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SU junior receives prestigious 2012 Goldwater Scholarship
Ryan Badman, a junior math and physics major in The College of Arts and Sciences, received a 2012 Goldwater Scholarship. The highly competitive, national award is presented to outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the fields of mathematics, the…
SU English professor wins prestigious Shattuck Prize in criticism
David Yaffe, a nationally renowned arts critic and assistant professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Roger Shattuck Prize in criticism. Named for the late American critic and scholar who authored…
Tully Award ceremony, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed
The ceremony to present the Tully Award for Free Speech, originally scheduled for today, has been postponed. The award is presented annually by the Tully Center for Free Speech in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Vigil on the SU Quad in Memory of Disabled People Murdered by Caregivers & Family Members
On Friday, March 30, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is organizing a series of candlelight vigils nationwide to honor the memories of disabled individuals who have been murdered by their caregivers and family members.
Colgate University’s Marlowe to lecture on archaeological origins in Roman antiquities collecting
Elizabeth Marlowe, assistant professor of art & art history at Colgate University, will present the lecture “False Friends: Context, Connoisseurship and the History of Roman Art” on Thursday, April 19, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium (second floor). The event, which…
Design alumnus Paul Leibowitz ’84 establishes award for visual communication and digital design
Communications design students in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) now have a chance to compete for a new honor in the program: the Paul Leibowitz Award for Visual Communication and Digital Design. Leibowitz, a 1984 design…
March 26 Toner Symposium will examine news reporting in the Digital Age
New Yorker’s Jane Mayer will receive Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age at a special event at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse…
Newhouse students will travel to SXSW, meet digital media entrepreneurs
Five students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will travel to South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, this week. The trip is sponsored by the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. “South by Southwest is…
Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion
“Religion and the Environment” is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and…
VPA’s John Thompson to exhibit original art of ‘The Flying Bed’ at SU Florence
John Thompson, a professor of illustration in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will exhibit original art from the picture book “The Flying Bed” (The Blue Sky Press, 2007) at SU Abroad’s center in Florence, Italy, March…