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SU Humanities Center appoints faculty fellows

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center has announced its internal faculty fellows for Spring 2012. They are Amy Kallander, assistant professor of history, as well as Rania Habib and Stefano Giannini, both assistant professors of languages, literatures and linguistics (LLL). The…

Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with novelist Rivka Galchen

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By News Staff

Rivka Galchen, author of the critically acclaimed “Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel” (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008), will open the Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by…

Renowned artist Shimon Attie to lead speaker series on memory, commemoration

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By Erica Blust

Internationally renowned artist Shimon Attie will lead and host a new cross-disciplinary speaker series at Syracuse University on art, memory, community and commemoration. “Memory and Commemoration, as Fact or Fiction” will feature four speakers, including Attie, whose work addresses the…

SU announces launch of Janklow Arts Leadership Program

Friday, January 13, 2012, By News Staff

Tonight (Jan. 17) at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Syracuse University will announce the launch of the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, a new M.A. program named for the great literary agent and College of Arts and Sciences…

Arts & Culture

Ten seniors named VPA Scholars

Thursday, January 12, 2012, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that 10 seniors have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors in…

Media, Law & Policy

New endowed chair will support journalism innovation in Newhouse School

Wednesday, January 11, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new endowed chair in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will help lead the school’s continued efforts toward expanding teaching and innovation in digital and new media. The Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation will…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, January 10

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, By News Staff

Korea Times quotes Maxwell School’s Margaret Hermann on North Korea’s new leader Kim Jong-un

Dave Bing to keynote 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 21

Monday, January 9, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will hold its 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Carrier Dome. This year’s theme is “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” Dave Bing ’66, H’06, mayor of Detroit, will…

Burton Blatt Institute recognized in proposed NY legislation to support self-employment for people with disabilities

Friday, January 6, 2012, By News Staff

The New York State Senate introduced two bills Jan. 4 aimed at dramatically expanding entrepreneurship opportunities for people with disabilities. The measures were sponsored by Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn). The bills reflect the success of the Start-Up NY program and…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, January 5, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012, By News Staff

SU participation in White House summer jobs youth employment program reported by Gannett Wire Service