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Scholar Spotlight: Kenneth Buckner ’19

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Atlanta Word Works, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing writing and spoken word poetry to young people in Atlanta, recently named Kenneth Buckner, an outstanding 2015 graduate of the city’s Holy Innocents high school, as its first Youth Poet Laureate. Buckner…

Arts & Culture

Big Data, Big Challenges

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Amy Manley

Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with a presentation by Noshir Contractor, an expert on the science of social communication networks. Contractor will deliver the annual Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities on Thursday, Sept. 24, at…

Campus & Community

Apply Now for 2015 Homecoming Court

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

Since the first queen was crowned in 1962, Homecoming has been a way for Syracuse University seniors to show their Orange Pride. Each year, Homecoming Court is made up of a group of students who actively show their pride in…

Maverick Entertainment’s Larry Rudolph to Speak Sept. 24

Monday, September 21, 2015, By Erica Blust

The Bandier Program will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 24, by Larry Rudolph, a senior partner with Maverick Entertainment, a full-service entertainment company involved in artist management, television and film production and consulting. The lecture, which is free and…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Hosts EMPOWER Advisory Committee

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Last April, an interdisciplinary team of University professors was awarded $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a new graduate-level training initiative called the Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research (EMPOWER). Before EMPOWER gets underway, the University…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University and Le Moyne College Select 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows

Friday, September 18, 2015, By News Staff

Sherburne Abbott, vice president for sustainability initiatives at Syracuse University, and Steven Affeldt, director of the McDevitt Center at Le Moyne College, have announced the 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows. The fellows from each institution will gather for a series of…

Syracuse Symposium™ Presents Human Rights Film Festival Sept. 24-26

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with the 13th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), Sept. 24-26.

Arts & Culture

Tickets Available for SU Drama’s 2015/16 Season

Thursday, September 17, 2015, By News Staff

SU Drama’s 2015/16 season features six productions, including three musicals, starting in October with the Cole Porter classic “Kiss Me, Kate.” Second in the season is “Agamemnon,” the haunting Greek classic, followed by a co-production with Syracuse Stage, “Peter Pan.”…

Arts & Culture

Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

Thursday, September 17, 2015, By Amy Manley

Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with a program devoted to social networks from more than 500 years ago. Christopher Warren, associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, and Daniel Shore, associate professor of English at Georgetown University, will…

STEM

Nebraska Chemist to Deliver Prins Lecture Sept. 22

Wednesday, September 16, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Joseph S. Francisco, the Elmer H. and Ruby M. Cordes Chair in Chemistry and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will deliver the Willem Prins Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 4:15…