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Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere

Thursday, December 1, 2011, By News Staff

The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…

Campus & Community

Refugee artists participate in annual Peace Council event

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, By News Staff

Miniature ceramic cows, beaded jewelry and hand-sewn items made by Syracuse refugees from South Sudan, DR Congo, Kazakhstan and Burma (Myanmar) will be some of the new immigrant arts featured for the first time at the Peace Council 41st Annual Plowshares Craftfair & Peace Festival at Nottingham High School on Saturday, Dec. 3 (10 a.m-5 p.m.), and Sun. Dec. 4 (11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Samba Laranja wins Syracuse Area Music Award for ‘Native Orange’

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, By Erica Blust

On Nov. 11, Samba Laranja: the Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble won a 2011 Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY) in the category Best Recording, Other Styles, for its second and most recent album “Native Orange.” The SAMMYs celebrate the Syracuse music…

Designer, acoustician John Storyk to speak Dec. 1

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, By Erica Blust

Designer and acoustician John Storyk, principal and founding partner of Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG), will present a lecture on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School…

Burton Blatt Institute experts to provide legal analysis as part of $2.35 million grant

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, By News Staff

In New York state, unemployment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has reached 66 percent, and those who are employed often have difficulty obtaining competitive employment that earns them at least a minimum wage. The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)…

SU education professor and acclaimed technology researcher named Burton Blatt Institute Fellow

Monday, November 28, 2011, By News Staff

Alan Foley, associate professor of instructional design, development and evaluation at Syracuse University’s School of Education, has been selected as a fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. BBI Fellow appointments provide select and accomplished faculty the…

SU’s Bruce Smith named a 2011 National Book Award finalist

Friday, November 18, 2011, By Rob Enslin

An English professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences has been named a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award (NBA) in poetry. Bruce Smith, who also teaches in the college’s creative writing program, was nominated for the prestigious…

Ray Smith Symposium continues ‘Sex and Power’ theme with visits by Baroque musicologist, Medieval historian

Friday, November 18, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with mini-residencies by two eminent scholars. Wendy Heller, professor of music and director…

Campus & Community

Bus schedule for Thanksgiving Week

Wednesday, November 16, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University shuttle service will operate on an abbreviated schedule beginning Monday, Nov. 21.

Syracuse University and The King Center announce The King Center Audio and Visual Digitization Project

Wednesday, November 16, 2011, By Scott McDowell

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) and Syracuse University announce The King Center Audio and Visual Digitization Project, a collaboration that will ensure that the slain civil rights leader’s legacy will be preserved for…