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Media, Law & Policy

Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker Will Visit Newhouse Oct. 2

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Friday, Oct. 2, as a…

Arts & Culture

Alumni to Be Posthumously Honored during New York Film Festival

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The films of Albert Maysles, ’49, a pioneering documentary filmmaker who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences, will be featured during a special tribute co-hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Maysles family. Maysles, who…

Arts & Culture

SU Drama season starts Oct. 2 with ‘Kiss Me, Kate’

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By News Staff

The joys, madness and rewards of working in the theater, onstage and off, are celebrated in “Kiss Me, Kate,” a heralded musical that can be rightly called a Broadway treasure. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, “Kiss Me, Kate” follows the…

Campus & Community

Deadline Approaching for Mobile Device Evaluation and Transition

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

As previously announced, the University adopted a new Telecommunications and Mobile Devices Policy and has been working toward compliance and transitioning users ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. The new policy named AT&T the preferred cellular provider and seeks to…

Media, Law & Policy

Prospective Law Students Invited to Participate in Law Week 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

In the 2012-2013 academic year, more than 139,000 students were enrolled in roughly 200 U.S. law schools, according to a report issued by the Wall Street Journal. Fierce competition at the nation’s top schools remains a concern among applicants, which…

Arts & Culture

Pianist/Conductor Fleisher to Speak, Perform, Teach during Four Days of Appearances

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Local audiences will have numerous opportunities to see, hear and enjoy legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher when he visits Syracuse University for a series of events from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Auditioning Local Children Ages 9-13

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage will be holding auditions for local children ages 9-13 for the roles of Scout, Jem and Dill in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Auditions will be held at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., on Oct. 5 and 6….

Campus & Community

Pope in the U.S.: Q&A with Associate Professor Margaret Susan Thompson

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Pope Francis is taking the United States by storm. The buildup to his meeting at the White House, speeches before Congress and the United Nations, and a Mass at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this week has been…

STEM

Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant

Monday, September 21, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…

Syracuse Symposium™ Presents Human Rights Film Festival Sept. 24-26

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with the 13th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), Sept. 24-26.