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Participants Needed for Research Project on Alcohol Use among African American College Students

Friday, March 1, 2013, By News Staff

We invite you to participate in the research project “Alcohol Use among African American College Students.” This study was designed to better understand determinants of alcohol use behavior in college students of African descent. College students of African descent have…

IVMF Appoints SU Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Thompson G’67, Harvard’s Linda J. Bilmes to Advisory Board

Thursday, February 28, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has announced the appointment of two new members to its external advisory board. They are chairman of the SU Board of Trustees Richard L. Thompson G’67, senior counsel, Patton Boggs LLP;…

Reading Twain in Tianjin

Tuesday, February 26, 2013, By News Staff

English professor receives Fulbright to teach in China Editor’s Note: Follow the adventures of Harvery Teres as he writes about his experiences in China in the blog “Faculty at Work: Notes from the Field,” a new feature  published on The…

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De Berly Presents at AIEA Conference

Tuesday, February 26, 2013, By News Staff

Senior Associate Dean at University College Geraldine de Berly presented a session on “Challenges and Strategies for Success in Working with Saudi Arabian Students and Universities” at the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Annual Conference Feb. 17-20 in New…

German Author and Scholar Present Joint Reading on Holocaust Memories in Literature March 6

Monday, February 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Susanna Piontek and Guy Stern will examine translation and fictionalization of actual memories The literary representation of Holocaust memories will be the subject of a presentation by the husband-and-wife team of Susanna Piontek and Guy Stern in Syracuse University’s College…

Putting a Little Love into the World

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

’Cuse Spot at Syracuse’s Wilson Park Community Center  Six-year-old Amaree Green proudly holds up her paper mosaic heart after gluing on the final scrap of colored paper from the mounds of scraps scattered across the table. “How beautiful,” exclaims Syracuse…

Resolving Conflict and Rebuilding Lives in Darfur

Monday, February 18, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

A region scarred by civil violence and a resulting humanitarian crisis over the past decade, Darfur in western Sudan still struggles to reach peace between the government and rebel factions. Its citizens, however, are not waiting to start rebuilding their lives and communities.

Chicana Novelist Helena María Viramontes to Give Public Reading Feb. 20

Friday, February 15, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Cornell author known for gritty portrayal of Latina/o culture Helena María Viramontes, professor of English at Cornell University, will read from her acclaimed novel, “Their Dogs Came with Them” (Atria Books, 2007), Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m. in Heroy…

Raymond Carver Reading Series to Feature Award-Winning Novelist Justin Torres

Friday, February 15, 2013, By News Staff

The Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series continues with novelist Justin Torres, author of the critically acclaimed “We the Animals” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a…

Students Invited to Creatively Collaborate in Studio C

Thursday, February 14, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Students from all majors who are interested in civic engagement and social entrepreneurship are invited to creative gatherings to help generate ideas and teams for the social/nonprofit sector. Studio C, a place to collaborate, create and change, will host “Pizza,…