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University of Memphis music educator to speak on increasing urban students’ access to quality music instruction

Monday, April 18, 2011, By Erica Blust

Nicole R. Robinson, an associate professor and head of the music education division at the University of Memphis, will present the lecture “The Middle School Memphis Project: Increasing Urban Students’ Access to Quality Music Instruction through a School-Community-University Partnership” on…

Paper crane building today on the Quad for Japan earthquake relief

Monday, April 18, 2011, By News Staff

Today, from 1-5 p.m. on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad, 15 student organizations and all of the Greek houses have been invited to make orange paper cranes. Each crane will generate $4–$2 from the students, $2 matching donations from the alumni. The completed cranes are being displayed on the lawn between the Schine Student Center and Newhouse School to create a visual registration of how much earthquake relief funding has been generated through Project Paper Crane.

Funky Flea market slated for June 4 on Near Westside; call for vendors through May 21

Friday, April 15, 2011, By News Staff

Have you heard about the Funky Flea yet? It’s a bazaar fun-filled with bric-a-brac, whatnots, gadgets, gizmos, thing-a-ma-bobs and what-cha-ma-call-its. It’s an outdoor flea market that is a little bit flea, a little bit craft and a whole lot of…

The HUB Spring Speaker Series continues April 21 with Andrea Singer

Friday, April 15, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Andrea Singer, managing director with JPMorgan Chase Worldwide Securities Services, will be the next guest of The HUB 2011 Spring Speaker Series on Thursday, April 21. Singer will present “Managing Projects in a Globally Distributed Operating Environment.” The event will…

Six honored with Women of Distinction Award

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six women were honored by Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs on March 24 with the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The ceremony was held in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, and the keynote address was given by Jackie…

TRAC: High-wealth tax audits off to slow start

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By News Staff

Very timely data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that a new agency program to investigate how well or poorly high-wealth individuals are complying with the nation’s tax laws has gotten off to a very slow start. The program and…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage announces 2011-12 season

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage has announced its 2011-12 season. Offerings will include “The Turn of the Screw” from the book by Henry James; comedy and compassion in “The Boys Next Door;” a musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and…

Hawai’i professor, musician headlines Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month on April 15

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

A highlight of the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Asian-Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month is commemorative speaker Jon Osorio, professor and renowned musician from the University of Hawai’i-Mānoa. Osorio will present on Friday, April 15, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium….

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, April 13

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

Launch of Joining Forces initiative, EBV grant from Walmart Foundation covered by regional media

John Burdick to receive 2011 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

John Burdick, professor of anthropology in Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2011 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented…