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Arts & Culture

Syracuse Youth Orchestras to Present Spring Concert April 10

Monday, April 4, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present their spring concert on Sunday, April 10, at 3:30 p.m. at West Genesee High School, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus. The concert will serve as a celebration…

Health & Society

Assistant Professor Ditre Recognized with Distinguished Early Career Award

Monday, April 4, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Assistant Professor Joseph W. Ditre’s research is adding valuable insights into helping individuals who suffer from both addiction and chronic pain. His work is also garnering important recognition from the American Psychological Association’s Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP). Ditre, who…

Media, Law & Policy

Social and Economic Justice in South Africa Trip Makes Lasting Impression on Students

Friday, April 1, 2016, By News Staff

A twig snapped in the darkness to the left of the rumbling, open-top truck. It was 5:30 in the morning and the sun had not yet come up over the horizon at Kruger National Park. As we plummeted forward on…

Arts & Culture

‘Rising from the Rubble’

Friday, April 1, 2016, By Amy Manley

Celebrated author, essayist and Judaic studies scholar, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will be the featured speaker for the 2016 B.G. Rudolph Lecture. The annual address, sponsored by the Jewish studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences, will happen on Monday,…

Arts & Culture

914Works Exhibition by Artist Tom Hall Extended to April 2

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Erica Blust

914Works has extended the closing date of its exhibition by artist Tom Hall to Saturday, April 2. “It Could Be Paradise, but It’s Only California” was originally scheduled to close March 31. The exhibition is free and open to the…

STEM

Langmuir Spotlights SU Nanotechnology Research

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Nanoparticles are used in a wide range of applications, including targeted drug delivery, biosensing, imaging and catalysis. When they are paired in solutions with surfactants—chemical compounds that determine surface tension—they are even able to form stable suspensions that can trap…

Arts & Culture

VPA Alumni Discuss ‘Chance Encounters’ at April 1 Panel Event

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, By Erica Blust

People are often presented with serendipitous moments that can shape the course of their professional careers. Six alumni from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will share their compelling stories as they relate to this theme in “Chance Encounters: An Alumni Panel Discussion.”

Arts & Culture

‘The Spitfire Grill’: An Uplifting Musical about Hope and Home

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

A young woman seeking redemption helps a weary Wisconsin town rediscover its value while finding the meaning of home in the Department of Drama’s production of the 2001 Off-Broadway musical “The Spitfire Grill.” Based on Lee David Zlotoff’s 1996 film…

STEM

The Human Trace

Thursday, March 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…

STEM

Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets

Friday, March 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment. A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director…