Search Results for: ,URS

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Presents Readings by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Martha Collins Nov. 5

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with a special program by Minnie Bruce Pratt and Martha Collins, award-winning poets and social activists. Also part of the Visiting Author Reading Series of the YMCA Arts Branch’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC), the…

New Movie ‘Suffragette’ to Be Screened on Campus Today

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University has been chosen for a pre-release screening of “Suffragette,” a powerful drama about the foot soldiers of the early British feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an…

Campus & Community

Bookstore Features Children’s Book Week

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

The University Bookstore in Schine Student Center will hold a special celebration of Children’s Books Oct. 26-31. The celebration encourages young people and their caregivers to discover the joy of the world through books and stories, and includes interactions with…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, University Dedicate Wheelchair Ramp for Holden Observatory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The moon and the stars—and all the universe—as viewed through the lens of Holden Observatory became accessible to everyone Friday. The University celebrated the dedication and opening of the new wheelchair entrance ramp for Holden Observatory in honor of Disability…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Launches Three-Pronged Post-Professional Degree Program

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

Beginning in fall 2016, students enrolled in the post-graduate master of science in architecture program will participate in a new, three-pronged “Design | Energy | Futures” research and design concentration. The three-semester, 30-credit-hour program will focus on energy and the…

Campus & Community

Face Your Fear – A Halloween Organ Concert

Friday, October 23, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University student organists present an evening of live organ music, special effects and refreshments. This free event is at Hendricks Chapel, Thursday, Oct. 29, beginning at 11 p.m. For more information, contact Ginny Yerdon at 443-5044, gyerdon@syr.edu or visit…

Campus & Community

“This Time It’s Different” – Panel Discussion on the Paris Climate Talks

Friday, October 23, 2015, By News Staff

A lot is riding on the upcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21). On Oct. 29, students will have a chance to ask questions of a panel of experts and learn about what can and might be…

Campus & Community

Message to Our Community

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It is with immense sadness that I write to notify you of the death of two Syracuse University students, Chengye Hou and Yifan Tao. Chengye and Yifan, both originally from China, were graduate students in…

Health & Society

Syracuse University and Nanjing University Form Green Buildings Partnership

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kerrie Marshall

With joint interests in sustainability of the built environment, Syracuse University and Nanjing University (NJU) of the People’s Republic of China signed a cooperative agreement on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to establish the International Center for Green Buildings and the Urban…

Scholars Announce Activities for 2015 Remembrance Week

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.