Search Results for: ,Uls

Arnold Honig, Syracuse University physics icon, dies at age 83

Monday, February 6, 2012, By News Staff

Honig was a member of physics department for 56 years At Syracuse University and beyond, physicist Arnold “Arny” Honig will forever be remembered as the “idea guy.” A member of the Department of Physics in SU’s College of Arts and…

SU’s Dana Spiotta, Bruce Smith finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards

Friday, February 3, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Dana Spiotta and Bruce Smith, English faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards. Spiotta was nominated in the fiction category for “Stone Arabia” (Scribner, 2011); Smith…

National a cappella sensation The Backbeats to perform at SU on Feb. 4

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, By News Staff

The Backbeats are one of the newest groups to hit the a cappella scene.

Business & Economy

Whitman supply chain students visit Pratt & Whitney, key suppliers

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, By News Staff

Fourteen supply chain management undergraduate students in the Whitman School of Management traveled to Hartford, Conn., to visit Pratt & Whitney, world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial turbines and space propulsion systems. The company…

SU’s Bruce Smith named a 2011 National Book Award finalist

Friday, November 18, 2011, By Rob Enslin

An English professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences has been named a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award (NBA) in poetry. Bruce Smith, who also teaches in the college’s creative writing program, was nominated for the prestigious…

AAS prof Steinbeck to present concert of jazz, blues, gospel

Thursday, November 10, 2011, By News Staff

Paul Steinbeck, an assistant professor of musicology in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, will present a concert of jazz, blues and gospel music Thursday, Nov. 17, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Community…

‘Music Beyond Borders’ on Nov. 16 combines multicultural performances with multimedia storytelling

Monday, November 7, 2011, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, be a part of “Music Beyond Borders,” an event designed to illustrate the intercultural connectedness of music by using video narratives that weave together the cultural, social and historical contexts of the live performances. It is…

‘Democracy Now!’ host Amy Goodman to speak Nov. 3

Friday, October 28, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse Peace Council and Syracuse University’s Tully Center for Free Speech will present “Independent Media: Speaking Up for Democracy” with “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event is free…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, October 27

Thursday, October 27, 2011, By News Staff

National and regional media report on Whitman School Dean Stith’s appointment to the PhD Project Hall of Fame

Arts & Culture

New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference,…