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Live Audioconference: ‘A Clear Standard for Access to Instruction’

Tuesday, August 20, 2013, By News Staff

All SU faculty and staff are invited to “A Clear Standard for Access to Instruction,” a live, web-based audioconference focused on accessibility in online environments, produced by the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD; http://www.ahead.org). The event will occur…

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University Wellness Initiative to Sponsor Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Monday, August 19, 2013, By News Staff

Interested in reducing your stress, increasing your concentration and/or improving your relationships?  Then join us for the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. starting on Sept. 26. This eight-week program includes weekly sessions and one…

SU Organist Kola Owolabi to Present Recital Sept. 3

Monday, August 19, 2013, By Erica Blust

Kola Owolabi, Syracuse University organist and associate professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present an organ recital on Tuesday, Sept. 3,…

Dympna Callaghan: Raise Your Voice for the Humanities!

Monday, August 19, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

  [box type=”default” size=”medium”] Dympna Callaghan[/box] Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters and a renowned Shakespearean scholar in The College of Arts and Sciences, is serving as interim director of the SU Humanities Center. She gave…

360i-Sponsored Pilot Program Brings Harlem Teens to Campus

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications recently hosted 10 high school students from the Harlem section of New York City who were on campus to learn about the field of advertising and associated careers. The students, all part of…

Maxwell School Professor Christina Merchant Dies

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By News Staff

Christina Sickles Merchant, a professor of practice in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, passed away on Aug. 5. Since 2007, Merchant taught a wide variety of classes on…

A Classroom of Promise

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Five SU students traveled to South Africa for an SU Abroad course on the socio-economic development and educational system in the pre- and post-apartheid eras.They came back with much more and left behind a lasting impact on some young minds.

Chemist to Study ‘Orally Effective Therapy’ to Fight Obesity

Wednesday, August 14, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Robert Doyle will experiment with ‘gut hormone’ and vitamin B12 A chemist in The College of Arts and Sciences has received a federal grant to study the oral administration of PYY3-36, a peptide that inhibits food intake by naturally switching…

Kendrick Lamar, Nicky Romero, The Neighbourhood to Perform on Juice Jam’s Main Stage

Tuesday, August 13, 2013, By News Staff

Robert DeLong, Ab-soul and Smallpools to perform on indie stage Six artists are set to perform at this year’s Juice Jam Music Festival on Sept. 8. The multi-genre lineup includes Kendrick Lamar, Nicky Romero and The Neighbourhood. Robert DeLong, Ab-soul…

Urban Cinematheque Will Feature Movie, Arts Booths

Monday, August 12, 2013, By News Staff

The Urban Video Project (UVP) and Light Work/Community Darkrooms will host the second annual Urban Cinematheque—an end-of-summer free outdoor film screening paired with an arts and culture fair Friday, Aug. 30. The fair will represent a wide array of the…