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STEM

Interdisciplinary team led by Syracuse University wins $2 million EFRI grant from NSF

Monday, November 7, 2011, By News Staff

EFRI grant only awarded to 14 teams nationally this year

‘Blue Gold’ documentary screening to be held Nov. 10

Friday, November 4, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will host a “zero-waste” showing of the award-winning documentary film “Blue Gold: World Water Wars,” on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open…

Award-winning military photojournalist Stacy Pearsall ’04 to visit campus Nov. 10-11 as part of SU’s Veterans Day events

Thursday, November 3, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Stacy Pearsall ’04, a graduate of the Military Photojournalism Program in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will give a public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Room 101, Newhouse 1. Her talk, “Worth a…

Atlanta elementary school students inspired by adults with disabilities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011, By News Staff

Successful adults with disabilities from throughout the metro-Atlanta area inspired children at Gwinnett County’s Nesbit Elementary School on Oct. 12 to dare to dream for their futures as part of a new disability mentoring day and career expo pilot program….

Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to visit Syracuse University, Nov. 13-14

Monday, October 31, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will host a series of events featuring Pierre Sauvage on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 13 and 14. Sauvage survived the Holocaust as a child; his parents are also Holocaust survivors. He is…

Campus & Community

Invisible Children to present the documentary ‘Tony’ about 25-year Central African conflict

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

Invisible Children, a media-based nonprofit dedicated to ending Africa’s longest-running war, will screen its latest documentary, ‘Tony,’ on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater. Following the 50-minute documentary, Grace, a native of Uganda and an ambassador for…

Arts & Culture

Stone Canoe hosts public literary showcases in community

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Poets and writers featured in Stone Canoe, A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, will read from their works at two separate events scheduled locally.  Stone Canoe Poetry Night will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 7- 8:30…

Health & Society

Center on Human Policy to celebrate 40th anniversary with research and advocacy conference, Nov. 11-12

Monday, October 24, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

The Center on Human Policy will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a two-day research and advocacy conference on Nov. 11-12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, coinciding with Syracuse University’s Orange Central weekend. Alumni, friends, advocates and supporters from around the…

Campus & Community

Library copyright issues subject of Open Access Week talk

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

As a part of Open Access Week 2011, the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host Dorothea Salo.

Health & Society

Engelhardt to study impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, received an $89,160 grant to assess the overall impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and retirement income. The project, “The Impact of…