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IVMF executive director attends presidential announcement regarding nation’s veterans

Friday, February 3, 2012, By News Staff

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, was an invited guest of the White House at a public appearance held earlier today, Feb. 3, announcing new entrepreneurship training programs for the…

SU’s Dana Spiotta, Bruce Smith finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Dana Spiotta and Bruce Smith, English faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Spiotta was nominated in the fiction category for “Stone Arabia” (Scribner, 2011); Smith…

601 Tully presents Word Thursday, featuring poetry of Stephen Kuusisto

Friday, February 3, 2012, By News Staff

The 601 Tully Center will host its February Word Thursday event as an open mic poetry session with acclaimed writer, poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto. The Word Thursday reading series takes place on the third Thursday of each month…

Public art and memory scholar James E. Young to speak Feb. 9

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Erica Blust

Scholar James E. Young, a distinguished university professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has written widely on public art, memorials and national memory, will speak at Syracuse University on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. as part of…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, February 2

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

College of Law’s David Cay Johnston appears on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” discussing Mitt Romney’s tax records

Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series features Native American poet

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

The Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue on Feb. 15 with Syracuse University alumnus and award-winning poet Santee Frazier G’09 at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m….

Sheraton Syracuse University hotelier wins statewide achievement award

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

David Heymann, general manager of the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center in Syracuse, is the recipient of the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association’s (NYSH&TA) 2012 Outstanding General Manager of the Year award (151 Rooms or More)….

Media, Law & Policy

Rubinstein advises United Nations on evaluation of its mission in Haiti

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, former director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, and author of “Peacekeeping Under Fire: Culture and Intervention,” is serving as an adviser to the United Nations, Office of Internal Oversight Services, for its evaluation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

New book focuses on policing in Syracuse’s Near Westside neighborhood

Thursday, February 2, 2012, By News Staff

Book was edited by SU graduate student The Gifford Street Community Press will celebrate the publication of its second book, “I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside,” from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at La Casita Cultural Center,…

Dance Exchange residency Feb. 2-18 at Syracuse University

Wednesday, February 1, 2012, By News Staff

All skill levels, majors and community members are welcome.