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M-LAB: where learning sneaks up on students while they are having fun
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 “It’s cold in here,” complained the students as they slowly filtered into the M-LAB, a mobile classroom parked outside Syracuse City School District’s Fowler High School. “Don’t worry, it will warm up really fast–you know, body heat!”…
Delivering bad news to be topic of Pathways to Knowledge lecture
Delivering bad news to be topic of Pathways to Knowledge lectureOctober 23, 2008Janel Martinezjmarti11@syr.edu The second installment of the Fall 2008 Pathways to Knowledge: A Lecture Series for Undergraduates and Graduates is Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. Jennifer Flad,…
Immigration, global migration are topics of next Syracuse Symposium lecture
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Immigration and globalization expert Marcelo Suárez-Orozco will present “Global Migration and the American Experience,” Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is a presentation of…
Spark Contemporary Art Space to host “Open-Mic Feminist Performance Party”
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Writing Program associate professor Gwendolyn Pough, feminist scholar, hip-hop activist, poet and novelist, will headline the “Open-Mic Feminist Performance Party” Friday, Oct. 24, from 8–11 p.m. at Spark Contemporary Art Space, 1005 E. Fayette St. The event…
A Celebration of the Life Sciences at Syracuse University
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Syracuse University will dedicate its new Life Sciences Complex with a series of events on Nov. 6 and 7, including a keynote address by one of the nation’s foremost scientists—J. Craig Venter, a pioneer in decoding the…
Syracuse’s Spark Contemporary Art Space to host “Open-Mic Feminist Performance Party”
Syracuse’s Spark Contemporary Art Space to host “Open-Mic Feminist Performance Party” October 13, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Writing Program associate professor Gwendolyn Pough, feminist scholar, hip-hop activist, poet and novelist, will headline the “Open-Mic Feminist Performance Party” Friday, Oct. 24, from 8–11…
Final Syracuse Symposium event will explore the genetic footprints of our ancestors
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Syracuse Symposium 2008 will conclude with a lecture by Spencer Wells, director of the Genographic Project at National Geographic, who will present “Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project” Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Syracuse University’s…
Syracuse University announces gift challenge program for new faculty endowments
Kevin Morrow(315) 443-3784 To ensure Syracuse University’s ability to attract and retain world-class educators in a competitive market, the SU Board of Trustees has allocated $30 million from the University’s endowment for a new Faculty Today program, a gift challenge…
Syracuse University’s Tolley Humanities Forum will focus on memory
Syracuse University’s Tolley Humanities Forum will focus on memory October 09, 2008Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Syracuse University’s Fall 2008 Tolley Humanities Forum on the general topic of Being Human/Human Being will continue with “Memory-Humans Are Beings Who Remember” Tuesday, Oct. 21, at…
Evolution of whales is topic for annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture
Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Philip Gingerich, the Case Collegiate Professor of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, will present “Origin of Early Evolution of Whales: A Profound Transition from Land to Sea” Thursday, Oct. 30, at…