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Author to present ‘Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women’

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By News Staff

Jennifer L. Pozner, author of “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV” (Seal Press, 2010), will speak Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater on “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women.” A…

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Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women

Monday, September 24, 2012, By News Staff

Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women (… and men, people of color, the economy, love, sex and sheer common sense!) Do you ever wonder… why reality TV frames humiliation of women as the “perfect fairy tale romance”?…

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SU hosts Saturday recreation program for Syracuse families

Friday, September 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Department of Recreation Services within the Division of Student Affairs continues its long-standing tradition of opening its facilities to Syracuse families on Saturday mornings through the Neighborhood Youth Recreation Program (NYRP). Dating back to the mid 1970s, the…

Shall we play a game?: Merging citizen science and video games

Friday, September 21, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

In the mysterious online world of “Forgotten Island,” you’ll investigate the destruction of a biology lab, encounter domineering robots and solve puzzles to find your way out of the conundrum. You’ll also be helping real-life scientists better understand the creatures of the natural world.

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SU in the News: Wednesday, September 19

Wednesday, September 19, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE The Disability Scoop website, WRVO and the Post-Standard reported on the study co-authored by the Burton Blatt Institute’s Meera Adya, which finds people with disabilities remain largely sidelined in American politics. The size of the…

Ray Smith Symposium explores issues of displacement with ‘Moving Borders’

Wednesday, September 19, 2012, By Rob Enslin

“Displacement” is the focus of one of this year’s Ray Smith Symposia, sponsored by The College of Arts and Sciences. Titled “Moving Borders: The Culture and Politics of Displacement in and from Latin America and the Caribbean,” the symposium kicks…

SU honors memory of historian James Powell with daylong colloquium Sept. 28

Tuesday, September 18, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a daylong colloquium in memory of James M. Powell, professor emeritus of medieval history at Syracuse University. The program, “Religious Tolerance-Religious Violence-Medieval Memories,” is Friday, Sept. 28, from 9:30 a.m.-6…

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SU in the News: Monday, September 17

Tuesday, September 18, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University is featured in an NBC Today Show”College Challenge” segment on school spirit and social media. The University’s spot in the competition is also noted in WHEC (Rochester), WKTV (Utica), CNY Central and Syracuse.com…

Q&A with financial literacy expert Rebecca Rose

Monday, September 17, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Rebecca Rose, assistant director of financial literacy and education programs in the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs, gives some good advice, explains some of the work she and her colleagues do and describes one of the success stories….

Campaign for Syracuse University surpasses $1 billion fundraising goal more than three months early

Thursday, September 13, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced that it has surpassed its goal for the most ambitious fundraising effort in the institution’s history. Through the generosity of more than 60,000 individual donors, including trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and supporters, the Campaign has raised a total of $1,008,612,731 as of Aug. 31.