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Children’s Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Supports La Casita’s Bilingual Library, Literacy Programs

Friday, November 21, 2014, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center has partnered with Barnes & Noble to launch a fundraising campaign seeking support for its Bilingual Library and literacy programs. A week-long book fair will run from Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, Dec. 8, at the…

Media, Law & Policy

Arlene Kanter Recognized by International Center of Syracuse

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

College of Law Professor Arlene S. Kanter was awarded the International Educator of the Year Award by the International Center of Syracuse (ICS). Kanter was recognized for her excellence in teaching, international community outreach and commitment to people with disabilities…

Arts & Culture

‘Hairspray’ Starts Thanksgiving Weekend at Syracuse Stage

Friday, November 21, 2014, By News Staff

Bubbling with joy and ’60s-era music and dance, “Hairspray” is the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical piled bouffant high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs.

Health & Society

Syracuse University Campus to Go Tobacco Free

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By News Staff

In an effort to promote a healthy, productive and respectful environment in which to study, work and live, Syracuse University will revise its current anti-smoking policy and adopt a tobacco-free policy on campus effective July 1, 2015. The decision comes…

Democratizing Knowledge Collective Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Just Academic Spaces” is the theme of a three-year, $500,000 project, organized and presented by the Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Collective in the College of Arts and Sciences and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Co-directed by professors Linda Carty…

Physicist Helps Discover Subatomic Particles

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is the lead contributor to the discovery of two never-before-seen baryonic particles. The finding, which is the subject of a forthcoming article in Physical Review Letters, is expected to have a major impact on the study of quark dynamics.

INSCT, Moynihan Present Social Media Findings to Local Emergency Managers

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Ines Mergel, associate professor of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a senior research associate in the Center for Technology and Information Policy, has been leading a long-term research project on the use of…

Geologists Shed Light on Formation of Alaska Range

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Geologists in the College of Arts and Sciences have recently figured out what has caused the Alaska Range to form the way it has and why the range boasts such an enigmatic topographic signature.

Great American Smokeout Activities Planned on Campus Thursday

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University will mark the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout on Thursday with a series of activities aimed at inspiring smokers to quit.

Veterans

Brian Turner, Poet and Veteran, to Read at Syracuse Symposium Nov. 20

Monday, November 17, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Syracuse Symposium continues its theme of “Perspective” with a special reading by U.S. Army veteran Brian Turner, who has turned his wartime experiences into some of today’s most acclaimed poetry. Turner will likely read from his bestselling memoir, “My Life…