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Health & Society

Students to explore ethics of eating

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

For six weeks this semester, Syracuse University students will have the opportunity to explore what the food they consume means and how the world relates to one’s diet through the “Ethics of Eating” seminar. The series of dialogues and dinners…

STEM

Nicholson delivers opening colloquium at MIT

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicolson delivered the opening colloquium for the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is currently a visiting professor.

Arts & Culture

Taishoff Center hosts PHOTOVOICE exhibit to spread voices of disabled community

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education is hosting the photography exhibit “PHOTOVOICE Changing the Image of Disabilities: Reflections and Resolutions,” a national project that gives community groups a voice through photography and poetry. PHOTOVOICE is free and…

Campus & Community

University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market continues Sept. 16

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2011 University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market series continues on Friday, Sept. 16. This market will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad, in conjunction with the Apple Festival. Presented by Syracuse University and the…

Business & Economy

Register for first Syracuse Startup Weekend

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Participate in the first Syracuse Startup Weekend, Nov. 4-7.  Individuals can launch a business in 54 hours or participate as a mentor.  CenterState CEO will launch Startup Weekend in Syracuse to help turn innovative ideas into growth-ready businesses. Startup Weekends…

Campus & Community

Connective Corridor funds help Syracuse Stage get a facelift

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Region’s premier theater house spruces up its look, inside and out

Arts & Culture

Verbal Blend, Imagining America, Voices Merging will host Ayo Technology Skype open mic

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken word poetry program out of Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its annual Ayo Technology Skype Open Mic, in collaboration with Voices Merging at the University of Minnesota and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars…

STEM

Addressing the challenge of persister cells in bacterial infections

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

How antimicrobial peptides may offer an answer to challenging problem Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and member of the Syracuse Biomaterials…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium continues Sept. 19 with David Eng

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

David L. Eng, professor of comparative literature and Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore the “Reparations of the Human” in the East Asian context in a Syracuse Symposium™ presentation on Monday, Sept. 19. Eng’s lecture will…

Arts & Culture

Classic Henry James psychological thriller ‘The Turn of the Screw’ opens 39th season at Syracuse Stage

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

The 39th season at Syracuse Stage opens Sept. 21 with the classic Henry James psychological thriller “The Turn of the Screw,” a riveting story of a young governess and two small children set on a remote English estate. In this…