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Takesue feature-length Ugandan documentary to have New York City premiere Feb. 19

Friday, February 11, 2011, By Erica Blust

Kimi Takesue, assistant professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, will have her feature-length Ugandan documentary “Where Are You Taking Me?” have its New York City premiere Saturday, Feb. 19, at 8 p.m. at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Burton Blatt Institute hosts research seminars with disability rights scholars from United States, Israel, Japan

Tuesday, February 8, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University will host a series of seminars this month, part of the ongoing opportunities for researchers affiliated with BBI to present on research relative to their area of expertise with impact for people…

Holocaust and genocide scholar Samuel Totten to present lectures, workshops Feb. 9-10

Tuesday, February 8, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative: Resistance, Resilience and Responsibility, will welcome Samuel Totten to Syracuse University on Feb. 9 and 10, to participate in a series of lectures and workshops on the Holocaust and present-day genocides. On Feb. 9…

SU in the News: Friday, February 4, 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Wall Street Journal blog featured the new class, “The Beatles,” being offered this semester through the College of Visual and Performing Arts. WSYR-TV reported on Wednesday’s blood drive at the Schine Student Center, as…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, February 4

Friday, February 4, 2011, By News Staff

Wall Street Journal blog features new SU class, “The Beatles”

Emeritus historian James M. Powell dies; services Saturday

Thursday, February 3, 2011, By News Staff

James M. Powell succumbed after a courageous battle for life following a car accident. He was professor emeritus of medieval history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he taught for more than 30…

STEM

Five iSchool students earn spot at 2011 SXSW

Thursday, February 3, 2011, By News Staff

This year, the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be sending five students on a non-traditional spring break to the 2011 South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, held March 10-15.

NWSI launches innovative microloan program for businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs

Thursday, February 3, 2011, By News Staff

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), with a $25,000 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation, has launched a microloan program for existing businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs on the Near Westside of Syracuse. Developed by NWSI deputy director Michael Short…

Payne to present SOE’s annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders lecture Feb. 3

Tuesday, February 1, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University School of Education will present its annual Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 3, featuring Charles M. Payne. The lecture, “Syracuse City, Forty Years of Urban Education Landscape: From Croton-on-Campus to the Promised…

Celebrate winter during Upstate Snowdown this weekend at Lipe Art Park

Monday, January 31, 2011, By News Staff

The Stewards of Lipe Art Park, 40 Below’s Public Arts Task Force, and the Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) invite the local community to celebrate winter during Upstate Snowdown, a fundraising party and snow celebration this weekend at Lipe Art Park, 900…