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Campus & Community

Somali Bantu traditional arts represented at ‘Westcott Celebrates Community’

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By News Staff

On Oct. 21, the Dept. of Anthropology will collaborate with the Somali Bantu Community Association and the Westcott Community Center to host an exhibit of folk arts created by Somali Bantu refugees in Syracuse.

Campus & Community

New Dances Exhibition on SU Archives’ Web Site

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Archives announces the release of a new online exhibition, “From the Waltz to the Jitterbug: Dances at Syracuse University, 1900-1960.”

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Harris to deliver keynote address at World Commodities Week in London

Thursday, October 6, 2011, By News Staff

Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will speak at the seventh annual World Commodities Week, Oct. 25-27 in London. The conference examines commodities investment, commodity trading and alternative investment strategies. Harris,…

Health & Society

Michael Bird to present ‘Health Disparities Among Native Americans’

Wednesday, October 5, 2011, By Michele Barrett

A nationally recognized public speaker on Native American public health, health disparities and social justice, Michael E. Bird, will present a special lecture, “Health Disparities Among Native Americans,” on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. The free lecture, which is…

Campus & Community

SU Humanities Center, physics department team up for Wali Lecture Oct. 6

Wednesday, September 28, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Renowned particle physicist Ian Shipsey will deliver the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities at Syracuse University. The lecture, “Bionic Hearing: The Science and the Experience,” is on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium….

Arts & Culture

Art and science historians headline new ‘transdisciplinary humanities’ series at SU

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Art historian James Elkins and science historian Michael Lynch will headline the first installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a new lecture series presented by The Syracuse University Humanities Center. The multimedia program, which is free and open to the public, is…

STEM

Distinguished cell biologist to present inaugural Ghaleb ’79 and Rima Daouk Visiting Scientist lecture

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences presents two lectures by Thoru Pederson ’63, G ’68, the inaugural Ghaleb ’79 and Rima Daouk Visiting Scientist. Both are free and open to the public. Parking is…

Arts & Culture

Creative writing program ranked fifth in country

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

The creative writing M.F.A. program in the Department of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences was recently named one of the top programs in the nation by Poets & Writers magazine. The program was tied for fifth…

Campus & Community

New Student Group for Disability Initiatives

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

A new student group, “The Undergraduate Disability Initiative” (UDI), will work closely with both the Disability Cultural Center and the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC), the SU graduate student disability advocacy group.

Media, Law & Policy

New edition of Reeher’s ‘The Trusted Leader’ published

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Institute, is co-editor of the second edition of “The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships That Make Government Work” and also co-wrote one of the chapters. The book examines the…