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Arts & Culture

Works by Sam Van Aken on Display in Ortwine Gallery

Friday, October 11, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

An exhibition of prints by Professor Sam Van Aken, of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is currently on view in the Ortwine Gallery on the sixth floor of Bird Library. The exhibition is free and open to the…

Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina Appointed Interim Chancellor

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

Earlier today, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina was unanimously selected to serve as Interim Chancellor of Syracuse University.  Please see the message below from Chairman of…

Arts & Culture

‘Cultures of Memory’ international symposium planned

Wednesday, October 9, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will co-present “Cultures of Memory,” a multi-faceted, international symposium, from Oct. 16-20 at Faraday House, Syracuse University’s London center, and York St. John…

STEM

SU hosts Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry Conference

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

More than two dozen mathematicians from New York State and Ontario will converge at Syracuse University for the 23rd annual “Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.” The conference, which is attended primarily by mathematicians from SU, Cornell…

Campus & Community

SU Alumna Offers Reflection on Pan Am 103 Friday

Tuesday, October 8, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Public relations professional Jennie Donohue ’90 will visit the Newhouse School on Friday, Oct. 11, as part of Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week. She will discuss “Putting a Human Face on Crisis Communication: Personal Reflections on the Bombing of Pan Am…

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health

Friday, October 4, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.

Kahn Honored with Generation Orange Award

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Helene Kahn ’10 will receive the inaugural Generation Orange Award during Orange Central. Generation Orange Committee Chair Sam Clarvit ’10 and SU Alumni Association President Laurie B. Taishoff ’84 will present Kahn with the award during the Generation Orange tailgate…

Arts & Culture

Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.

Campus & Community

University to Conduct Innovation and Opportunity Assessment

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

Innovation across the University—academic and administrative—is imperative in today’s higher education landscape. As faculty and staff throughout Syracuse University continue to explore new models for teaching and learning, and the delivery of essential services in both academic and non-academic areas,…

Media, Law & Policy

Stacey Tank ’02 of Heineken USA to speak at Newhouse

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Stacey Tank ’02, senior vice president and chief corporate relations officer with Heineken USA, will visit the Newhouse School on Thursday, Oct. 10, as a guest of the public relations department and the SU chapter of the Public Relations Student…