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2011-12 Remembrance Scholars to be honored at Nov. 11 convocation

Thursday, November 3, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2011-12 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Nov. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the…

Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to visit Syracuse University, Nov. 13-14

Monday, October 31, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will host a series of events featuring Pierre Sauvage on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 13 and 14. Sauvage survived the Holocaust as a child; his parents are also Holocaust survivors. He is…

Campus & Community

Invisible Children to present the documentary ‘Tony’ about 25-year Central African conflict

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

Invisible Children, a media-based nonprofit dedicated to ending Africa’s longest-running war, will screen its latest documentary, ‘Tony,’ on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater. Following the 50-minute documentary, Grace, a native of Uganda and an ambassador for…

Campus & Community

Library copyright issues subject of Open Access Week talk

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

As a part of Open Access Week 2011, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host Dorothea Salo.

Arts & Culture

Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series presents award-winning novelist Terese Svoboda

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue on Oct. 26 with novelist Terese Svoboda, author of the recently published “Bohemian Girl” (Bison Books, 2011), which critics describe as a cross between “True Grit” and “Huckleberry Finn.” The reading…

Media, Law & Policy

University to host two-day conference on urban revitalization

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

Speakers, workshops will focus on urban transformations through art and design A conference on “Urban Revitalization: Transformations through Art and Design” will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, at the Warehouse Auditorium, 360 W. Fayette St. The…

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini residency by Italian Renaissance scholar Michael Rocke. Rocke—the Nicky Mariano…

Health & Society

Engelhardt to study impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, received an $89,160 grant to assess the overall impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and retirement income. The project, “The Impact of…

Arts & Culture

Sayler participates in the panel ‘What Ifs: Climate Change and Creative Agency’

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, By Erica Blust

Susannah Sayler, assistant professor of art photography in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, participated in the panel “What Ifs: Climate Change and Creative Agency” on Oct. 12.

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, September 22

Thursday, September 22, 2011, By News Staff

NPR quotes Maxwell School’s Len Burman on the federal tax rate for capital gains and dividends