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Arts & Culture

Black & Banned: Community Read-Out Planned

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

The Black Syracuse Project in the Department of African American Studies is organizing Black & Banned, a Community Read-Out for Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28. This year’s event is a “town-gown” collaboration with the Beauchamp Branch of the Onondaga County…

Health & Society

A Human Right to Adequate Food

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

As the House of Representatives decided this week to cuts billions of dollars from the federal food stamp program over the next decade, the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi wants people to consider a different set of numbers.

Campus & Community

18th-Century French Bookbinding: A Lecture in the Brodsky Series

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Jeffrey S. Peachey, a book conservator, independent scholar and toolmaker, will present an illustrated lecture in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation series titled “Reconstructing Diderot: Eighteenth Century French Bookbinding” on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 5 p.m. in…

Arts & Culture

Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Local Food Pantries to be Held Sept. 27

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By Erica Blust

An Empty Bowls fundraiser to benefit food pantries in the Syracuse community will be held on Friday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. For a $20 donation, patrons may choose from hundreds…

Arts & Culture

CRAVE Festival Immerses Syracuse in the Arts this Weekend

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By News Staff

The Connective Corridor will become an interactive stage for CRAVE, an innovative arts festival of 33 individual events designed to immerse Syracuse in a variety of visual and performing arts this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20-21. The two-day festival brings…

Nienke Dosa Named as Professor at Upstate/Golisano, Senior Fellow at BBI

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By News Staff

Nienke Dosa has been named as the inaugural Upstate Foundation Professor of Child Health Policy at Upstate Medical University/Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and a senior fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. The announcement was made by…

Arts & Culture

Critical Connections Lecture on Plastics by Robert Friedel

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Robert Friedel, professor of technology and science at the University of Maryland, will present “Is it Real? Imitation and Style in the First Plastics” on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the first…

Campus & Community

Balancing Caregiving and Your Career

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Caregivers who also work outside the home may often experience the stress and anxiety that comes from trying to balance the responsibilities to their loved one with their work life. With approximately two-thirds of America’s family caregivers working outside the…

Business & Economy

Career Services Presents Annual Local Internship Fair

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By News Staff

Career Services, within the Division of Student Affairs, will host its annual Local Internship Fair in the Panasci Lounge in Schine Student Center on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.  Representatives from more than 90 organizations from the Central…

Health & Society

Falk College Professor receives Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Michele Barrett

The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) honored Rick Welsh, professor of food studies in the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, for exceptional contributions to the field of rural sociology with the 2013 Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly…