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Purser Wins Award for New Book about On-Demand Labor
Gretchen Purser, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, has won the 2014 International Book Award from the California Series in Public Anthropology (University of California Press) for her manuscript “Labor On Demand: Dispatching the Urban Poor.” Each year…
Disability Studies Scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson to Speak Oct. 23
On Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will give a lecture titled “Why I am a Bioconservative” in Watson Theatre. Following the lecture, a reception and book signing will take place at Light Work at 8 p.m. Students,…
Scholar to Present Workshop at Folger Shakespeare Library
For modern audiences, Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy “Macbeth” has nothing to do with song and dance. Yet, in Restoration England (1660–1714), Shakespeare was often revised to include these elements. On Nov. 14-15, scholars, musicians, dancers and actors from the United States…
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Honors Nutrition Associate Professor Sudha Raj
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, will honor Falk College Associate Professor of Nutrition Sudha Raj with two awards at the 2014 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) to be…
FNSSI Scientists Awarded National Institute of Justice Grant
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” has been on television for nearly 14 years and in that time, has won numerous awards for acting. But Syracuse University has its own cast of forensic characters, and instead of an Emmy award, the Forensic…
MIT Professor to Discuss ‘Identity Thesis for Language and Music’ Oct. 14
The linguistic interface between music and language is the subject of an upcoming presentation in the College of Arts and Sciences. David Pesetsky, a world-renowned linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will discuss “Language and Music: Same Structures,…
Orange Central 2014 In Pictures
Celebrate your love of all things Orange with these highlights from Orange Central 2014, a round up of photos from the festivities.
FNSSI Launches Graduate Certificate Program in Medicolegal Death Investigation
Medicolegal death investigation (MDI) is the focus of a new graduate certificate program in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI), housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Advanced Certificate in MDI is a 12-credit-hour program targeting…
Conductor Rebecca Rottsolk to Lead 12th Annual Women’s Choir Festival Oct. 25
Distinguished conductor Rebecca Rottsolk of Seattle will be the guest conductor for Syracuse University’s 12th Annual Invitational Women’s Choir Festival and concert on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. Approximately 175 high school and collegiate women singers from New York…
MOST Women’s Camp Stokes Girls’ Passion for Science
Through a partnership with the Museum of Science & Technology (MOST), the College of Engineering and Computer Science is encouraging girls to explore science and inspire them to aim for a career in a scientific field. Assistant Professor Melissa Green…