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Campus & Community

An Evening of Gospel Music Tuesday, Sept. 24

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

Joan Hillsman and friends will perform “An Evening of Gospel Music: An African American Art Form” Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the Department of Art and Music Histories. Admission is free.

Media, Law & Policy

In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.

Campus & Community

Call for SU Honorary Degree Nominations by Oct. 7

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all students, faculty, staff and alumni to nominate candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Commencement ceremonies.  Deadline for all nominations is Oct. 7. Persons who…

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees, University Establish Scholarship Fund to Honor Chancellor Nancy Cantor

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

From Sorkin Week in Los Angeles to Study Abroad in London to Engagement Scholars in Syracuse, immersion programs that enable students to “test what they think they know” are hallmarks of the Syracuse University experience. Yet not every student has…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked among Best by Princeton Review

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Program also featured in Entrepreneur magazine The Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company has named the school…

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, Interim Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs

Friday, September 20, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University’s interim Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz may be new to the position, but she’s certainly not new to the University. Her career path started at SU in the 1980s, and was honed…

Campus & Community

Funeral for Kelleher Set for Saturday; Calling Hours Friday, 4-7 p.m.

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Funeral services for William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, who passed away on Sept. 18, will be on Saturday at 1p.m. at St. Lucy’s Church, 432 Gifford St., Syracuse. Calling hours will be held…

Arts & Culture

Black & Banned: Community Read-Out Planned

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

The Black Syracuse Project in the Department of African American Studies is organizing Black & Banned, a Community Read-Out for Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28. This year’s event is a “town-gown” collaboration with the Beauchamp Branch of the Onondaga County…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Gary Kibbins

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Gary Kibbins will give a talk on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium. Kibbins is a media artist and writer currently teaching in the Department of Film Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He previously taught…

Health & Society

Poppendieck Speaks on ‘Fixing School Food in America’

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series continues on Sept. 25 with “Stepping up to the Plate: Fixing School Food in America.” This talk will be presented by Janet Poppendieck, professor emerita of sociology at Hunter College,…