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SU Humanities Center Ends Semester with Back-to-Back Programming
Topics include transgenerational trauma, the Nuremberg Trial, Afro-Brazilian politics The Syracuse University Humanities Center concludes its spring schedule—and fifth anniversary—with a series of back-to-back events. They include a Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture by Meera Lee titled “Transgenerational Trauma, Phantom Emotion”…
Master the Art of Kokedama
Monday April 8th, noon, in the General Book Department of the University Bookstore Carol Watson Hickes, owner of Carol Watson Greenhouse and Landscaping, will teach a class on the art of creating Kokedama moss balls. Kokedama (translation “moss ball”) is…
SU Brass Ensemble Announces Spring Season
Performances slated for Watertown, Cicero, Rome, Fayetteville and Auburn The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), directed by James T. Spencer, announces its spring concert schedule, with performances in Watertown, Cicero, Rome, Fayetteville and Auburn. All concerts are free and open…
Research Shows Potential for Quasicrystals
Ever since their discovery in 1984, the burgeoning area of research looking at quasiperiodic structures has revealed astonishing opportunities in a number of areas of fundamental and applied research, including applications in lasing and sensing. Quasiperiodic structures, or quasicrystals, because…
‘Learning and the Massive Open Online Course’ to Be Presented April 3 and 4
Over the past year, the massive open online course (MOOC) has emerged as a significantly different course model. But how robust is the MOOC as a vehicle for learning? Join us April 3 and 4 for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative…
Michael Schoeneck Joins IVMF as Program Manager for Boots to Business and VetNet
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has appointed Michael Schoeneck as the Boots to Business and VetNet program manager. In this role, he will be responsible for the management, coordination and administration of the IVMF’s…
Kirk VanGilder Visits SU March 20-21 for Conversations on Creating Spaces for Inclusion
Rev. Kirk VanGilder, professor of religion at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., will visit Syracuse University March 20-21 for a series of conversations on creating spaces for inclusion. “Without Walls: What Temporary Deaf Spaces Can Tell Us About Managing Identity…
German Author and Scholar Present Joint Reading on Holocaust Memories in Literature March 6
Susanna Piontek and Guy Stern will examine translation and fictionalization of actual memories The literary representation of Holocaust memories will be the subject of a presentation by the husband-and-wife team of Susanna Piontek and Guy Stern in Syracuse University’s College…
Report from Institute for Veterans and Military Families and Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Argues for a National Veterans Strategy
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University released a policy report Feb. 19 that details what the authors describe as a “historic opportunity” related to the potential…
Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism, Part II: Creating Spaces for Inclusion
Without Walls: What Temporary Deaf Spaces Can Tell Us about Managing Identity Politics The Rev. Kirk VanGilder WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel The Rev. Kirk VanGilder is a professor of Religion at Gallaudet University, who was born hard…