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Jim Gaffigan to Perform at Goldstein Oct. 25

Monday, September 15, 2014, By News Staff

University Union will bring comedian Jim Gaffigan to perform at Goldstein Auditorium on Oct. 25. Gaffigan’s most recent comedy album, “Obsessed,” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Comedy Album charts in April 2014, and the accompanying television special on Comedy…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Grows Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner

Tuesday, September 9, 2014, By News Staff

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Salt City Harvest Farm from 5-8 p.m. for Syracuse Grows, one of a kind, Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner! The dinner will be prepared by New American chefs (My Lucky Tummy) using fresh ingredients…

Lineup Announced for Fall 2014 Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Creative Writing Program will once again present six writers in its Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series. Named for the great short story writer and poet who taught at Syracuse in the 1980s and died in 1988, the Raymond…

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Perspective’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Perspective” is the theme of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. The semester-long series begins with a keynote address by Kevin Powers, a U.S. Army veteran…

Syracuse University Singers to Tour France

Tuesday, August 26, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers will embark on its first international tour next summer thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. The choir will travel to France May 25-June 4, 2015, with stops in Paris, Chartres, Tours, Rheims and…

Catholic Author Headlines Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 6

Friday, August 22, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Renowned Catholic writer Ron Hansen will deliver this year’s Joseph and Amelia Borgognoni Lecture in Catholic Theology and Religion in Society at Syracuse University. Hansen will discuss “Seeing into the Middle of Things: The Work of a Catholic Writer” on…

Campus & Community

More Scenes of Summer

Thursday, July 31, 2014, By News Staff

Members of the Syracuse University community continued this week to share their vacation experiences through photos. Check out the latest.

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Work Featured in an Unusual Place: Chipotle Packaging

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Customers at Chipotle are getting a side order of literature to go along with their burrito bowl and guacamole. Syracuse University English Professor George Saunders is one of 10 authors whose works are now featured on cups and bags at…

Campus & Community

Writer Publishes Book on Iconic Arts Leader, Music Educator

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By News Staff

One of today’s leading arts leaders is the subject of a new book by a member of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Rob Enslin, The College’s communications manager, has co-written the Ned Corman memoir, Now’s the Time: A Story of Music, Education, and Advocacy (Epigraph, 2014). A resident of Rochester, N.Y., Corman is best known as founder of the Penfield Music Commission Project (PMCP) and its national successor, The Commission Project (TCP). He also is closely associated with several major festivals, including the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF).

Arts & Culture

Julia Czerniak Named Associate Dean at Syracuse Architecture

Monday, June 16, 2014, By News Staff

Professor Julia Czerniak has been appointed associate dean at the School of Architecture by Dean Michael Speaks, effective Aug. 1. In her new role, Czerniak will work with the dean to develop and implement the mission of the school and…