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School of Education’s Douglas Biklen Announces Retirement from Deanship

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Douglas P. Biklen, dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education and founder of the Inclusion Institutes at Syracuse University, announced today that he will retire from his position effective January 31, 2014. Biklen has served as dean of the School…

Putting a Little Love into the World

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

’Cuse Spot at Syracuse’s Wilson Park Community Center  Six-year-old Amaree Green proudly holds up her paper mosaic heart after gluing on the final scrap of colored paper from the mounds of scraps scattered across the table. “How beautiful,” exclaims Syracuse…

New ‘Military Otto’ SU Basketball T-Shirt to Benefit IVMF and Its Mission

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and local veteran-owned business Iron Art are teaming up for the second time to make a difference in the lives of veterans and military families making the transition to…

Ocean Rower Roz Savage to Kick Off Spring 2013 University Lectures Series

Monday, February 18, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ocean rower, adventurer and environmental ambassador Roz Savage is one of four distinguished guests who will share their diverse global experiences and perspectives with the Syracuse University and Central New York communities as part of the Spring 2013 University Lectures season. Savage will speak on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Campus & Community

Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism, Part II: Creating Spaces for Inclusion

Friday, February 15, 2013, By News Staff

Without Walls: What Temporary Deaf Spaces Can Tell Us about Managing Identity Politics The Rev. Kirk VanGilder WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel The Rev. Kirk VanGilder is a professor of Religion at Gallaudet University, who was born hard…

LGBT Rights Director for Human Rights Watch to Speak at SU Feb. 25

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Graeme Reid will address U.N. Human Rights Council’s controversial “traditional values” resolution The controversial resolution on “traditional values,” adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council last fall, will be the focus of a major discussion in the College of…

‘There’s SNOW Much To Do’ at Winter Carnival 2013

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By News Staff

Winter Carnival 2013 is coming soon to break up the monotony of winter living on campus. Scheduled for Feb. 20-23, this long-standing tradition encourages students to get out and enjoy the snow season, as well as the many fun winter…

Arts & Culture

Razor-Sharp Wit in ‘Top Girls’ Examines Costs of Success

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

A skeptical and comic look at the role of women in contemporary society, “Top Girls” flashes with Caryl Churchill’s razor-sharp wit and ingenious theatricality. Set in the early days of Margaret Thatcher’s England, the play follows two sisters: hard-nosed, successful…

Work of Latina Artist Favianna Rodriguez Will Open at La Casita Cultural Center

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Last fall, celebrated printmaker and social activist Favianna Rodriguez joined forces with other California-based artists to create posters urging passage of Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of all food made from genetically engineered plants and animals. The proposition…

Announcement to the University Community from Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina

Monday, February 11, 2013, By News Staff

Suzanne E. Thorin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, and I want to let you know that she has informed me of her desire to step down from her administrative role effective June 30, 2013. Dean Thorin will have served…