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Shattering barriers: Jerry Robinson

Friday, September 28, 2012, By News Staff

Nothing stops Jerry Robinson. Nothing. After graduating as salutatorian in college and landing a job with a global financial company, Robinson continues to do what he knows best—shatter barriers. The budding scholar, born with cerebral palsy, is now pursuing a…

Digital Witness Symposium to be held Oct. 4

Thursday, September 27, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Central New York Humanities Corridor, supported by an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will present the annual Digital Witness Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3.

SU to hold day of remembrance Oct. 10 for Bassel Shahade

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University will host a day of remembrance for slain Syrian film student Bassel Shahade on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Shahade, a Fulbright Scholar and native of Damascus, Syria, was killed in Homs, Syria, on May 28 while working as a…

SU honors memory of historian James Powell with daylong colloquium Sept. 28

Tuesday, September 18, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a daylong colloquium in memory of James M. Powell, professor emeritus of medieval history at Syracuse University. The program, “Religious Tolerance-Religious Violence-Medieval Memories,” is Friday, Sept. 28, from 9:30 a.m.-6…

SU one of six finalists in ‘Today Show’ college spirit competition

Monday, September 17, 2012, By News Staff

SU is one of six finalists in the “Today Show” college challenge. The contest, a celebration of campus spirit, was open to colleges and universities across the country and earlier this morning, crews and “Today Show” correspondent Sara Haines visited…

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend delivers inaugural Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 15

Thursday, September 13, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend—eldest daughter of late U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy and author of “Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God With Politics and Losing Their Way” (Warner Books, 2007)—is visiting Syracuse University. Townsend will deliver the inaugural Joseph…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…

STEM

First hour of first class, #ElectionClass trends on Twitter

Friday, September 7, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Within the first 45 minutes of the first session of the new course “Social Media in the 2012 Election,” the class hashtag became a top trending topic in the United States on Twitter.

Campus & Community

Women of the University Community hosts annual fall gathering Oct. 10

Thursday, September 6, 2012, By News Staff

The Women of the University Community (WUC) will hold its annual fall gathering and membership event on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 5-7 p.m. at the home of WUC member Judy Cavanagh, 1350 Westmoreland Ave.

Arts & Culture

Notre Dame philosopher headlines SU’s first William P. Alston Lecture Sept. 22

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Peter van Inwagen, the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, is delivering the inaugural William P. Alston Lecture at Syracuse University. Titled “Russell’s China Teapot,” the lecture will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22,…