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Imagining America Brings Renowned Prison Arts Practitioners for Film Screenings, Workshops

Wednesday, February 3, 2016, By Holly Zahn

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life welcomes internationally renowned prison arts practitioners Curt Tofteland (founder, Shakespeare Behind Bars, USA) and Tom Magill (founder, Educational Shakespeare Co. Ireland) for a weekend of film screenings and workshops focusing on arts…

STEM

CASE Awards Three $50,000 Grants for Collaborative Research

Wednesday, February 3, 2016, By News Staff

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) at Syracuse University announced the winners of its inaugural University-Industry Seed Funding Competition. This unique program provides New York State companies with an opportunity to receive up to $50,000 in leading-edge University-based…

Campus & Community

Office of University Counsel Broadens Capacity to Serve University Legal Needs

Tuesday, February 2, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of University Counsel, led by University General Counsel Daniel French, recently added two new attorneys to the office’s staff. Abby Perer joined the office in November as associate general counsel for litigation and compliance. Jennifer Gavilondo joined this…

Health & Society

Brainfeeders Brings Farm to Table for Campus Community

Tuesday, February 2, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Lindsay De May ’16 and Imelda Rodriguez ’16 had planned for about 20 people to participate in their student organization’s CSA project. They signed up 40 with more interested. It was one of the first projects for Brainfeeders.

Dr. King Celebration Features Marc Lamont Hill, Unsung Award Winners

Monday, February 1, 2016, By Keith Kobland

More than 1,000 people were at the Carrier Dome Sunday night to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to listen to the captivating words of Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Men’s Basketball Rallies around One of Its Own

Monday, February 1, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University Men’s Basketball team used its two most recent home games as an opportunity to show support for Dwayne “Pearl” Washington. Washington, one of the University’s most beloved and successful players, has been dealing with a serious health…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage’s Timothy Bond Accepts Post at University of Washington

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

Syracuse Stage has announced that producing artistic director Timothy Bond has been appointed full professor at the University of Washington’s School of Drama in Seattle. Bond announced last May that the current Syracuse Stage season, 2015-16, would be his last…

Health & Society

Taishoff Center Receives $2 Million to Create Model InclusiveU Program

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education in the School of Education has received $2 million in federal funds to develop programs and conduct research for national use through the InclusiveU initiative, which supports individualized and inclusive options…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Announces Opening Reception of ‘Pin the Tail’ Feb. 4

Friday, January 29, 2016, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery will host an opening reception for “Pin the Tail,” an exhibition by Catalina Schliebener, on Thursday, Feb. 4. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will…

Arts & Culture

‘Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)’ Exhibition Opens Feb. 8 at Palitz Gallery

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)” is a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34,…