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Rwandan Students in Residency for Teacher-Librarianship Training

Wednesday, July 31, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently welcomed four new distance students, teachers from Rwanda’s Kigali Institute of Education whose two-week summer residency is the initial step in their professional development in teacher-librarianship. It is also part of a larger…

Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Is a Great Man

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela turns 95 on July 18. Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid regime, has been hospitalized since June 8 with a serious lung…

Q&A: Kevin Noble Maillard Explains Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Decisions

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

College of Law Professor Kevin Noble Maillard, an expert on family law, explains Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality.

Arts & Culture

Broadway Actress and SU Alumna Julia Murney to Perform June 14 at Stage’s Anniversary Gala

Friday, May 31, 2013, By News Staff

Broadway actress and Syracuse University alumna Julia Murney will perform at Syracuse Stage’s 40th Anniversary Gala on Friday, June 14, in the Schine Student Center on the SU campus. Murney’s credits include Elphaba in “Wicked” (Broadway and National Tour) and…

Newhouse Partners with Syracuse City School District on Student Film Project

Friday, May 17, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Students from Syracuse’s Fowler High School partnered with undergraduates from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to produce three films about life in the halls, classrooms and playing fields of Fowler.

STEM

SU Physicist Earns Prestigious Simons Fellowship

Friday, May 10, 2013, By Rob Enslin

M. Cristina Marchetti is using award to study active matter M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2013 Simons Fellow. She will use the prestigious…

Arts & Culture

‘An Iliad’: Powerful Adaptation of an Ancient Tale

Thursday, May 9, 2013, By News Staff

One of the world’s oldest stories comes to life from the point of view of a single poet in “An Iliad,” directed by Penny Metropulos at Syracuse Stage.

12 Students Named University Scholars

Thursday, May 2, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Twelve graduating seniors have been named Syracuse University Scholars, which is the highest undergraduate academic honor bestowed at the University. University Scholars represent the entire SU graduating class at the May 12 Commencement ceremony. On April 25, the scholars took…

New Meredith Professors to Be Named During Faculty Recognition Event

Saturday, April 20, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Seven nontenured faculty to be recognized for teaching excellence On Monday, April 22, Associate Professor Barbara Fought of the Department of Broadcast and Digital Journalism Communications in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Professor John Western of the…

Arts & Culture

‘Good People’ a Funny, Compelling Play for Our Times

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

In this 2011 Tony-nominated play set in Boston, Margie is a single mom who just lost her job, is behind on her rent, and like many today, has zero prospects.