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Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist to present Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s 29th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture will feature syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., of The Miami Herald, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Pitts will present “The Beloved Community” at 7 p.m….

SU helps Jewish Center of Norwich celebrate restoration efforts Feb. 16

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Jewish Center of Norwich—which made headlines in 2008, when it was vandalized by local youths—is the subject of a forthcoming event involving Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Judaic studies program. SU friends and alumni, as…

Setnor School of Music voice faculty to perform Feb. 25

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Erica Blust

The voice faculty of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will present a recital on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, February 13

Monday, February 13, 2012, By News Staff

Research by Arts and Sciences’ Susan Parks linking whale stress to underwater noise reported by international and online media

Grey NY ad exec Rob Baiocco to visit Newhouse School March 1

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rob Baiocco, executive creative director for Grey Healthy People, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, March 1, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak on “Secrets of Success in…

SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…

New study links whale stress to ship noise

Friday, February 10, 2012, By News Staff

Data collected around 9/11 terrorist attacks by SU biologist plays key role in study Hunted almost to extinction, North Atlantic Right Whales are among the most endangered in the world, with fewer than 500 alive today. Syracuse University biologist Susan…

‘Intervention’ creator Sam Mettler to visit Newhouse Feb. 14

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Emmy-winning executive producer Sam Mettler, creator of the AETN television series “Intervention,” will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Feb. 14. He will give a talk at 1:30 p.m. in the Miron Room in Newhouse…

STEM

Oakleaf featured on ‘Power to the Librarians’ website

Wednesday, February 8, 2012, By J.D. Ross

Academic libraries face ongoing challenges in assessing and presenting their value to their parent institutions due to the dramatic effect that advancements in technology – and many other factors in higher education today – are having on libraries’ traditional role.

A bug’s (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection

Tuesday, February 7, 2012, By News Staff

Study results were published Feb. 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.