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SU Rising: Call to Action to Stop Violence Against Women Is Feb. 14

Thursday, February 7, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Thursday, Feb. 14, two events at Syracuse University will address the endemic problem of violence against women, both globally and locally.

VPA’s Genet Gallery to Present Retrospective of Designer Robert Blaich ’52, H’90

Tuesday, February 5, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Sue & Leon Genet Gallery in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present “The Design Impact of Robert Blaich,” an exhibition showcasing the distinguished career of Syracuse University alumnus Robert Blaich ’52, H’90 and the importance…

Campus & Community

Refugee Resettlement at Next Session of IRP

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Feb. 7 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Helen Malina from the InterFaith Works Center for New Americans. Malina will discuss how the refugee resettlement program handles the task of creating new homes for families…

Arts & Culture

SU Wind Ensemble Concert to Feature Liverpool High School Symphonic Band

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will present a concert featuring the Liverpool High School Symphonic Band on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to…

Campus & Community

Free Recreational and Ice Skating Programs for Syracuse Families on SU Campus

Wednesday, January 30, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Department of Recreation Services within the Division of Student Affairs is offering its spring lineup of free recreational activities and ice skating lessons for Syracuse area youth and families. The Neighborhood Youth Recreation Program is set to begin…

Media, Law & Policy

New book makes a case for why the U.S. is still on top and how it can stay there

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

Is the United States losing its dominant place in the world? In recent years there has been a growing “declinist” sentiment that the U.S. has lost legitimacy and power around the world due to a series of events—from the rise…

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

STEM

Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By News Staff

Researchers at Syracuse University’s Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Yvonne Buchanan shows work in Everson’s newly renovated video gallery

Tuesday, January 22, 2013, By Erica Blust

“Strange Tongue,” a video/sound installation by Yvonne Buchanan, associate professor of illustration in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, is on view at the Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, through March 31….

Arts & Culture

Student produces free instrumental and dance performance to raise awareness about bullying, ally involvement

Monday, January 14, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

‘Uncommon Action’ to premiere on Feb. 3 at CNY Jazz Syracuse University music education senior Rachel Dentinger has enlisted 16 student musicians and a team of production assistants to produce an interdisciplinary program about bullying and ally involvement that has been…