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Rock Biographers Anthony DeCurtis, David Yaffe Headline Syracuse Symposium Feb. 19

Monday, February 11, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong excursion into “Stories” with a program by Anthony DeCurtis and David Yaffe, bestselling authors of biographies of musicians Lou Reed ’64 and Joni Mitchell, respectively. Both authors will discuss their respective books and rock biographies,…

Campus & Community

College of Engineering and Computer Science Hosting National Engineers Week Events

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Sunday, Feb. 17. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts NPR Correspondent, Noted Engineer and LGBTQ Advocate, Distinguished Diplomat

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures’ spring series features NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (March 5); internationally renowned research engineer Lynn Conway (March 26); and Martin S. Indyk, distinguished fellow and director of executive education at the Council on Foreign Relations (April…

Arts & Culture

Reading by Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88 Moved to Feb. 6

Monday, February 4, 2019, By Rob Enslin

The first event of the 2019 Raymond Carver Reading Series, featuring poet Christopher Kennedy G’88, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6. The director of Syracuse’s top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing will read original selections from 3:45-4:45 p.m. in…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Dox Thrash, Black Life, And The Carborundum Mezzotint’

Friday, February 1, 2019, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint,” currently on view through March 8.  The exhibition brings together over 50 works on loan from public and private collections that reveal the experimental printmaking process,…

Media, Law & Policy

VPA Professor’s New Book Examines President Andrew Jackson’s Rhetoric

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, By Erica Blust

Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, examines the rhetoric of the United States’ seventh president, Andrew Jackson, in his new book “Andrew Jackson: A…

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Carver Reading Series to Present Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88

Friday, January 25, 2019, By Rob Enslin

The Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off spring semester with a program by poet Christopher Kennedy G’88, professor of English and director of the top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

Six-Week Series on Understanding Islam Begins Jan. 28

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Understanding Islam, a popular six-week series that presents a comprehensive look at Islam through lectures and discussions, will begin on Monday, Jan. 28. Each session will consist of a lecture and a discussion. The program is facilitated by Muslim Chaplain…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…

Arts & Culture

Museum Studies Students, Faculty Bring 238-Piece ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Exhibition to Life

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Hannah Barber hopes to be a collections manager after her December 2018 graduation from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design. Thanks to the University’s Robert Shetterly exhibition, she…