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La Casita to Host Special Program Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Teresita Paniagua

Local residents of Syracuse’s West Side, in close partnership with SU’s Hispanic communities, will co-host a celebration to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month at La Casita Cultural Center. Sept. 20 will kick off the four-week program of special events, all of…

STEM

SU, Partners to Study Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Professor Duncan Brown receives NSF grant to help establish astrophysics network Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have received a major federal grant to create the tools needed to understand the collisions of black holes and neutron…

Campus & Community

18th-Century French Bookbinding: A Lecture in the Brodsky Series

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Jeffrey S. Peachey, a book conservator, independent scholar and toolmaker, will present an illustrated lecture in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation series titled “Reconstructing Diderot: Eighteenth Century French Bookbinding” on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 5 p.m. in…

Arts & Culture

CRAVE Festival Immerses Syracuse in the Arts this Weekend

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By News Staff

The Connective Corridor will become an interactive stage for CRAVE, an innovative arts festival of 33 individual events designed to immerse Syracuse in a variety of visual and performing arts this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. The two-day festival brings…

Arts & Culture

Communication Sciences and Disorders, Gebbie Clinic Move to South Campus

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Rob Enslin

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) in The College of Arts and Sciences has moved to 621 Skytop Road on South Campus. The new facility, which includes CSD’s Gebbie Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, offers more than 14,000 square feet of academic, research and clinical space.

Campus & Community

In a Pinch They’re Trained to Help

Monday, September 16, 2013, By Keith Kobland

It may be among the most important lessons learned at residence halls this semester—fire safety training provided by a host of departments from Syracuse University, the City of Syracuse, and New York State.

Arts & Culture

Kushner Is First Guest of 2013-14 University Lectures

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will kick off the 2013-14 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “A Conversation with Tony Kushner,” discussion between Kushner and University Lectures Director…

STEM

SU Task Force Advocates Action to Enhance Teaching

Friday, September 13, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Task Force on Advancing New Pedagogies, formed six months ago to study innovative teaching methods and new technologies employed in instruction across campus, has issued its final report, highlighting exemplary work being done at SU and urging increased…

Campus & Community

Save the Planet by Solving Riddles

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Rick Martin admits he’s mixing in some fun with a critically serious problem. “We’re using up the planet faster than it can possibly regenerate,” says Martin, of Syracuse University’s Sustainability Division. It’s obvious Martin has a passion for the planet…

Campus & Community

A Welcoming Address

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Chancellor-designate Kent D. Syverud embraced his soon-to-be new community at Syracuse University with two words: “I’m in.” Syverud, who was unanimously selected by the Board of Trustees Wednesday as SU’s 12th Chancellor and President, addressed hundreds of students, faculty, staff…