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Arts & Culture

‘The Spitfire Grill’: An Uplifting Musical about Hope and Home

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

A young woman seeking redemption helps a weary Wisconsin town rediscover its value while finding the meaning of home in the Department of Drama’s production of the 2001 Off-Broadway musical “The Spitfire Grill.” Based on Lee David Zlotoff’s 1996 film…

Health & Society

Symposium Speaker Will Address Diversity and Inclusion on University Campuses

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Carol Boll

Sunaina Maira of University of California-Davis will give a talk Thursday, March 24, titled “Inside/Outside: Decolonizing the Settler University.” The talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Ray Smith…

Health & Society

Professor Examines Struggle for Racial Justice in Brazil

Thursday, March 10, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Kwame Dixon was fascinated by the rich culture and political activism of Afro-Brazilians during his first visit to the city of Salvador da Bahia in 1999. However, it didn’t take long to see the contradictions. Many of the same people…

Arts & Culture

Young Named Merit Winner in HOW International Design Awards

Thursday, March 3, 2016, By Erica Blust

Nathan Young, an instructor of communications design the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, had his project “Colorado State University Theatre and Dance 2014/2015 Season” chosen as a Merit winner in the most recent HOW International Design…

Campus & Community

Middle Eastern Studies Program CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, By News Staff

Attention Syracuse University Graduate Students MESP Graduate Student Summer Research Grants This year the Middle Eastern Studies Program (MESP) will grant up to 3 awards (in the range of $1,000 each) to Ph.D. and M.A. candidates from any discipline to…

Campus & Community

Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, By News Staff

Attention Syracuse University Graduate Students PLACA Graduate Student Summer Research Grants This year the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) will grant awards to graduate students of up to $1,500 to support field research in Latin America and…

Campus & Community

Author-Scholar to Explore Wisdom of Private Sector Models in Higher Education

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Carol Boll

Christopher Newfield, professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk titled “The Great Mistake: How Private-Sector Models Damage Universities, and How They Can Recover” on Friday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m….

STEM

CASE Awards Three $50,000 Grants for Collaborative Research

Wednesday, February 3, 2016, By News Staff

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) at Syracuse University announced the winners of its inaugural University-Industry Seed Funding Competition. This unique program provides New York State companies with an opportunity to receive up to $50,000 in leading-edge University-based…

Dr. King Celebration Features Marc Lamont Hill, Unsung Award Winners

Monday, February 1, 2016, By Keith Kobland

More than 1,000 people were at the Carrier Dome Sunday night to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to listen to the captivating words of Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College…

Health & Society

Taishoff Center Receives $2 Million to Create Model InclusiveU Program

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education in the School of Education has received $2 million in federal funds to develop programs and conduct research for national use through the InclusiveU initiative, which supports individualized and inclusive options…