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Indian filmmaker Onir to Attend Screening of his Film “I Am”
Syracuse University’s South Asia Center, the Newhouse School’s Department of Television, Radio and Film (TRF) and the College of Arts and Sciences’ LGBT Studies program will host a screening of the feature film “I Am” on Monday, Nov. 4, at…
Family Weekend 2013 Brings Families to SU Campus
Parents and family members of Syracuse University students will join the campus community this weekend, Nov. 1-3, for Family Weekend 2013. This year, more than 3,100 people and 1,100 families will be attending, representing more than 34 states, including Hawaii…
University Lectures Hosts Billy Collins
No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal as Billy Collins.
Retired Professor H. Daniel Smith Dies
H. Daniel Smith (1928-2013), a professor of Hinduism and Asian religions in The College of Arts and Sciences from 1958-1993, died of complications from esophageal cancer on Oct. 1 in Syracuse. Along with the impact he had on SU’s religion…
Organist, Poister Competition Winner Aaron Tan to Perform Oct. 30
Organist Aaron Tan, winner of the 2013 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, will present an organ recital on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse…
University Lectures Hosts Civic Entrepreneur Eric Liu
Civic entrepreneur Eric Liu will speak on what patriotism really means in the next University Lectures presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Liu’s presentation, “The True Meaning of Patriotism,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and…
“The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy”
The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce a special public lecture by Hope Jahren, from the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Hawai‘i: “The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy” Wednesday, Oct. 23, 4 p.m. in…
Reuters Quotes Professor Silverstein on Stepfamilies, Dementia and Caregiving
“Baby boomers are entering old age with complicated family structures unlike their parents.” Merril Silverstein, Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Maxwell School and Falk College School of Social Work Read the full piece.
Remembrance Week Activities Announced
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2013 is being held on the SU campus Oct. 6-12. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people—including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University—who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.
NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…