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Deep Findings

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, By Rob Enslin

When Cathryn Newton helped discover the USS Monitor in 1973, she was dealing with not just the most famous shipwreck of the Civil War (and of all U.S. naval history), but a paleontological and archaeological find of “epoch” proportions. “Shipwrecks…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Youth Orchestras to Perform April 13

Wednesday, April 2, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present a concert on Sunday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. in the West Genesee High School auditorium, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus. Tickets for the concert are $10…

Arts & Culture

VPA Celebrates Arts in April

Monday, March 31, 2014, By Erica Blust

Each spring, the College of Visual and Performing Arts bustles with activity, with exhibitions, competitions, presentations, performances and talks by visiting artists and scholars. Many of these events represent a culmination of work by graduating seniors and graduate students. Highlights…

Arts & Culture

Bold Interpretation of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Inspired by Notes from Original Script

Friday, March 28, 2014, By News Staff

“The Glass Menagerie” is the play that launched Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams’ career and is among the masterworks of the American stage. Drawn from Williams’ life, this moving play explores the illusory nature of dreams and the fragility of…

Campus & Community

Shepard Is Next Speaker in Carver Series Today

Thursday, March 27, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Short story writer and novelist Jim Shepard is the next presenter in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. today in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…

Campus & Community

SU Affirms Commitment to Sustainable Science with ‘Green Chemistry’ Workshop

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Green chemistry was the focus of a recent teacher workshop in The College of Arts and Sciences. Nearly 30 teachers from 24 area high schools converged at the Life Sciences Complex to learn more about the benefits of sustainable science…

British Government Announces Funding for Lockerbie Trust

Thursday, March 20, 2014, By News Staff

The United Kingdom will give £100,000 in funding to the Lockerbie Trust, a Scottish charity that supports the Lockerbie Scholars chosen annually to study at Syracuse University. The funds add to the £60,000 pledged by Scotland’s government to the charity in December 2013.

No. 1 in Spirit and Fun

Thursday, March 20, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

As Syracuse University fans await the start of the NCAA Tournament, one Syracuse competitor has already claimed victory. SU’s own charming and spirited Otto the Orange was named the No. 1 Mascot of the NCAA Tournament by Sports Illustrated. Sports…

914Works to Present Robert Shetterly’s ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’

Friday, March 14, 2014, By Erica Blust

Robert Shetterly’s “Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship,” an exhibition of portraits that present citizens who courageously engage issues of social, environmental and economic fairness, will be on view March 18-April 11 at 914Works, 914 E. Genesee…

Arts & Culture

Actress Brings One-Woman Monologue to Campus March 25

Thursday, March 13, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith will explore issues of community, character and diversity in America, in her monologue, “Snapshots: Portraits of a World in Transition.”