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VPA Hosts Visiting Artists from New Zealand Oct. 20 and 23
The College of Visual and Performing Arts will host a trio of visiting artists from Massey University in New Zealand on Monday, Oct. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 23. The talks are sponsored by VPA’s Department of Art and Department of…
City of Syracuse to Implement Roadway Changes Along Waverly and Comstock Avenues
The City of Syracuse will be implementing roadway changes along Waverly and Comstock avenues with the goal of reducing speed and increasing pedestrian and cyclist safety in the area. The changes will include a new bicycle lane and parking options….
Newhouse Students Document Lives of Syracuse Families During Fall Workshop
Sixty multimedia photography and design students (MPD) from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are spending Oct. 16–19 documenting the lives of families across Syracuse as part of the school’s annual Fall Workshop. The students will use photography, recorded…
Scholars Announce Activities for 2014 Remembrance Week
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.
Genet Gallery to Exhibit “The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits”
“The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits” will be on view at the Genet Gallery Oct. 9-Nov. 2 with an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public….
Students Hope to Spark Young People’s Interest in College
Theodros Belay ’16 and teams of students spread out across the South Side of Syracuse to encourage young people to think about the possibility of higher education. A Walk for Education took a few hours on Sunday but Belay hopes their footsteps will reverberate for much longer.
Dance Classes Offered for People with Parkinson’s
Neuroscientists Donna Korol and Tumay Tunur in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences are partnering with the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute, the Dance Theater of Syracuse and Cynthia Stevenson, director of caregiver services at…
Taishoff Center Presents ‘Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream’
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University will present “Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream,” a two-day conference event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19. The conference, which is free to current and…
Disability Studies Scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson to Speak Oct. 23
On Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will give a lecture titled “Why I am a Bioconservative” in Watson Theatre. Following the lecture, a reception and book signing will take place at Light Work at 8 p.m. Students,…
Scholar to Present Workshop at Folger Shakespeare Library
For modern audiences, Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy “Macbeth” has nothing to do with song and dance. Yet, in Restoration England (1660–1714), Shakespeare was often revised to include these elements. On Nov. 14-15, scholars, musicians, dancers and actors from the United States…