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MLK Celebration to be held Jan. 19 in the Carrier Dome; tickets still available

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Carrier Dome. The evening will include a keynote presentation by Roslyn M. Brock, board chairman of the National…

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Community Folk Art Center hosts Caribbean Cinematic Festival

Monday, January 7, 2013, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (Feb. 6-10) will showcase films and performances that capture the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean islands. The five-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing issues in…

Arts & Culture

601 Tully to offer series of free eco art classes for children

Monday, January 7, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

601 Tully, the center for engaged artistic practice on Syracuse’s Near West Side, is offering a series of free eco art classes for children this spring. Classes will be on Saturdays, 1:30-3 p.m., beginning on Feb. 2. The nine class…

Arts & Culture

Roots Reggae band Akuma Roots performs at Community Folk Art Center

Monday, January 7, 2013, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center will host a performance by Syracuse-based Roots Reggae band Akuma Roots as part of its annual music series “A Journey Through Music of the African Diaspora.” Akuma Roots will perform in CFAC’s Black Box Theatre on…

Arts & Culture

Grove Press lecture, panel discussion with University of Iowa’s Loren Glass

Thursday, January 3, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Loren Glass, associate professor of English at the University of Iowa, will present a lecture entitled “Counter-Culture Colophon: Grove Press, the Evergreen Review and the Incorporation of the Avant-Garde” on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham…

Arts & Culture

Exhibition about avant-garde publisher Grove Press opens Jan. 17 at Bird Library

Thursday, January 3, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library’s spring exhibition “Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985” will open with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. in the Special Collections gallery on Bird Library’s sixth floor. Curated by Rare Books and Manuscripts Curator Lucy…

STEM

Video: Sources to Seafood

Wednesday, January 2, 2013, By Keith Kobland

University Professor Charles Driscoll was part of a team of researchers to probe the sources of mercury in ocean sea life. This video provides a thumbnail of the report.

Campus & Community

SU’s new Mobile Device Security Standard

Wednesday, January 2, 2013, By News Staff

Security threats to mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are clearly on the rise. The frequency of mobile threats doubled between 2010 and 2011, says Symantec in its recently released annual Cybercrime Report. 35 percent of online adults worldwide have…

Campus & Community

Video: Gingerbread Hall of Languages

Friday, December 21, 2012, By Keith Kobland

Communications Assistant Roxanna Carpenter builds a brand new version of the Hall of Languages, using gingerbread and frosting rather than Onondaga limestone.

Campus & Community

Jevis appointed to Boys and Girls Clubs board

Thursday, December 20, 2012, By News Staff

Eileen Jevis, manager of public relations at University College of Syracuse University, was elected unanimously to the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse.