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Arts & Culture

Paying it forward in time and talents

Thursday, October 27, 2011, By News Staff

Alumna mentors Renée Crown Honors student for her Capstone Project When noted jewelry historian Mary Gilbert Palmer ’65 learned that Laura Marsolek, a junior art history and metalsmithing major, was planning an honors capstone project on Renaissance jewelry, Palmer agreed to…

Campus & Community

Exploring IBM’s Watson and the Jeopardy! Challenge

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Jim De Piante, IBM project manager on the Watson supercomputer project, will speak about the development of Watson and the Jeopardy! gameshow challenge on Nov. 3.

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SU in the News: Wednesday, October 26

Wednesday, October 26, 2011, By News Staff

Research by Arts and Sciences’ Suzanne Baldwin and Joseph Kula on jarosite and water on Mars featured in science media

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Invisible Children to present the documentary ‘Tony’ about 25-year Central African conflict

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

Invisible Children, a media-based nonprofit dedicated to ending Africa’s longest-running war, will screen its latest documentary, ‘Tony,’ on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater. Following the 50-minute documentary, Grace, a native of Uganda and an ambassador for…

Arents Awards honor four distinguished alumni Nov. 12 as part of Orange Central

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By News Staff

Four distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of law, sustainability innovation, social and environmental activism, and public service will be honored with George Arents Awards during the University’s 2011 Orange Central celebration. At the Arents Award luncheon…

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Deputy mayor and chief design officer of Seoul to lecture

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

The College of Visual and Performing Arts and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life will present “Urban Revitalization: Transformations through Art and Design” on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29.

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Sixth annual ‘Bird After Dark’ to take place Nov. 4

Monday, October 24, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library and the Office of Residence Life in the Division of Student Affairs will host the sixth annual “Bird After Dark” on Friday, Nov. 4, from 9:45 p.m.-1 a.m. in Bird Library. Students interested in participating should register…

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Library copyright issues subject of Open Access Week talk

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

As a part of Open Access Week 2011, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host Dorothea Salo.

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SU in the News: Friday, October 21

Friday, October 21, 2011, By News Staff

PBS NewsHour interviews Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg on recent events in Libya

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Syracuse Symposium, Society for New Music collaborate to present ‘Geography of the Imagination’

Thursday, October 20, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse Symposium™ and the Society for New Music will present “The Geography of the Imagination,” a performance featuring the world premiere of a commissioned musical work by Gregory Wanamaker and visuals by renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, on Sunday,…