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Campus & Community

University to screen PBS documentary ‘A Wing and a Prayer’

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By Scott Barrett

The Middle Eastern Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Program will host a special screening of the hit PBS documentary “A Wing and a Prayer.”  The event will be held on Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. 060 Eggers Hall…

Arts & Culture

Imagining America to Receive Phi Beta Kappa Key of Excellence

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, By News Staff

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest and most-widely known academic honor society, will present Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life with the capstone Key of Excellence Award and its $10,000 prize at a reception on Thursday,…

Campus & Community

Four University Community Members Named to NY Public Scholars Program

Friday, October 2, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Four members of the Syracuse University community have been selected by the New York Council for the Humanities for its New York Public Scholars program.

Arts & Culture

Film and Screen Studies Eye Cast Changes at Syracuse

Thursday, October 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences is getting ready for its proverbial close-up, thanks to recent core faculty developments. Roger Hallas, associate professor of English, has been appointed convener of the department’s burgeoning film and…

Campus & Community

College of Law Dean Search Committee to Meet with Key Stakeholders

Thursday, October 1, 2015, By Carol Boll

The search committee appointed to identify a new dean for the Syracuse University College of Law announced today that it will schedule a series of meetings with University stakeholders as the search process progresses. The committee, chaired by Associate Provost…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Hosts Delegation from the Fulbright Program

Thursday, October 1, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

On Friday, Sept. 25, Syracuse University hosted a delegation of Fulbright University placement officers from the Institute for International Education (IIE) to promote mutual institutional fluency and understanding among the University and the Fulbright Program.  The placement officers represented academic…

Health & Society

Disability Awareness Month Begins with Open House, Screening of ‘Inside Out’

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Gerard McTigue

The Disability Cultural Center (DCC), within the Division of Student Affairs, along with a number of Syracuse University partners, will play host to a wide range of events throughout October, designated as Disability Awareness Month. The list of events starts…

Campus & Community

Graduate Student Travels to Philly to Attend Pope’s Mass

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Emily Francisco G’17 almost got to see Pope Francis two years ago while she was studying abroad in Florence. She tried to attend a Mass he was celebrating in Rome, but she wasn’t able to get into the service. This time she was not going to miss him.

LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 Named 2015 MacArthur Fellow

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Erica Blust

Photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07, a graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Frazier, who earned…

Arts & Culture

UVP Highlights Special Indoor Screening of ‘Leviathan’ with Filmmaker in Person

Monday, September 28, 2015, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Syracuse International Film Festival and the Everson Museum of Art, have announced a special indoor screening of “Leviathan” by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel of Harvard’s Sensory…