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Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

2013 Poster Project Unveiling Ceremony Slated April 18

Friday, April 5, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse Poster Project will unveil its 12th annual poster series Thursday, April 18, from 6-8 p.m. at City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St. The Syracuse Poster Project brings together community poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry illustrations for the city’s poster panels.

SU Humanities Center Ends Semester with Back-to-Back Programming

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Topics include transgenerational trauma, the Nuremberg Trial, Afro-Brazilian politics The Syracuse University Humanities Center concludes its spring schedule—and fifth anniversary—with a series of back-to-back events. They include a Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture by Meera Lee titled “Transgenerational Trauma, Phantom Emotion”…

Fans, Alumni Plan for Final Four Fever

Wednesday, April 3, 2013, By Keith Kobland

With only 53,000 seats available at the Georgia Dome for the Final Four, it’s a safe bet many SU fans will be watching Saturday night’s SU-Michigan game on TV. Throughout the United States and abroad, there are opportunities to view…

New Racism and the Myth of Universalism in Higher Ed

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Duke University, will present “New Racism, Color Blindness and the Sweet (but Wrong) Myth of Universalism in HWCUs,” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture…

Campus & Community

Onondaga County’s Sustainability Plan at Next IRP Session

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The March 21 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) will feature Matt Millea, deputy county executive for Onondaga County, and Megan Costa from the Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency. The pair will discuss how good land use planning helps…

WAER-FM Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with Concert

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University radio station WAER plans to add some soulful sounds to the celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in April. A concert by modern jazz artist Tia Fuller will take place Sunday, April 28, at the Palace Theater in Eastwood….

Come Tell ‘Your Story!’

Monday, March 18, 2013, By News Staff

Community invited to help create oral histories of Syracuse Everyone has a story to share. A team of researchers at Syracuse University aims to help members of the Syracuse community share and preserve their stories through the “Your Story!” initiative….

VPA Alumni Explore First-Year Foundation Experience in New Exhibition at XL Projects

Thursday, March 14, 2013, By Erica Blust

“FND 0098: Ten Years Out” exhibition to open at XL Projects, featuring original work dedicated to the foundation experience along with fledgling foundation projects alongside SU alumni participants’ current work.

Arts & Culture

Arthur Storch, Syracuse Stage Founding Producing Artistic Director, Former Chair of SU Department of Drama, Dies at 87

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By News Staff

“Live theater offers not only that magical communion that happens when we are surrounded by other people, the audience, sharing moments with live actors on stage, but the expectation that what we are witnessing may truly touch us, open doors…