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Arts & Culture

Three days, three writers, a once in a lifetime experience: SYRFILMFEST Scriptwriting Workshop

Thursday, June 9, 2011, By KC Duggan

The Syracuse International Film Festival (SYRFILMFEST) announces its second annual Scriptwriting Workshop.  The workshop is hosted by Syracuse University alumnus Rob Edwards, writer of “Treasure Planet” and the Academy Award-nominated “The Princess and the Frog.”   Dani Menkin, writer and director of…

SU mourns Maxwell Emeritus Professor John Cleverdon Honey II

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, By News Staff

John Cleverdon Honey II, professor emeritus of public policy at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, died on May 17 at the age of 94.

Arts & Culture

Two SU professors model at celebrity fashion show to help families of ill children

Friday, May 6, 2011, By News Staff

Two Syracuse University professors took to the catwalk Tuesday, May 3, to raise money for the CNY Ronald McDonald House (RMH). Maryann Pointek Fiedler, assistant professor of accounting in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Beverly Allen, professor…

Media, Law & Policy

SU College of Law student wins national writing award

Wednesday, May 4, 2011, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Jessica Caterina, a third-year Syracuse University College of Law student, was selected to receive the 2011 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. Her work—“Glorious Bastards: The Legal and Civil Birthright of Adoptees to Access Their Medical Records in Search of…

Campus & Community

Memorial service planned for professor emeritus Arthur Evans Tashko LeGacy

Monday, April 25, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A memorial service for professor emeritus Arthur Evans Tashko LeGacy will be held on Friday, April 29, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. LeGacy died on Nov. 3, 2010. LeGacy, professor emeritus of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship…

Edelman Digital VP Michael Brito to visit Newhouse April 26

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Michael Brito (@Britopian), vice president of social media with Edelman Digital, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, April 26. He will speak on “From Social Business to Social Brand” at 6:30 p.m. in 102…

Hawai’i professor, musician headlines Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month on April 15

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By News Staff

A highlight of the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Asian-Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month is commemorative speaker Jon Osorio, professor and renowned musician from the University of Hawai’i-Mānoa. Osorio will present on Friday, April 15, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium….

Local minority business owner Juanita Bass is WISE Women’s Business Center success story

Friday, April 8, 2011, By News Staff

Juanita Bass of Juanita’s Soul Classics Inc., located in Frankfort, N.Y., is a minority-owned, local business success story that has emerged through the ongoing efforts of  WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship) Women’s Business Center. WISE is an entrepreneurship…

The Future of Minority Studies at SU 2011 symposium: ‘Islamophobia, Orientalism and Gender Justice’

Tuesday, April 5, 2011, By News Staff

Laila Farah, a Lebanese-American feminist performance-scholar, will present “Living in the Hyphen-Nation,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in Syracuse University’s Watson Theater. The performance is part of the symposium “Islamophobia, Orientalism and Gender Justice,” presented by the Future of…

Campus & Community

Academic Integrity Forum

Monday, April 4, 2011, By News Staff

An open forum on proposed changes in the SU Academic Integrity Policy will be held at 4 p.m. on April 13 in Maxwell Auditorium.