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SU Humanities Center, YMCA explore ‘Identity’ with readings at new Downtown Writer’s Center Oct. 27
The Syracuse University Humanities Center is helping the YMCA Arts Branch mark the 10th anniversary of its Downtown Writer’s Center with a special event in the DWC’s new facility. The celebration, part of the Humanities Center’s fall exploration of “Identity,”…
Principal of world-renowned engineering firm Buro Happold to lecture at Syracuse Architecture
Craig Schwitter, PE, managing principal of Buro Happold, North America, will lecture at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. Buro Happold is one of the top building services engineering…
Family Weekend 2011 welcomes more than 1,500 families to campus
Parents and family members of Syracuse University students will be energizing the campus this weekend, from Oct. 21-23, for Family Weekend 2011. This year, more than 5,000 people and 1,500 families will be attending, representing more than 36 states, including…
Jenny Doctor appointed director of Belfer Audio Archive
Jenny Doctor has been appointed director of the Belfer Audio Archive at Syracuse University Library, effective January 2012. She will hold a concurrent appointment as a faculty member in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. A faculty member in…
Alston named senior vice president for human capital development
Kal Alston has been named senior vice president for human capital development at Syracuse University. Alston’s appointment to this newly created position addresses the need for the strategic leadership of major initiatives and projects related to the inclusion and development…
Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series presents award-winning novelist Terese Svoboda
The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue on Oct. 26 with novelist Terese Svoboda, author of the recently published “Bohemian Girl” (Bison Books, 2011), which critics describe as a cross between “True Grit” and “Huckleberry Finn.” The reading…
VPA announces associate dean appointments
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced two associate dean appointments. The appointments will allow Arthur Jensen, VPA’s senior associate dean of academic affairs and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication…
University to host two-day conference on urban revitalization
Speakers, workshops will focus on urban transformations through art and design A conference on “Urban Revitalization: Transformations through Art and Design” will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, at the Warehouse Auditorium, 360 W. Fayette St. The…
Engelhardt to study impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security
Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, received an $89,160 grant to assess the overall impact of Vietnam-era military service on Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and retirement income. The project, “The Impact of…
Syracuse Symposium exhibition explores identity within unique Syracuse space
Exhibition is ‘a collaborative urban portrait’