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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…

Nationally Acclaimed Poet Next Guest in Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, March 22, 2013, By News Staff

The Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series continues at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, with critically acclaimed poet Dean Young, the William S. Livingston Chair of Poetry at the University of Texas. The reading will take place in Gifford Auditorium…

SU, Le Moyne team up for arts lecture by director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, March 18

Monday, March 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University and Le Moyne College to present a lecture by Zenetta Drew, executive director of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, discussing public engagement in the arts.

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Features CNY Author Patrick Lawler

Monday, February 4, 2013, By News Staff

Local poet and novelist Patrick Lawler ’80 will present the next installment of the Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question and answer session…

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

Arts & Culture

Irving Berlin’s musical ‘White Christmas’ delivers romance, comedy, holiday cheer

Thursday, November 29, 2012, By News Staff

The title song alone is a celebration and a reminder of a time when the simplest pleasures mattered most and having a big heart was genuinely considered a virtue. Two successful showmen join forces to help out their old army…

Campus & Community

Preserving the legacies of 270 lives

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Everyday items have become extraordinary reminders of the lives lost on Dec. 21, 1988, in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103.

Campus & Community

2012-13 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars will be held Oct. 26

Thursday, October 18, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2012-13 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 26, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the…

Arts & Culture

Alumna to present on the art of African American cooking

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University alumna Patricia E. Clark ’89, G ’93 vividly remembers the sights, sounds and smells of the fried chicken dinners the women in her church packaged up and sold to help pay the rent and other church expenses.“We would…

An invitation to join the Women of the University Community

Friday, October 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Eighty-five years ago, the Women of the University Community (WUC) was organized for faculty wives who stayed at home to get together over coffee and develop friendships. Many things have changed, but the camaraderie and friendship remain. “WUC evolved because…