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Getting to Know: Tere Paniagua, executive director of cultural engagement for the Hispanic community

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Cyndi Moritz

For several years, Tere Paniagua has been the managing director of Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact, a nonprofit organization supported by Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and by the New York State Council on the Arts. The Point…

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Alumna to present on the art of African American cooking

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University alumna Patricia E. Clark ’89, G ’93 vividly remembers the sights, sounds and smells of the fried chicken dinners the women in her church packaged up and sold to help pay the rent and other church expenses.“We would…

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SU alumnus named a National Book Award finalist

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University alumnus Steve Sheinkin ’90 has been named a finalist in the Young People’s Literature category of the 2012 National Book Awards. A former international relations major in The College of Arts and Sciences, Sheinkin was nominated for “Bomb:…

Campus & Community

‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…

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Professor Anna Vasilevna Gorbatsevich remembered

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By News Staff

Anna Vasilevna Gorbatsevich, professor emerita of Russian, passed away at her home on Sept. 6 at the age of 88. She was a resident of Syracuse for more than 60 years. Gorbatsevich was born near Warsaw, Poland, where she studied to become…

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Healthy volunteers sought for research study on auditory effects of concussion/head injury

Friday, October 12, 2012, By News Staff

Individuals with normal hearing and NO history of concussion/head injury are needed to participate in a research study investigating effects of traumatic brain injury on the brain and auditory system’s ability to process speech information. Participants must be native English…

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La Casita Cultural Center will present an episode of PBS series ‘Black in Latin America’

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center will present an episode of the acclaimed PBS series “Black in Latin America“, from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse.  The screening of the episode “Haiti and the Dominican Republic:…

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Transcript of “The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East” Panel (PDF)

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

ROUGH DRAFT NOT VERBATIM >> Please welcome to the stage, the voices of Afghanistan. [ Applause ] [ Applause ] >> Thank you, everyone. On behalf of voices of Afghanistan I would like to thank Sam Nappi and also university…

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‘Moby Dick’ opens Syracuse Stage’s 40th season

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Alive with a soundscape of 18 authentic sea chanteys and performed by an ensemble of nine, Syracuse Stage’s highly physical adaption of “Moby Dick” cuts to the core of Herman Melville’s searing narrative and plays with the fury of a…

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SU in the News: Wednesday, October 3

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE New York Times and Post-Standard reports on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent visit to the area noted Syracuse University Chancellor Cantor accompanied him on the tour of public and private economic development projects including the Connective…