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‘Good People’ a Funny, Compelling Play for Our Times

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

In this 2011 Tony-nominated play set in Boston, Margie is a single mom who just lost her job, is behind on her rent, and like many today, has zero prospects.

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2013-14 Syracuse Stage Season Offers Classics Coupled With Hot Contemporary Plays

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage announced its upcoming 2013-2014 season, offering well-known classics coupled with works that have created a significant buzz in New York, around the country and even the globe.

SU Professor George Saunders Named One of TIME Magazine’s TIME 100

Thursday, April 18, 2013, By News Staff

TIME named George Saunders G’88, professor of English in Syracuse University’sCollege of Arts and Sciences, to the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Learn Different Faith Traditions Along the ‘Journey to the Tent of Abraham’ April 28

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Women Transcending Boundaries (WTB) will present “Journey to the Tent of Abraham: The Second Step,” a 1.7-mile walk to visit eight local religious institutions, on Sunday, April 28, from 1-5:30 p.m. The walk will proceed along the Connective Corridor on…

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Rabinovich Named 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellow

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced Misha Rabinovich G’13 as the recipient of the 2013-14 Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift…

‘America’s First Sport’ Symposium, Documentary Premiere to Be Held April 22

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Film explores America’s oldest and fastest-growing sport and its role in CNY culture Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and former SU Lacrosse goalie Oren Lyons ’58 will join current and past SU lacrosse coaches Roy Simmons Jr. ’59 and Gary Gait ’90;…

Student Startups Win More Than $200,000 at Emerging Talk

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Student startups won a combined $218,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 12 and 13 in the Whitman School of Management. More than 300 students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and community members came out to…

Black Celestial Choral Ensemble Uplifting the Spirit through Song

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Voices raised in joy and praise will ring through Hendricks Chapel Saturday, April 20, for the 36th Anniversary Concert of the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. The concert will feature eight choral selections, including…

Understanding the Nuremberg Trial and Its Lessons

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

In restoring her filmmaker father’s 60-year-old documentary, “Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today,” Sandra Schulberg didn’t want the film to be received as just another film about Nazis. She wanted people to understand the greater message in a film that had never been shown in the United States.

‘Red Pine’ to Lecture on Zen Masters of China

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Bill Porter (pen name Red Pine) will be giving a talk, “Ancient to Modern:  Zen Masters of China,” April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Hall of Languages, Room 500.  This event is co-sponsored by the Student Buddhist Association, Hendricks…