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Etgar Keret Presents Raymond Carver Lecture Oct. 9
Etgar Keret, the popular Israeli writer and filmmaker, will present this semester’s second Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…
Critical Connections Lecture on Plastics by Robert Friedel
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…
George Saunders Kicks Off Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series
George Saunders G’88, one of this year’s most celebrated American writers, will kick off Syracuse University’s Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30…
Weast to Kick Off Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series Sept. 3
The School of Education will begin its 2013-14 Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series by welcoming Jerry Weast to speak on Sept. 3 at 5 p.m. in Watson Theater. His talk is titled “Deliberate Excellence—Ensuring Equity and Opportunity through Sequenced…
Small Named Co-Editor of School Library Research Journal
Ruth Small, a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named co-editor of the American Association of School Librarians’ peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research (SLR). Small will share editing duties with…
Historic Gift Launches Syracuse into ACC
Syracuse University has announced a transformational gift of $1 million from Syracuse Board of Trustees Chairman Dick Thompson and his wife, Jean, to advance SU athletics and celebrate the historic move to the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Memorial Service for Maxwell Professor William Duncombe to Be Held June 7
William D. Duncombe, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, senior research associate in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research (CPR) and associate director of CPR’s Education Finance and Accountability Program, died…
Whitman M.B.A.s Win Annual Duke MBA Games for Second Year
Fifteen M.B.A. students from the Whitman School of Management took first place at the annual Duke MBA Games at Duke University in Durham, N.C., repeating their 2012 victory. The annual competition, which raises money for Special Olympics, culminates in a…
Rabinovich Named 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellow
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced Misha Rabinovich G’13 as the recipient of the 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift…
La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community
For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…