 2014 season on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Hayes is the first guest…

Media, Law & Policy

Helping Bring the Olympics to the World

Monday, February 17, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The Sochi Olympics has us riveted to our televisions as the athletes ski, skate and speed into sport legends. Syracuse University students are playing a part in helping to bring the drama to fans around the world—with NBC and with the International Olympic Committee.

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Student Wins ABA Student Writing Competition

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Sean J. Quinn ’06, a third-year student in the SU College of Law, has been named the winner of the 12th annual American Bar Association (ABA) Health Law Student Writing Competition. His winning entry was titled “Down on the Pharma:…

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…

Media, Law & Policy

Diversity in Sports Media Is Topic of Feb. 26 Newhouse Forum

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The face of sports media—especially as seen on pregame, postgame and halftime shows on television—may seem diverse. But just how representative of athletes, sports fans and American society is it? What about management—the people who do the hiring and assigning…

SU Alumna Creates New U.S. Postage Stamp

Friday, February 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

When it comes to matters of the heart, artist Q. Cassetti G’07 knows her stuff. Her M.F.A. thesis focused on valentines, and as part of that she created more than 300 images of hearts. Those images were posted on her…

STEM

What’s Growing Inside the Life Sciences Greenhouse?

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, By Keith Kobland

What’s growing inside the greenhouse atop the Life Sciences Complex in the middle of winter? More than you might expect. Biology Greenhouse from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. (video transcription below) Keith Kobland, SU News: In the dead of winter,…

Arts & Culture

Filmmaker Kiarostami to Hold Residency in VPA

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, By Erica Blust

Iranian filmmaker, photographer, video artist and poet Abbas Kiarostami will be in residence at SU for two weeks this spring as the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) 2014 Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. In late March, Kiarostami will…

Health & Society

Getting to Know: Kevin Heffernan

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, By News Staff

Kevin Heffernan has always been excited about exercise. In high school and college he was active in many sports, and his sports training led to a love of weight lifting. His earliest research focused on weight training and the health…