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Arts & Culture

SU, Le Moyne team up for American music, Spanish poetry conference Sept. 27-29

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The relationship between American music and Spanish poetry will be explored at a major conference at Syracuse University and Le Moyne College. The program, “Jazz and Blues Rhythms: The Influence of Contemporary North American Music on 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish…

Campus & Community

SU to host Imagining America for new five-year term

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

Beginning in the fall semester, a national search will begin for a new director of Imagining America.

Arts & Culture

Author Dana Spiotta in the spotlight for next installment of Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue with award-winning fiction writer Dana Spiotta, assistant professor of creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Gifford Auditorium in H.B. Crouse Hall…

STEM

SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…

Campus & Community

Memorial service planned for Prof. Roderick Surratt

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The College of Law welcomes all faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to attend a memorial service to celebrate the life of Professor Roderick “Rod” Surratt, who passed away on May 27, 2011.

Arts & Culture

‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to screen as part of disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, Sept. 19

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

As part of Syracuse University’s disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, the documentary film “Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road” will be shown on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium of Schine Student Center. The…

Arts & Culture

University commemorates Latino heritage in September, October

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts Latino Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. From lectures to performances, luncheons, semi-formals and art exhibitions, Latino Heritage Month offers a wide range of festivities for all to enjoy. “To enhance…

Campus & Community

Women of the University Community hosts fall gathering Oct. 3, encourages new membership

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

The Women of the University Community (WUC) fall gathering will be held on Monday, Oct. 3, from 5-6:30 p.m. in the atrium of the Life Sciences Building.

Arts & Culture

Verbal Blend, Imagining America, Voices Merging will host Ayo Technology Skype open mic

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken word poetry program out of Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its annual Ayo Technology Skype Open Mic, in collaboration with Voices Merging at the University of Minnesota and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars…

STEM

Addressing the challenge of persister cells in bacterial infections

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, By News Staff

How antimicrobial peptides may offer an answer to challenging problem Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and member of the Syracuse Biomaterials…