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Author Chris Stedman Will Share Quest to Bridge Gap Between Religious and Atheists
Chris Stedman, assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, will share his experience as an Evangelical Christian turned Atheist—one who is searching for ways to engage religious diversity—with the Syracuse University community on Tuesday, Feb. 5. “Faithiest: How an Athiest Found…
Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’
In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.
SU Humanities Center mounts ambitious spring symposia
The Syracuse University Humanities Center (HC), housed in The College of Arts and Sciences, celebrates its fifth anniversary by presenting its most ambitious spring symposia to date. Events include the HC Faculty Fellow Symposia, the HC Dissertation Fellow Symposia, the…
Transcript of “Shifting the Global Consciousness” Panel (PDF)
Award-winning author, journalist Deborah Scroggins will speak on religious extremism Oct. 1
Author and journalist Deborah Scroggins (@ScrogginsDeb) will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, Oct. 1, as a guest of the Carnegie Religion and Media program. She will speak on “Muslim Rage? How Extremists on Both Sides…
Recent grad Andrew Nerviano ’12 receives prestigious fellowship based in Norway
Andrew Nerviano ’12, a recent graduate of the Newhouse School’s television-radio-film (TRF) program, has been awarded a year-long post-graduate fellowship in music recording and production at Stavanger University in Norway. This is the first time a Newhouse student has been…
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…
Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series to screen ‘Precious Knowledge’ with panel discussion April 2
The School of Education will screen the film “Precious Knowledge” as part of its Landscape of Urban Education series on Monday, April 2, at 4 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The film will be followed by…
SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…