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Arts & Culture

Author Dana Spiotta in the spotlight for next installment of Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue with award-winning fiction writer Dana Spiotta, assistant professor of creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Gifford Auditorium in H.B. Crouse Hall…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on ‘International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange’

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will host a seminar on “International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.”…

STEM

SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…

Arts & Culture

Organist, Poister Competition winner Adam Pajan to perform in Setnor Auditorium Sept. 25

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Erica Blust

Organist Adam Pajan, winner of the 2011 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, will present an organ recital on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse…

Campus & Community

Students to audit dining center food waste on Sept. 16

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be conducting a food waste audit throughout the day on Friday, Sept. 16, at Shaw Dining Center.  As a part of its “Year of Recycling” initiatives and in collaboration with Shaw Dining Center, the…

Arts & Culture

University commemorates Latino heritage in September, October

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts Latino Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. From lectures to performances, luncheons, semi-formals and art exhibitions, Latino Heritage Month offers a wide range of festivities for all to enjoy. “To enhance…

Campus & Community

Three open houses at Near West Side businesses are free to the public Sept 17

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Three businesses on the Near West Side will hold open houses on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 1-5 p.m. The businesses—the Spa at 500, StudioDOG Productions and Szozda Gallery—are members of the Near West Side Initiative Business Association. The open houses…

Media, Law & Policy

TRAC: Immigration Court backlog climbs, criminal cases fall

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

The number of cases awaiting a resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a total of 285,526 at the end of July 2011. According to the very latest data obtained and analyzed by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), that…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, September 14

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Yahoo quotes William J. Ward of the Newhouse School on the role social media might have played in 9/11

Campus & Community

Seeking infants for hearing study

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Beth Prieve is seeking infants under 6 months of age for hearing testing.