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Campus & Community

Sean O’Keefe G’78 Appointed University Professor, Phanstiel Chair

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, By News Staff

Sean O’Keefe G’78, former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the 17th person in Syracuse University history to hold the title of University Professor.

Point of Contact Presents Annual Patron Holiday Benefit ‘El Beso’ on Nov. 13

Tuesday, November 11, 2014, By News Staff

Point of Contact is hosting its Annual Patron Holiday Benefit “El Beso” on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. The event will feature a special poetry reading by Pedro Cuperman and Jules Gibbs from, the Collection “El Beso” by Pedro…

Flute Day to Feature Recital, Masterclass with Rebecca Gilbert

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Erica Blust

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) principal flutist Rebecca Gilbert will be the featured artist at Syracuse University’s Flute Day on Saturday, Nov. 15. Gilbert will present a recital and masterclass at 10 a.m. in Room 403 Crouse College that is free…

Health & Society

Alejandro Garcia receives 2014 Advocate for Older Adults Award

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Michele Barrett

Alejandro Garcia was honored recently with the State Society on Aging of New York’s (SSANY) 2014 Advocate for Older Adults Award. The Advocate for Older Adults Award recognizes a record of planning, policy development and advocacy work. Garcia, who currently…

Humanities Data Mining Subject of ‘Issues in Digital Scholarship’ Talk

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Peter Leonard, librarian for digital humanities research at Yale, will give a talk titled “Making Sense: Data-Mining Large Collections of Digitized Cultural Material,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. Leonard’s…

‘Elect Her’ Preparing Women for Leadership and Political Office

Monday, November 10, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

In student leadership roles and in political office across the country, more women are needed to represent. An upcoming conference is giving University students the opportunity to find their voice and build confidence to pursue an elected leadership position.

Point of Contact to Release Special-Edition Poetry Broadside ‘Besos’

Friday, November 7, 2014, By News Staff

A special-edition poetry broadside from the published collection “El Beso” by Pedro Cuperman will be released, in English and Spanish, at the annual Point of Contact Patron Holiday Benefit on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. This year’s event is a…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Wins Annual ASIS&T Book Award

Friday, November 7, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A faculty member whose research and writing regarding the components and characteristics of virality in the online media space is having that scholarship recognized with one of two best book awards at the annual meeting of the Association of Information Science…

Arts & Culture

University Hosts Play about Spanish Playwright Lope de Vega

Wednesday, November 5, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A contemporary play about the complicated last days of Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, the foremost Spanish playwright of the 1600s, is coming to Syracuse University. The Spanish theater company Fundación Siglo de Oro will present “Entre Marta y…

STEM

Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…