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Campus & Community

Join SU’s K-Team for inaugural Empire State Marathon

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University alumna Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72, a pioneer for social change, has been selected to serve as emcee of the inaugural Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon on Oct. 16 in Syracuse. In this spirit, SU K-Team has formed…

Arts & Culture

Creative writing program ranked fifth in country

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

The creative writing M.F.A. program in the Department of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences was recently named one of the top programs in the nation by Poets & Writers magazine. The program was tied for fifth…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium explores ‘Identity’ through photography, written word Sept. 28

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its exploration of the theme of “Identity” with a multimedia presentation by the husband-and-wife team of Christoph Keller and Jan Heller Levi. The program, “Corresponding Perspectives: Poetry, Prose and Photography,” is Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Author Dana Spiotta in the spotlight for next installment of Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue with award-winning fiction writer Dana Spiotta, assistant professor of creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Gifford Auditorium in H.B. Crouse Hall…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium continues Sept. 19 with David Eng

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

David L. Eng, professor of comparative literature and Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore the “Reparations of the Human” in the East Asian context in a Syracuse Symposium™ presentation on Monday, Sept. 19. Eng’s lecture will…

Arts & Culture

Classic Henry James psychological thriller ‘The Turn of the Screw’ opens 39th season at Syracuse Stage

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

The 39th season at Syracuse Stage opens Sept. 21 with the classic Henry James psychological thriller “The Turn of the Screw,” a riveting story of a young governess and two small children set on a remote English estate. In this…

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series: Dr. Paul Tomascak from SUNY Oswego

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the fall 2011 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Dr. Paul Tomascak from SUNY Oswego.

STEM

SU physicist aids in discovery of predicting breaking points in disordered solids

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By News Staff

In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered structure makes such predictions a more daunting task. A collaboration of…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to conduct Orange Alert, siren test on Thursday

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University will conduct an e-mail/text message/cell voice/campus phone test of the ORANGE ALERT Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 3:30 p.m. This will also include a test of the ORANGE ALERT outdoor siren system on SU’s North and South campuses.

Arts & Culture

2011 SyrFilmFest plans preview at Genesee Grande Hotel

Friday, September 2, 2011, By News Staff

The eighth annual Syracuse International Film Festival will take place Oct. 13-16, and festival organizers have planned an “Italian Appertivo” to preview the festival for the community and press. The “Italian Appertivo” will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22, from…