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Weight Watchers now enrolling fall session

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

Have you gained a few pounds over the summer that you want to take off? We can help!

Campus & Community

New student-alumni networking community, ‘CuseConnect, launched Aug. 29

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

On Monday, Aug. 29, Syracuse University Career Services unveiled ‘CuseConnect, the new community for connecting SU students and grads with established alumni for career guidance and exploration. This community will reside on LinkedIn.com, the popular professional networking site on which…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

Rahul Mehta G’03 will open the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series with readings from his short story collection, “Quarantine” (Harper Perennial, 2011), at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…

Arts & Culture

Andrew Mellon Foundation commits $1 million for Phase II of CNY Humanities Corridor

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

The Central New York Humanities Corridor—an interdisciplinary partnership among Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester focused on enhancing scholarship in the humanities—has received a second award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the amount of $1…

Health & Society

BBI provides emergency preparedness guidance for people with disabilities in advance of Hurricane Irene

Friday, August 26, 2011, By News Staff

Applying lessons from emergency planning and response after Hurricane Katrina, in which the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University was involved, BBI is providing resources for the protection and safety of people with disabilities who live in the path…

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during “Illuminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,” Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School welcomes new faculty

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications welcomes five new faculty members this fall.

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 24

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By News Staff

Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg quoted in National Journal on Obama leadership and events in Libya

Arts & Culture

Hege, Jones to discuss ‘Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians in the 21st Century’ Sept. 9

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By Erica Blust

“Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians in the 21st Century” will be the topic of a conversation led by Daniel Hege and Patrick Jones of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in…

Arts & Culture

2011 Syracuse Symposium examines many facets of ‘Identity’

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, By Rob Enslin

“Identity” is the theme of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium, an annual intellectual and artistic festival on the Syracuse University campus. This fall’s festival encompasses six lectures, including one by best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah; four performances and readings, including the…