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Arts & Culture

Academy Award-winning filmmaker, SU honorary degree candidate to teach MayMester course

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Gerardine Wurzburg, one of six individuals of exceptional achievement to receive Syracuse University honorary degree at its 157th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 15, will remain in Syracuse to teach a MayMester course, CFE 600, “Documentary Films…

Syracuse University physicists first to observe rare particles produced at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Monday, March 28, 2011, By News Staff

Shortly after experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, began yielding scientific data last fall, a group of scientists led by a Syracuse University physicist became the first to observe the decays of…

Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred

Friday, March 25, 2011, By News Staff

J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned scientist regarded as one of the most influential people in the world for his efforts to decode the human genome, will deliver the Commencement address to the 2011 graduates of Syracuse University, Syracuse University College…

Leading communication, identity scholar to speak on what contemporary films teach about race, African American culture

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, By Erica Blust

Ronald L. Jackson II, head of the University of Illinois’ Department of African American Studies and a professor of media and cinema studies, will present the talk “What Do Contemporary Films Teach Us about Race and African American Culture?” on…

Campus & Community

Registrar’s Office Closed Thursday, March 17 from 8:30 a.m.-noon

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, By News Staff

The Registrar’s Office will be closed Thursday morning, March 17, from 8:30 a.m.-noon for a staff development event.

Campus & Community

Library web site downtime on March 13

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, By News Staff

SU Library’s main web site, library.syr.edu will be unavailable on Sunday, March 13, from midnight-7 a.m. while technical staff perform system updates.

Syracuse University Library debuts ‘Sound Beat’ radio show, highlights Belfer recordings

Thursday, March 3, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

On Tuesday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m., WAER-FM 88.3 broadcast the inaugural episode of “Sound Beat,” a new 90-second public radio module that highlights recordings from the Belfer Audio Archive at Syracuse University Library, one of the largest sound archives in…

Galloway appointed biology, chemistry and forensic sciences librarian at Syracuse University

Monday, February 28, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Linda Galloway was recently appointed as biology, chemistry and forensic sciences librarian at Syracuse University Library.

Artist Gerard Haggerty to speak March 8

Tuesday, February 22, 2011, By Erica Blust

Artist Gerard Haggerty will give a talk on Tuesday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The free, public lecture is sponsored by the painting program as part of the Department of…

Renowned literary theorist addresses language, thinking at SU Humanities Center March 4

Monday, February 21, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences continues its mini seminar series with a presentation by renowned literary theorist David Wills. The SUNY Albany professor will discuss “From the Mercantilism of Language to the Commerce…