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Campus & Community

Former U.S. Army captain & Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay to speak on campus

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

James Yee, a Chinese American, graduate of West Point Military Academy, convert to Islam in 1991, captain in the U.S. Army, former Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay and author of “For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire,” will speak about his struggle for justice.

Veterans

Football fans support Habitat’s Veterans’ Build

Monday, September 12, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University football fans helped “raise the roof” for Syracuse Habitat for Humanity’s first Veterans’ Build in New York state. Volunteers sought donations at various locations on campus and at entrances to the Carrier Dome prior to the game. More…

Arts & Culture

Leading public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah to give opening lecture Tuesday

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the keynote lecture of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium™ on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Syracuse Symposium™ is a semester-long exploration of the public humanities presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center for The College of…

Arts & Culture

Columbia professor addresses public monuments, collective memory at SU Milton Lecture Sept. 20

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Michele Moody-Adams—a moral and political philosopher who works on contemporary ethical issues in law, politics, class, race, and gender, as well as on theoretical issues in moral objectivity and moral psychology—is delivering the Milton First-Year Lecture in Syracuse University’s College…

Health & Society

Garcia honored as outstanding educator during Onondaga County Hispanic Heritage Month

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Michele Barrett

As the local community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Syracuse University professor of social work Alejandro Garcia will be honored as an outstanding educator. The award will be presented at the opening ceremony that will kick off the…

Campus & Community

‘Haitian Education Mission Project’ at Sept. 15 IRP

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

Karen Dross, a retired Syracuse City School District teacher and volunteer in Haiti, will present the “Haitian Education Mission Project” at the Sept. 15 session of Institute for Retired People (IRP). Meetings are held on every first and third Thursday of…

Campus & Community

Children’s Book Week

Friday, September 9, 2011, By News Staff

The University Bookstore in Schine Student Center will hold a special celebration of Children’s Books Oct. 3-7.

Campus & Community

SU philosopher Laurence Thomas to be feted in daylong symposium Sept. 21

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By Rob Enslin

A symposium honoring Laurence Thomas, internationally renowned philosopher in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in The Killian Room (500) of the Hall of Languages. The event includes remarks…

Media, Law & Policy

Bankruptcy Clinic added as eighth clinic at Syracuse University College of Law

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The new Bankruptcy Clinic at Syracuse University College of Law is an extension of the award-winning Pro Bono Bankruptcy Program started in 2009.  Each clinic student will be assigned at least one bankruptcy client, and will supervise a team of…

Campus & Community

IRP call for new members

Wednesday, September 7, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

The Institute for Retired People (IRP), a program for anyone age 50 and over, is seeking new members for the 2011-12 year.