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Dinner tickets for MLK Celebration on Saturday still available
Dinner tickets are still available for Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in the Carrier Dome. The evening will include a keynote presentation by Roslyn M. Brock, board…
2013 Mirror Awards entries sought
Sponsored by the Newhouse School, the awards honor excellence in media industry reporting The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the seventh annual Mirror Awards competition for media covering media. Enter now at mirrorawards.com. Deadline…
Stacey Keefe appointed executive director of RvD IDEA
Stacey Keefe has been appointed the executive director of the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (RvD IDEA). The RvD IDEA program promotes student startups at Syracuse University and includes the IDS minor and courses, the IDEA Student…
Novelist Christine Schutt opens Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series
Award-winning novelist Christine Schutt, author of “Prosperous Friends” (Grove/Atlantic, 2012) will open the Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m….
MLK Celebration to be held Jan. 19 in the Carrier Dome; tickets still available
Syracuse University’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Yesterday’s Dream, Tomorrow’s Promise,” will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Carrier Dome. The evening will include a keynote presentation by Roslyn M. Brock, board chairman of the National…
Community Folk Art Center hosts Caribbean Cinematic Festival
Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (Feb. 6-10) will showcase films and performances that capture the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean islands. The five-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing issues in…
Roots Reggae band Akuma Roots performs at Community Folk Art Center
Community Folk Art Center will host a performance by Syracuse-based Roots Reggae band Akuma Roots as part of its annual music series “A Journey Through Music of the African Diaspora.” Akuma Roots will perform in CFAC’s Black Box Theatre on…
SU’s new Mobile Device Security Standard
Security threats to mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are clearly on the rise. The frequency of mobile threats doubled between 2010 and 2011, says Symantec in its recently released annual Cybercrime Report. 35 percent of online adults worldwide have…
Jevis appointed to Boys and Girls Clubs board
Eileen Jevis, manager of public relations at University College of Syracuse University, was elected unanimously to the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Syracuse.
SU philosophy department adds new faculty members
The Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced the appointments of three full-time faculty members. They are David Sobel, the Irwin and Marjorie Guttag Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy; Janice Dowell, associate professor of…