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Health & Society

Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14 & 15, to benefit Georgians with disabilities

Monday, April 25, 2011, By News Staff

How do you define beauty? Creators of the documentary, “Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America,” are teaming up with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University Atlanta office to explore that question during Taste of Beauty Weekend, May 14-15. Proceeds…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, April 21

Thursday, April 21, 2011, By News Staff

AP and LA Daily News feature “Wretches and Jabberers” documentary, co-produced by School of Education Dean Biklen

Office of Disability Services hosts art and literature exhibition

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, By News Staff

Office debuts new space.

STEM

Nunan Research Day lecture addresses water challenge

Friday, April 15, 2011, By News Staff

On April 8, Professor Sotira Yiacoumi G’87, ‘92, spoke at Syracuse University about innovative methods to remove ionic pollutants from aqueous solutions. These methods, driven by the formation of an electrical double layer, are part of research aiming to address the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage announces 2011-12 season

Thursday, April 14, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage has announced its 2011-12 season. Offerings will include “The Turn of the Screw” from the book by Henry James; comedy and compassion in “The Boys Next Door;” a musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and…

VPA’s Owen Shapiro has film accepted into two festivals

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, By Erica Blust

Owen Shapiro, professor of film in the School of Art and Design’s Department of Transmedia, had “Vinyl and Red Lips,” a 22-minute experimental video that he completed in January with Pedro Cuperman, associate professor in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences and editor of Point of Contact, accepted into the Athens International Film Festival (late April) and the San Gio Video Festival (July).

Ray von Dran Awards provide $70,000 to SU student startups at Emerging Talk

Monday, April 11, 2011, By News Staff

Twelve Syracuse University student startups won a combined $70,000 in seed funding at the second annual Emerging Talk conference on April 1 at the AXA Towers, Syracuse.  Student companies pitched to panels of judges composed of alumni, entrepreneurs and faculty…

‘Design Co-determinism’ roundtable to be held April 13

Monday, April 11, 2011, By Erica Blust

“Design Co-determinism,” a lively roundtable exploring how designers might create greater self-determination in their professional careers and increase design value for people, will be held on Wednesday, April 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer…

Submissions sought for upcoming sustainability art exhibition

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Calling all artists whose work involves environmental themes of sustainability: submissions are currently being sought for “Art for a Livable Future,” an exhibition that will be displayed in the Menschel Media Gallery in the Schine Student Center April 27-May 4….

Google’s Travis Mason ’06 to speak on April 7

Monday, April 4, 2011, By News Staff

Only five years out of college, SU alumnus Travis Mason has already made his mark in the world of public policy and educational reform. As part of the Alumni Speaker Series, he will visit campus on Thursday, April 7, at…