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Famed South African Photographer to Visit Sept. 28

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Iconic South African photographer Cedric Nunn will visit the University to promote his new book, “Unsettled: The 100 Year War of Resistance by Xhosa Against Boer and British” (Archipelago Books, 2015). As part of his visit, Nunn will discuss his…

Media, Law & Policy

Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker Will Visit Newhouse Oct. 2

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Friday, Oct. 2, as a…

Arts & Culture

Samba Laranja Joins Rusted Root Musician for Interactive Drumming Performance

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Erica Blust

Samba Laranja: the Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble will participate in an interactive drumming performance with Jim Donovan, an award-winning educator, author and musician from the band Rusted Root on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. at Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church,…

Arts & Culture

Alumni to Be Posthumously Honored during New York Film Festival

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The films of Albert Maysles, ’49, a pioneering documentary filmmaker who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences, will be featured during a special tribute co-hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Maysles family. Maysles, who…

Arts & Culture

SU Drama season starts Oct. 2 with ‘Kiss Me, Kate’

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By News Staff

The joys, madness and rewards of working in the theater, onstage and off, are celebrated in “Kiss Me, Kate,” a heralded musical that can be rightly called a Broadway treasure. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, “Kiss Me, Kate” follows the…

Business & Economy

WISE Women’s Business Center Director Joanne Lenweaver Honored

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Lindsay Wickham

Joanne Lenweaver, director of the WISE Women’s Business Center—a program of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management—was recognized with the 2015 Outstanding Mentor Award at the inaugural Successful Business Women Awards on Sept. 24.  Lenweaver was one of 13…

Members of Syracuse University Community Attend Dominican Day Parade in New York City

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By News Staff

Last month, Syracuse University was  represented at the Dominican Day Parade of New York City, an event which celebrates Dominican culture and pride. English Professor Silvio Torres-Saillant helped organize the group and was a member of the board that planned…

Campus & Community

Deadline Approaching for Mobile Device Evaluation and Transition

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

As previously announced, the University adopted a new Telecommunications and Mobile Devices Policy and has been working toward compliance and transitioning users ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. The new policy named AT&T the preferred cellular provider and seeks to…

Media, Law & Policy

Prospective Law Students Invited to Participate in Law Week 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

In the 2012-2013 academic year, more than 139,000 students were enrolled in roughly 200 U.S. law schools, according to a report issued by the Wall Street Journal. Fierce competition at the nation’s top schools remains a concern among applicants, which…

STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Kenneth Buckner ’19

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Atlanta Word Works, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing writing and spoken word poetry to young people in Atlanta, recently named Kenneth Buckner, an outstanding 2015 graduate of the city’s Holy Innocents high school, as its first Youth Poet Laureate. Buckner…