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Lockerbie Reflections

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

When people first hear of Lockerbie, Scotland they learn about the tragedy that is Pan Am Flight 103. But a visit to the quiet, humble and welcoming town opens new insights to its beauty and its residents.

Campus & Community

2013-14 Remembrance Scholars to be Honored

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2013-14 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane to Give Talk

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Penny Lane is to give a talk on Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer. Penny Lane is a filmmaker (and occasional video artist, writer, curator and professor of film, video and new media art)….

Campus & Community

“The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy”

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce a special public lecture by Hope Jahren, from the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Hawai‘i: “The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy” Wednesday, Oct. 23, 4 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Hope Jahren

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce a lecture by Hope Jahren, from the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Hawai’i: “The Effect of Elevated pCO2 on C3 Plants through Geologic Time,” Thursday, Oct….

Arts & Culture

‘Cultures of Memory’ international symposium planned

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will co-present “Cultures of Memory,” a multi-faceted, international symposium, from Oct. 16-20 at Faraday House, Syracuse University’s London center, and York St. John…

Health & Society

SU Participates in Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Global Launch

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By Michele Barrett

The 2013 edition of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch, an international publication unveiled Oct. 8 in English, Spanish and French, explores global issues surrounding the right to food and nutrition.

Campus & Community

Deadline extended to Oct. 18 for Nutrition Consultation Program Sign Ups

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By News Staff

The Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of the community at large, improve eating habits and…

Media, Law & Policy

Monmonier Speaks in Germany

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By News Staff

On Oct. 4, Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor of Geography, was an invited speaker at Deutscher Geographentag 2013, held in Passau. Germany. He spoke on “The ‘Critical Turn’ in Cartography: New Direction or Unsafe Lane Change.”

STEM

SU hosts Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry Conference

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

More than two dozen mathematicians from New York State and Ontario will converge at Syracuse University for the 23rd annual “Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.” The conference, which is attended primarily by mathematicians from SU, Cornell…