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SU English professor wins prestigious Shattuck Prize in criticism

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Rob Enslin

David Yaffe, a nationally renowned arts critic and assistant professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Roger Shattuck Prize in criticism. Named for the late American critic and scholar who authored…

Award-winning ecologist to present 2012 Life Sciences Lecture ‘Is Mother Nature Short Sighted?’

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

Hanna Kokko, laureate fellow at Australian National University, will present “Is Mother Nature Shortsighted?” for the 2012 Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture at Syracuse University. The lecture, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 1, in the…

IVMF, Whitman School awarded $854,525 grant to implement management certificate and degree programs for veterans

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By News Staff

The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), owner of the GMAT® exam and the leading membership organization of graduate business and management schools worldwide, today awarded the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Whitman School of Management a $854,525…

Final SU Showcase events schedule released

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 is just days away and the full schedule of “green economy” events slated for April 18 has been confirmed.  This daylong celebration of sustainability initiatives and works by Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental…

Arts & Culture

Bond to moderate discussion with playwright of ‘The Brothers Size’ Saturday at Syracuse Stage

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Timothy Bond, producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, will moderate a discussion with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney on Saturday, April 21, at 5 p.m. in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage. Sponsored by SU…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Dotger receives grant from Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

Benjamin Dotger, associate professor of teaching and leadership in the Syracuse University School of Education, has been awarded a grant for $199,650 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to establish a simulated interaction model (SIM) for pre-service secondary teachers. In…

Conference to explore community-based activism

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University will present: “Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change: Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research (CARR),” from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Hall of Languages. Keynote speakers are Seth Kahn of West Chester University of…

Business & Economy

Whitman MBA students take first in annual games benefiting Special Olympics

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

A team of MBA students from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management has placed first in the annual Duke MBA Games benefiting the Special Olympics. The games, hosted and presented by Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, concludes a year-long…

SU humanities panel explores ‘cultural politics of images’ April 18

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The cultural politics of images is the subject of the next installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a lecture series organized by Mark Linder, inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities, as part of the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s new Transdisciplinary Humanities Project….

La Casita to screen ‘Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth’

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

From April 9-17, a group of 15 undocumented youth and their supporters are walking 150 miles from New York City to Albany to raise awareness of, and gain support for, the New York Dream Act, which would remove barriers to…