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Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker Will Visit Newhouse Oct. 2

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Friday, Oct. 2, as a…

Arts & Culture

Alumni to Be Posthumously Honored during New York Film Festival

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The films of Albert Maysles, ’49, a pioneering documentary filmmaker who graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences, will be featured during a special tribute co-hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Maysles family. Maysles, who…

Members of Syracuse University Community Attend Dominican Day Parade in New York City

Thursday, September 24, 2015, By News Staff

Last month, Syracuse University was  represented at the Dominican Day Parade of New York City, an event which celebrates Dominican culture and pride. English Professor Silvio Torres-Saillant helped organize the group and was a member of the board that planned…

STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Kenneth Buckner ’19

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Atlanta Word Works, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing writing and spoken word poetry to young people in Atlanta, recently named Kenneth Buckner, an outstanding 2015 graduate of the city’s Holy Innocents high school, as its first Youth Poet Laureate. Buckner…

STEM

Physicists Use Grant Award to Facilitate Teacher Training

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Two physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a grant award designed to strengthen the teaching of high school physics throughout the region. Allen Miller, professor emeritus of physics, and Sam Sampere, an instructional lab manager, have received $7,500 from the John…

Arts & Culture

Pianist/Conductor Fleisher to Speak, Perform, Teach during Four Days of Appearances

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Local audiences will have numerous opportunities to see, hear and enjoy legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher when he visits Syracuse University for a series of events from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Auditioning Local Children Ages 9-13

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage will be holding auditions for local children ages 9-13 for the roles of Scout, Jem and Dill in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Auditions will be held at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., on Oct. 5 and 6….

Associate Professor Thompson on Pope Francis’ US Visit

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and senior research associate at the school’s Campbell Public Affairs Institute, shares her thoughts on what might be expected during Pope…

Arts & Culture

Big Data, Big Challenges

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Amy Manley

Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with a presentation by Noshir Contractor, an expert on the science of social communication networks. Contractor will deliver the annual Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities on Thursday, Sept. 24, at…

STEM

Indoor Mapping Project Attracts Funding from Google

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Diane Stirling

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yun Huang has received funding from Google’s Faculty Research Awards Program that will help her continue research on an indoor mapping project. The award of $38,514 is for Huang’s work on the research initiative “General…