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White Ribbon Campaign ribbons, wristbands still available across campus

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The 2012 Vera House White Ribbon Campaign continues to gain momentum as it closes in on the remaining few weeks of the campaign. Fostered by the Division of Student Affairs, this University-wide initiative involving offices and individuals across campus has…

IVMF issues analysis of 2011 BLS annual report on employment situation of veterans

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Unemployment rate increases most significantly for post-9/11 female vets ages 18-24 In relation to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has released The Employment Situation of Veterans: 2011,…

Conference celebrates internationally renowned mathematician

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Mathematical researchers and graduate students from across the United States and Canada will converge on the Syracuse University campus April 13-15 to celebrate internationally renowned mathematical theorist Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz and to discuss the intersection of two diverse areas of mathematical…

SU Humanities Center hosts lectures by renowned cultural critic March 27-28

Monday, March 26, 2012, By Rob Enslin

International cultural critic Taek-Gwang Lee is making two rare appearances at Syracuse University. On Tuesday, March 27, he will discuss “Towards Geo-Cinematology: Negotiating the Identity of East Asian Cinemas” at 4 p.m. in the SU Humanities Center Seminar Room (304)…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage’s ‘The Brothers Size’ moving to leading theaters in South Africa

Friday, March 23, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage’s production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size, directed by Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond, will move to leading theaters in South Africa, made possible by support from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. “The Brothers Size” began rehearsing…

Media, Law & Policy

Bahraini journalist Lamees Dhaif honored with Tully Free Speech Award

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Lamees Dhaif, an independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist, will come to Syracuse University April 2 as the recipient of the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Tully Center for Free Speech in…

Environmental activist, scholar Martin Sage dies

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

Environmental activist and scholar Martin Sage, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 3. He was 76. Although he retired in 2008, Sage remained active in the department and in…

iSchool introduces new graduate certificate in data science

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), an international leader in the information field, is boosting its academic offerings with the introduction of a new graduate certificate of advanced studies in data science. The program is the first state-approved certificate of advanced…

SU Honors Program presents panel discussion on disability, politics of sensory life March 30

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Disability and the politics of sensory life are the basis of an upcoming panel discussion at Syracuse University. Titled “Disability, Creativity and Neuro-atypicality: Art As Embodiment,” the event is Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in Watson Theater of the…

Spoken Word Poetry Institute premieres on campus March 30-31

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, By News Staff

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program coordinated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs, will premiere the Spoken Word Poetry Institute on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31. The Spoken Word Poetry Institute is…