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Bandier Alumni Association Announces Allman/Lehman Scholarship

Tuesday, October 21, 2014, By Scott McDowell

During an event at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, the Bandier Program Alumni Association announced its Allman/Lehman Endowed Scholarship . The scholarship is named after Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band and Michael Lehman, the parent of…

Sirius VP Steve Leeds Will Present Soyars Lecture Oct. 23

Tuesday, October 21, 2014, By Erica Blust

Steve Leeds G’73, vice president of talent and industry relations at Sirius Satellite Radio, will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J….

Media, Law & Policy

Professors Launch Online Piano Tutorial ‘Entrada Piano’

Monday, October 20, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two Syracuse University professors have launched “Entrada Piano Technique,” an online resource for teachers and students of the piano. Richard Breyer, professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, and Fred Karpoff, professor of music in the Rose,…

VPA’s ‘Painting Alumni Retrospective’ at 914Works to Feature Prominent Artists

Friday, October 17, 2014, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts will exhibit the work of painting undergraduates from the past 50 years in “Painting Alumni Retrospective” Oct. 21-Jan. 3 at 914Works, 914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. An opening reception will be held on…

VPA Hosts Visiting Artists from New Zealand Oct. 20 and 23

Friday, October 17, 2014, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts will host a trio of visiting artists from Massey University in New Zealand on Monday, Oct. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 23. The talks are sponsored by VPA’s Department of Art and Department of…

STEM

Microfossils Reveal Warm Oceans Had Less Oxygen, Syracuse Geologists Say

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are pairing chemical analyses with micropaleontology—the study of tiny fossilized organisms—to better understand how global marine life was affected by a rapid warming event more than 55 million years ago.

Campus & Community

‘Protecting Our Democracy: Fair Elections and Redistricting Reform’ at Oct. 16 Session of IRP

Tuesday, October 14, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 16 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York. Lerner will explain why Common Cause believes elections are not working for New York voters. “The outsize role…

Conductor Rebecca Rottsolk to Lead 12th Annual Women’s Choir Festival Oct. 25

Monday, October 13, 2014, By Erica Blust

Distinguished conductor Rebecca Rottsolk of Seattle will be the guest conductor for Syracuse University’s 12th Annual Invitational Women’s Choir Festival and concert on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. Approximately 175 high school and collegiate women singers from New York…

STEM

Green’s Research Helps Navy Design Vessels That Swim

Monday, October 13, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Of all the features that affect fish movement, the flapping of the tail, or caudal fin, is one of the most important. This is where Melissa Green and her research team come in.

Award-Winning Playwright Eve Ensler Delivers University Lecture Wednesday

Monday, October 13, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ensler’s presentation, “In The Body of Justice” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and open to the public.