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Arts & Culture

SU Drama to present pro-union classic ‘The Cradle Will Rock’

Friday, September 23, 2011, By News Staff

Here’s how Marc Blitzstein described his 1937 musical: “a labor opera composed in a style that falls somewhere between realism, romance, vaudeville, comic strip, Gilbert & Sullivan, Brecht and agitprop [agitation and propaganda].” In other words, it has great laughs,…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium explores ‘Identity’ through photography, written word Sept. 28

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its exploration of the theme of “Identity” with a multimedia presentation by the husband-and-wife team of Christoph Keller and Jan Heller Levi. The program, “Corresponding Perspectives: Poetry, Prose and Photography,” is Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m….

Campus & Community

Former U.S. Army Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay to speak this Thursday

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

James Yee, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, and former U.S. Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, will speak about his experience at Guantanamo and his struggle for justice during his imprisonment in 2003

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…

Campus & Community

Former U.S. Army captain & Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay to speak on campus

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

James Yee, a Chinese American, graduate of West Point Military Academy, convert to Islam in 1991, captain in the U.S. Army, former Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay and author of “For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire,” will speak about his struggle for justice.

Health & Society

Alumni couple donates $100,000 to Burton Blatt Institute

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, By News Staff

Gift from Robert ’66 and Carol ’70 Tannenhauser will directly impact people with disabilities In support of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, Robert ’66 and Carol ’70 Tannenhauser have announced a commitment to BBI of $100,000, one…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School professor wins Murray Prize from University of Iowa

Friday, September 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Harriet Brown, assistant professor of magazine in Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has won the 2011 John F. Murray Prize in Strategic Communication for the Public Good from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

Rahul Mehta G’03 will open the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series with readings from his short story collection, “Quarantine” (Harper Perennial, 2011), at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during “Illuminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,” Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…

Arts & Culture

Digital Witness Symposium explores power of the archive for human rights media

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Following its successful inauguration at last year’s Illuminating Oppression: 8th Annual Human Rights Film Festival, the Digital Witness Symposium returns this year on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. This year’s symposium,…