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Business & Economy

Whitman hosts second annual African Business Conference

Monday, May 23, 2011, By News Staff

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the second annual African Business Conference, sponsored by the Africa Business Program in the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies, through May 24. This year’s theme is “Entrepreneurship in Africa,”…

Campus & Community

African American studies presents awards

Tuesday, May 10, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences presented the following awards to its 2011 graduates during the annual Graduation Awards Ceremony May 3: The Anna Julia Cooper/Carter G. Woodson Award was presented…

Campus & Community

Department of African American Studies 2011 Awards Ceremony

Thursday, May 5, 2011, By News Staff

Jonathan Thomas Boll & Janan P. Wyatt – awarded the Angela Davis/ Walter Rodney Award to the AAS Minor with the highest academic average in the AAS minor.

Leading communication, identity scholar to speak on what contemporary films teach about race, African American culture

Wednesday, March 23, 2011, By Erica Blust

Ronald L. Jackson II, head of the University of Illinois’ Department of African American Studies and a professor of media and cinema studies, will present the talk “What Do Contemporary Films Teach Us about Race and African American Culture?” on…

Campus & Community

Mega-droughts as a persistent feature in the West African climate system on decadal to orbital timescales

Friday, March 11, 2011, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2011 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Timothy Shanahan from the University of Texas at Austin.

iSchool’s Venkatesh bridging civic engagement in South Africa, Syracuse

Wednesday, February 9, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University School of Information Studies Associate Professor Murali Venkatesh presented a paper at the colloquium “Conceptualizing the Integration of Teaching and Learning, Research, and Community Engagement” on Nov. 24 at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa…

STEM

South African delegation travels to SU as part of initiative to collaborate on community development

Tuesday, October 26, 2010, By News Staff

In an effort to promote cross-cultural collaborative dialogue, a delegation of representatives from the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in South Africa visited Syracuse University from Oct. 5-10.

Campus & Community

Africa Initiative to present speaker on Nigerian politics

Thursday, October 14, 2010, By News Staff

The Africa Initiative of Syracuse University will present its fall lecture, featuring visiting guest speaker Efemini Andrew from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Port Harcourt.

Arts & Culture

SU Humanities Center continues ‘conflict’ theme with lecture, symposium devoted to modern African literature, Oct. 14-15

Tuesday, September 28, 2010, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center continues its exploration of “conflict” with a daylong symposium devoted to modern African literature.

Arts & Culture

Patricia McFadden to speak on neoliberalism, humanitarianism in Africa Sept. 22

Monday, September 20, 2010, By News Staff

Patricia McFadden, Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and the Department of African American Studies in SU’s College of Arts and Sciences, will speak on “Neoliberalism and Humanitariansm: Implications for African Social Movements,” on Wednesday, Sept. 22.