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Arts & Culture

Free tickets available for SU-dedicated performances of ‘Cry for Peace’

Wednesday, August 29, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This September, members of the Syracuse University and greater Syracuse communities will relive the journeys of five of their neighbors from the Congo who are struggling to leave the past behind and form a peaceful community in Central New York….

Arts & Culture

Pulse announces 2012-13 season

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, By News Staff

The upcoming 2012-13 season of Syracuse University’s Pulse Performing Arts Series features a diverse selection of unique and highly anticipated artistic performances.

Arts & Culture

Two world premieres among the highlights of Syracuse Symposium 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

With the theme “Memory-Media-Archive,” Syracuse Symposium, the annual semester-long intellectual and artistic festival, will kick off Sept. 14 with the world premiere of “Cry for Peace: Voices From the Congo.” Originally workshopped in Syracuse in 2010,“Cry for Peace” is based…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 27

Monday, August 27, 2012, By News Staff

Los Angeles Times quotes Falk College’s Eric Kingson on privatization of Social Security.

The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to visit SU for October peace forum and concert

Monday, August 27, 2012, By News Staff

Dave Matthews, Counting Crows, Andy Grammer and Nas among the two dozen artists scheduled to perform; comedian Whoopi Goldberg to emcee. “Common Ground for Peace,” will be held on campus Monday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Getting to know Carrie Grogan Abbott

Saturday, August 25, 2012, By News Staff

This past July, while many on campus were enjoying the slower pace of summer, or taking long-anticipated vacations, Carrie Grogan Abbott, director of First-Year and Transfer Programs, was at her desk making dozens of phone calls, sending emails and coordinating countless logistics for one of the University’s biggest events of the year: Syracuse Welcome.

Cyclists, motorists, pedestrians experience new University Avenue

Friday, August 24, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Most mornings you can find Steve Morris cycling from his home on the West Side of Syracuse to the bike shop he and his wife own on Westcott Street in the University neighborhood. “It’s a good way to wake up—get the blood flowing,” says Morris, a 2007 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry graduate.

Health & Society

New study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople

Friday, August 24, 2012, By Michele Barrett

As athletes and fans celebrated new world records, international milestones and personal bests during the 2012 London Olympic Games, one story that repeated itself was the prominent role female athletes played in fueling U.S. Olympic success and medal count. The…

Arts & Culture

Actor, author Taye Diggs to receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from SU Alumni Club of Southern California

Friday, August 24, 2012, By News Staff

Award-winning actor and author Taye Diggs ’93, a drama alumnus of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), is being honored by the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Southern California (SUACSC) on Oct. 20. Diggs was chosen by…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with poet Roger Fanning

Thursday, August 23, 2012, By News Staff

Roger Fanning, a Whiting Writers’ Award winner, will open the Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is…