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University Launches Commemoration of 25th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Nearly 25 years later, approximately 4,000 miles away, Syracuse University is commemorating this historic occasion with a three-month-long series of events.

Lineup Announced for Fall 2014 Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Creative Writing Program will once again present six writers in its Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series. Named for the great short story writer and poet who taught at Syracuse in the 1980s and died in 1988, the Raymond…

STEM

Biologist Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

James Hewett, an associate professor of biology and neuroscientist, was recently awarded a $440,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Hewett will use this…

Languages, Literatures and Linguistics to host ‘Japan Today’ Symposium

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will welcome scholars from Cornell University, Columbia University and Hamilton College for “Japan Today,” an interdisciplinary symposium that will examine Japanese literature, film, history…

Lineup for 2014 ‘Re-Sounding History Concert and Lecture-Demonstration Series’ Announced

Friday, August 29, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Deborah Justice, the Carole and Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Music Histories, in collaboration with a working group that includes faculty from Colgate University and Hamilton College, has announced…

Arts & Culture

CFAC Executive Director Elected to Association of African American Museums

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Kheli Willetts ’92, G’94, G’02, executive director of the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and professor of practice of African American Studies (AAS) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of three scholars elected to the Association…

STEM

Physicist John Laiho Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

John “Jack” Laiho recently completed his first year as a member of the Syracuse University faculty, and what better way to celebrate than by receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support his cutting-edge research. Laiho, who earned a…

Campus & Community

Bowlers Wanted for Tuesday Evenings

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

Do you enjoy bowling? Would you like to try bowling? Do you want a fun activity with your colleagues? The SU & ESF Faculty and Staff Bowling League is seeking new members. This is a fun handicap league accepting male…

Arts & Culture

‘Margaret Bourke-White: Moments In History’ Opens Aug. 19

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries, in collaboration with the SU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, will present “Margaret Bourke-White: Moments in History 1930-1945,” an exhibition of vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and ’40s.

Arts & Culture

‘Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer’ Opens Aug. 19

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will premiere a new media installation, “Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer,” curated by SUArt Galleries Associate Director and Curator of Collections David L. Prince. Brackett’s recent work combines the digital and natural world to explore…