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Prince Sultan bin Salman of Saudi Arabia receives Chancellor’s Medal
His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chairman of the board of trustees of the Prince Salman Center for Disabilities Research in Riyadh and the first Arab astronaut, will be awarded Syracuse University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 16.
Candidates for 2012 Homecoming King announced
The Homecoming Court Selection Committee has announced the 2012 Syracuse University Homecoming Court. This longstanding tradition is just one of many student events, programs and activities that take place during SU’s annual Homecoming event, Orange Central. Voting for this year’s…
SU in the News: Wednesday, October 31
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Continuing local coverage of Remembrance events on the SU campus, the Rose Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance, the Remembrance Convocation in Hendricks Chapel and the opening of the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air…
SU Honorary Trustee, VPA alumna Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer dies at 101
Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer ’33 H’90, an honorary member of Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees and an alumna of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Lewisberry, Pa. She was 101. Born in 1911 in…
Ra Ra Riot returns to campus for concert in Setnor Auditorium
Ra Ra Riot, an indie rock band featuring Syracuse University graduates, will be performing at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m.; doors will open at 7 .pm. Ra Ra Riot is a group that skillfully…
Roland, Haddock to present Setnor School of Music faculty recital Oct. 28
Soprano Kathleen Roland and pianist Kathleen Haddock, both faculty members in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a recital on Sunday, Oct. 28, at 8…
Agency Group VP Peter Schwartz ’90 to speak Oct. 18
Peter Schwartz ’90, a vice president and head of urban music at the Agency Group in New York, as well as an agent representing his own roster of musical talent, will give a talk on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 6:45…
‘Ensuring Successful Students and Schools’ is focus of next IRP
The Oct. 18 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Sharon Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District. She will discuss the district’s five-year plan for ensuring the success of the city’s students. The IRP program…
SU Law students compete in 35th Annual Grossman Trial Competition
The Syracuse University College of Law Moot Court Honor Society will host the final round of the 35th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition on Thursday, Oct. 18 in Syracuse at James M. Hanley Federal Building in the ceremonial courtroom…
Research at the interface of physics and biology
On the surface, it would seem that zebrafish and humans are about as different as, say, developmental biologists and theoretical physicists. Fish swim; humans walk. Biologists revere Charles Darwin; physicists have an abiding admiration for Albert Einstein.