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Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Moves to New Location, Announces New Managing Director

Friday, October 25, 2013, By News Staff

After seven years in its location on East Genesee Street, Point of Contact Gallery (a member of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers at Syracuse University) has moved to SU’s Warehouse, located at 350 W. Fayette St., near downtown’s Armory…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Teams Up with Syracuse Opera

Thursday, October 24, 2013, By News Staff

Point of Contact will celebrate the opening of its new location at the Warehouse Building (350 W. Fayette St.) with a tango-themed event, “Tango-Opera.”

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week Activities Announced

Monday, October 7, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2013 is being held on the SU campus Oct. 6-12. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people—including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University—who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Arts & Culture

Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.

STEM

SU Task Force Advocates Action to Enhance Teaching

Friday, September 13, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Task Force on Advancing New Pedagogies, formed six months ago to study innovative teaching methods and new technologies employed in instruction across campus, has issued its final report, highlighting exemplary work being done at SU and urging increased…

Campus & Community

Bat Activity On Campus

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By News Staff

During the late summer and early fall months there is a seasonal increase in bat activity in and around Central New York, including the Syracuse University Campus. Because a small percentage of bats may carry the rabies virus, it is…

Campus & Community

Call to Action for NYC Orange Alums on GMA

Monday, September 9, 2013, By Keith Kobland

A chance to show your SU pride to the entire nation is coming this week as part of “Good Morning America’s” College Week. GMA is setting aside time to highlight colleges with the most school pride. If you’re part of…

Spanish Action League Presents La Joven Guardia Del Teatro Latino in ‘Los Dos Ruiseñores’

Wednesday, September 4, 2013, By News Staff

This fall, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Community Folk Art Center will host the local Spanish Action League presentation of its youth theater troupe, La Joven Guardia del Teatro Latino. José Miguel Hernández Hurtado, artistic director of the…

Saturday Creators’ Conclave Will Explore How Arts and Cultural Activity Impact Economic Development

Tuesday, September 3, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

While Syracuse hosts CRAVE, an interdisciplinary arts festival and conclave Sept. 20-21 across the Connective Corridor, an accompanying statewide “Creators’ Conclave” will explore how the arts can revitalize communities through new performance models and audience engagement strategies. The Saturday, Sept….

Imagining America Completes First Round in New Activists Web Series

Thursday, July 18, 2013, By Jamie Haft

The latest in the series “The New Activists: Students in the Community” features Afua Boahene, a doctoral student in the School of Education, and her work with the Image Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young women of color in the City of Syracuse to surmount obstacles impeding their academic success.