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Six honored with Women of Distinction Award
Six women were honored by Syracuse University’s Division of Student Affairs on March 24 with the 2011 Women of Distinction Awards. The ceremony was held in the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, and the keynote address was given by Jackie…
Syracuse Stage announces 2011-12 season
Syracuse Stage has announced its 2011-12 season. Offerings will include “The Turn of the Screw” from the book by Henry James; comedy and compassion in “The Boys Next Door;” a musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and…
Eight SU faculty members to be honored April 13 for teaching excellence; Kutcher, Lane named Meredith Professors
Syracuse University has named Norman A. Kutcher, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, and Sandra D. Lane, professor of public health and anthropology in the College of…
Recovering from the man-made tsunami in Sri Lanka
Everyone knows about the ravages of the 2004 tsunami in Asia. But few realize that the little-publicized, 30-year-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka between the government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam caused more damage and took…
STEP call for papers on SU Showcase theme ‘Sustainability for a Livable Future’
The Maxwell School’s Students for Tomorrow’s Environmental Policy (STEP) student organization invites graduate student paper submissions dealing with the 2011 SU Showcase theme “Sustainability for a Livable Future.”
LGBT advocate, author Jimmy Creech will discuss his journey April 7-8
Jimmy Creech, a civil rights activist, author and former United Methodist pastor who was defrocked for performing a same-sex wedding, will visit Syracuse April 7-8 for a series of events titled “Free to Love Without Fear: Defying the Church’s Persecution…
Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred
J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned scientist regarded as one of the most influential people in the world for his efforts to decode the human genome, will deliver the Commencement address to the 2011 graduates of Syracuse University, Syracuse University College…
Global Panel Foundation, Prague Society host roundtable with Maxwell School
Global Panel Foundation and the Prague Society, in partnership with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, are hosting a public policy roundtable and global panel board meeting in Syracuse. This is a continuation of the Transatlantic Drift Debates,…
Community Folk Art Center to host ‘An Evening of Jazz Wine Tasting’
Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), 805 E. Genesee St., will be hosting “An Evening of Jazz and Wine Tasting” on Friday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring jazz music and tastings of local wines, this event will benefit CFAC’s 40th…
DVD series collaboration between Newhouse and VPA honored by Music Teachers National Association
“3-D Piano: The Three-Dimensional Pianist,” a six-part DVD series on piano teaching and playing produced by Syracuse University professors Fred Karpoff and Richard Breyer, has been named the 2011 winner of the Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).