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Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2013 Mirror Awards Competition

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2013 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 5 in New York City. The finalists,…

Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…

Mayfest 2013 Celebration Set for April 26

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University will celebrate Mayfest 2013 on Friday, April 26, from 1-6 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. Mayfest marks the arrival of spring and the end of the school year with live entertainment, prizes and free…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Will Produce David Henry Hwang’s ‘Chinglish’ in 2014

Friday, April 5, 2013, By News Staff

“Chinglish,” a hilarious new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication by Tony Award-winning writer David Henry Hwang (“M. Butterfly”), will run Feb. 26 through March 16, 2014, in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage. An American businessman arrives in a…

Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Announces Release of Sixth Poetry Collection During Cruel April Poetry Readings

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By News Staff

The Point of Contact Gallery, in commemoration of National Poetry Month, is hosting its annual program of weekly poetry readings, Cruel April. The readings will be held each Thursday in April at 6 p.m. Showcased are four new voices from…

Political Theorist to Discuss ‘Ideas of Peace’ in Hebrew Bible April 24

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Rob Enslin

One of today’s leading political theorists will give a lecture in The College of Arts and Sciences. Michael Walzer, professor emeritus of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, will deliver this year’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture,…

Award-Winning Playwright David Henry Hwang Discusses Identity in Next University Lecture April 4

Friday, March 29, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Over his long and illustrious career, Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang has masterfully brought complicated characters, relationships and issues to life on stage—from Rene Gallimard and Song Liling in “M. Butterfly,” to an early 20th century Chinese family facing…

Activist John Prendergast to Continue Conversation on Human Rights in Africa April 8

Thursday, March 28, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In September 2012, five people from the Congo—survivors and refugees from the Congolese civil war—captivated audiences at Syracuse Stage with their searing portrayals of their struggles to leave the past behind and form a new, peaceful community in Central New…

Humanities Center Hosts Poet Jesse Nissim April 4

Thursday, March 28, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Nissim known for “innovative original language” The Faculty Fellow Series of The Syracuse University Humanities Center continues with a poetry reading by Jesse Nissim. A faculty fellow in the humanities, she will read original selections on Thursday, April 4, at…

‘Psychic Geographies’ to Debut at UVP Everson April 11

Thursday, March 28, 2013, By News Staff

Urban Video Project and Light Work have announced the exhibition of the group show “Psychic Geographies” at UVP Everson from April 11-June 1. This will be the first time that UVP has mounted a group show, and it will feature five video pieces running continuously each night of the show. The show was curated by Anneka Herre.