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Verbal Blend Hosts Spoken Word Poetry Institute Oct. 23 and 25

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By Shannon Andre

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program coordinated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs, will host its secpnd annual Spoken Word Poetry Institute on Oct. 23 and 25. Toni Blackman, creator of Freestyle Union, will…

Carrie Mae Weems Weaves Stories With Her Work in Next University Lecture

Tuesday, October 21, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Over the past 25 years, Weems has worked toward developing a complex body of art that has at various times employed photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation and video.

Colloquium to Address Feminist Perspectives on Intersectionality, Transnationalism, Decoloniality

Monday, October 20, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Three experts will speak Friday, Oct. 24, at the Syracuse Symposium™ colloquium “Negotiating Feminist Perspectives: Intersectionality, Transnationalism and Decoloniality.” The free, public event is 12:45-5:15 p.m. in 304ABC, Schine Student Center. There will be light refreshments to start, and CART…

Social Entrepreneur Lauren Given Moynihan Spirit of Public Service Award

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced that Lauren Bush Lauren, the founder and CEO of FEED Projects, is the inaugural winner of the school’s Moynihan Spirit of Public Service Award, named for the late Sen. Daniel…

Arts & Culture

August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterpiece ‘The Piano Lesson’ Starts Oct. 22

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By News Staff

In August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “The Piano Lesson,” the past threatens to pull apart brother and sister. Bernice treasures a one-of-a-kind piano, an heirloom with carved figures of their enslaved ancestors. Boy Willie suddenly arrives from the South determined…

Three Will Be Honored with George Arents Award at Orange Central

Tuesday, October 7, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Richard M. Jones ’92, G’95, L’95, Angela Y. Robinson ’78 and Donald Schupak ’64, L’66 will receive the George Arents Award, the University’s highest alumni honor. The award recognizes alumni who are pioneers and leaders in their fields.

Democratizing Knowledge Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By News Staff

The Democratizing Knowledge Project (DK), a Syracuse University interdisciplinary collective of faculty and graduate students, has been awarded a four-year, $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a series of summer institutes titled “Just Academic Spaces: Creating…

Retired Professor of Education Donald P. Ely Dies

Monday, September 29, 2014, By News Staff

Donald Paul Ely, 84, died at home on Sept. 24 after a long illness. Born Sept. 3, 1930, in Buffalo to Paul B. and Florence Fuller Ely, he received his B. A. from SUNY Albany in 1951. Upon graduation, he…

History Department to Host Lecture Honoring Long-time Faculty Member Otey Scruggs

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A lecture in honor of the late Otey Scruggs, a distinguished historian who served on the Maxwell School faculty for more than 35 years, will be held on Monday, Oct. 6.  Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, associate professor of American culture and history,…

Syracuse Celebrates Banned Books Week with Community Read-Outs Sept. 25-26

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Members of Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences are honoring Banned Books Week (Sept. 21-27) with two community read-outs, featuring books by and about African American authors. The read-outs are part of a major initiative called “Black and Banned.”…