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Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series final installments include novelist and poet

Tuesday, November 15, 2011, By News Staff

The final two installments of the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will feature memoirist and poet Peter Balakian, who will read from his latest work, “Ziggurat,” on Nov. 30; and award-winning poet Christopher Kennedy, who will share his work…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Waggoner releases ‘Terror and Memory’

Tuesday, November 15, 2011, By Erica Blust

Andrew Waggoner, professor of composition in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, just had his new CD, “Terror and Memory” released on Albany Records.

Alumnus’s $100,000 gift to BBI will support next generation of disability leaders

Tuesday, November 15, 2011, By News Staff

In support of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, Howard D. Olinsky, L’85, a disability law attorney representing clients across the country, has announced a commitment of $100,000 to BBI, one of the institute’s most generous private donations….

Student entrepreneur’s unique apparel with positive message is showcased at local retailer

Monday, November 14, 2011, By Lindsay Wickham

Originally created as a class project, the Peace Tee was born in April 2010, when Whitman School of Management minor and College of Visual and Performing Arts major James Barrett, a student/artist, designed the now-iconic image of a peace sign…

Media, Law & Policy

Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research receives National Science Foundation grant

Friday, November 11, 2011, By News Staff

The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) is beginning its 11th year—and its fourth at the Maxwell School—with a new grant of $150,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Associate Professor of Political Science Colin Elman is principal investigator…

AAS prof Steinbeck to present concert of jazz, blues, gospel

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

Paul Steinbeck, an assistant professor of musicology in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, will present a concert of jazz, blues and gospel music Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Community…

Campus & Community

Setnor School of Music juniors to present violin recital Nov. 13

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

Alexa Rose Johnson and Alexandra Lanoue, both juniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts� Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, will present a violin recital on Sunday, Nov. 13.

Two VPA design programs ranked among top 10 in nation by DesignIntelligence

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By Erica Blust

Two undergraduate design programs in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been ranked among the top 10 in the nation in the 2012 DesignIntelligence report “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools.” DesignIntelligence is the Design Futures…

Nov. 11 event to celebrate Near Westside ‘From the Ground Up’ homes earning LEED certifications

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

Just about two years ago, three vacant infill sites on Syracuse’s Near Westside remarkably represented a new vision for one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. These once-forgotten residential lots would become the sites for three new sustainable homes as part…

Campus & Community

Homecoming for SU Earth Sciences alumni

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

Friday, Nov. 11