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Health & Society

Nutrition consultation program offers close-up look at diet, overall health

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Michele Barrett

It’s common to walk down the grocery aisle and see shoppers reading nutrition labels on everyday items. For many, these little labels can cause enormous headaches because they are often confusing and hard to understand. But they don’t have to…

SU to hold day of remembrance Oct. 10 for Bassel Shahade

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University will host a day of remembrance for slain Syrian film student Bassel Shahade on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Shahade, a Fulbright Scholar and native of Damascus, Syria, was killed in Homs, Syria, on May 28 while working as a…

Ray Smith ‘Positions of Dissent’ Lecture on Voluntary Primitivism is Oct. 11

Wednesday, September 26, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Felicity D. Scott, associate professor of architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, will present a lecture, “Voluntary Primitivism,” on Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, located on the first floor of Bird…

SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series to kick off Sept. 27

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By News Staff

The Syracuse University SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series will begin on Sept. 27 with a striking documentary about the impact on China of its massive industrial revolution, and conclude in mid-November with a peek under the hood of our nation’s highly…

‘Juju Rules’ author Hart Seely will hold book reading, signing at Newhouse Oct. 3

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Writer and humorist Hart Seely, award-winning reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard, will visit the Newhouse School Oct. 3 for an event featuring his recently-published book, “The Juju Rules: Or, How to Win Ballgames from Your Couch: A Memoir of a…

Author to present ‘Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women’

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By News Staff

Jennifer L. Pozner, author of “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV” (Seal Press, 2010), will speak Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater on “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women.” A…

Media, Law & Policy

Journalist Scott MacFarlane ’98 will discuss ‘getting the story and getting the job’

Tuesday, September 25, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Getting the story and getting the job. For journalists, the strategies for each are strikingly similar, says Cox Television correspondent Scott MacFarlane ’98 (@MacFarlaneNews). Come hear him speak at the Newhouse School on Monday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women

Monday, September 24, 2012, By News Staff

Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women (… and men, people of color, the economy, love, sex and sheer common sense!) Do you ever wonder… why reality TV frames humiliation of women as the “perfect fairy tale romance”?…

New Design Gallery exhibition examines history of hand tools, woodworking

Monday, September 24, 2012, By Erica Blust

In recent years, the connection between process and product has slowly separated, creating a rift between the two.

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, September 21

Friday, September 21, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Army News Service reported that the revamped transition assistance program (TAP) and Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Start, a pilot program launched by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the…