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Arts & Culture

Exploring Role of Wampum in Haudenosaunee Culture Nov. 14-15

Tuesday, October 22, 2013, By Rob Enslin

What really happened, more than three centuries ago, between French Jesuits and the Onondaga?

Campus & Community

Boston Brass to Perform Oct. 31

Tuesday, October 22, 2013, By Erica Blust

Renowned ensemble Boston Brass will present a concert on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The performance is free and open to the public. The concert is presented as part…

Campus & Community

Donate to Fall Harvest Food Drive

Monday, October 21, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Office of Engagement Programs in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will hold its annual Fall Harvest Food Drive through Friday, Nov. 8. Members of the University community are encouraged to help provide Syracuse families with the ingredients needed for a…

Arts & Culture

SU Boasts Two National Book Award Finalists This Year

Friday, October 18, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Two writers teaching in The College of Arts and Sciences—George Saunders and Rachel Kushner—have been nominated for this year’s most prestigious prize in American fiction, the National Book Award.

Arts & Culture

Delve into the Soundscape on Oct. 22

Friday, October 18, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“Living in the Soundscape,” a walking tour of the Syracuse University campus that will bring participants into a direct relationship with the sonic environment, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The tour will be followed later that evening by…

Arts & Culture

Common Differences

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty was a graduate student at the University of Illinois in 1983 when she and her colleague, Ann Russo, developed the idea for an international women’s conference on feminist perspectives from the Global South and North. It marked the start of her scholarly life in social justice.

STEM

iSchool Receives $7 Million Gift from Alumna’s Estate

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies has received a landmark gift of $7 million from the estate of Estelle Wilhelm ’38 (Arts and Sciences), G’39 (iSchool).

Retired Professor H. Daniel Smith Dies

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, By News Staff

H. Daniel Smith (1928-2013), a professor of Hinduism and Asian religions in The College of Arts and Sciences from 1958-1993, died of complications from esophageal cancer on Oct. 1 in Syracuse. Along with the impact he had on SU’s religion…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Civic Entrepreneur Eric Liu

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Civic entrepreneur Eric Liu will speak on what patriotism really means in the next University Lectures presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Liu’s presentation, “The True Meaning of Patriotism,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and…

Media, Law & Policy

Wearables, Waveables and Flyables: Body as Computer

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A fun, hands-on seminar sponsored by the Newhouse School will explore how gesture interfaces, wearable computing and remote media devices are converging to create a sea change in how we will send and receive information in the near future. The…