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Newhouse School to hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 20

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 55 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 20, for Newhouse’s sixth annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the…

Arts & Culture

Bond to moderate discussion with playwright of ‘The Brothers Size’ Saturday at Syracuse Stage

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Timothy Bond, producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, will moderate a discussion with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney on Saturday, April 21, at 5 p.m. in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage. Sponsored by SU…

Drumlins wins best meatball contest benefitting Elmcrest Children’s Center

Thursday, April 5, 2012, By News Staff

Drumlins Country Club and chef Don Cleveland won best meatball at the ninth annual March Meatball Madness to benefit the Elmcrest Children’s Center. Drumlins beat out 10 local restaurants to be named “Best Meatball in Town” at the event held…

Give blood, save lives, help SU beat UConn in blood drive competition

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, By News Staff

Students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University and University of Connecticut will compete in the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition during the month of April, which is also blood drive month for the American Red…

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium concludes with residencies by art historian, musicologist

Monday, March 12, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences concludes its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with mini-residencies by art historian Diane Wolfthal (March 29-30) and musicologist Linda Phyllis…

SU helps Jewish Center of Norwich celebrate restoration efforts Feb. 16

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Jewish Center of Norwich—which made headlines in 2008, when it was vandalized by local youths—is the subject of a forthcoming event involving Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Judaic studies program. SU friends and alumni, as…

Health & Society

Feb. 7 forum will foster discussion on child sexual abuse

Wednesday, February 1, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University Senate Women’s Concerns Committee, in collaboration with Hendricks Chapel and the Advocacy Center at Syracuse University, is sponsoring a forum on child sexual abuse on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The goals of…

SU Humanities Center announces 2012 Spring symposia

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences announces the lineup for the 2012 HC Fellows Spring Symposia. The program includes more than a dozen presentations by HC Dissertation Fellows, HC Faculty Fellows and Humanities Faculty…

Motivational speaker Jon Vroman, SU alum Sean Haley ‘10 to keynote February’s Student Leadership Conference

Tuesday, January 17, 2012, By News Staff

The first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Feb. 25 will feature motivational speaker Jon Vroman as its opening keynote speaker, and SU alumnus and medical student Sean Haley ’10 as its closing keynote speaker. The conference will take place…

SU biologist named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Tuesday, January 10, 2012, By News Staff

Biologist William T. Starmer believes one can usually tell what people do by looking at their bookshelves. The volumes lining the wall of Starmer’s office in Syracuse University’s Life Sciences Complex summarize a career focused on mathematical approaches to understanding…