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‘Never Forget: Public Memory & 9/11’ to be Screened Oct. 1

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University will present a screening of the documentary film “Never Forget: Public Memory & 9/11” on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Watson Theatre in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. The screening is free and open to…

Libraries’ Radio Show, ‘Sound Beat,’ Added by Major Outlets

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio and Accessible Media Inc. have added “Sound Beat,” a 90-second daily feature highlighting the holdings of the Belfer Audio Archive. Belfer is part of the Syracuse University Libraries and is one of the largest sound archives in…

Syracuse Hosts U.S. Hispanic Literary Recovery Conference Oct. 9-11

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University is observing National Hispanic American Heritage Month with a major conference on U.S. Hispanic literary culture.

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Professor Receives Grant for Ongoing Work in Particle Physics

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support his ongoing work in medium-energy physics. Paul Souder, a world-renowned nuclear physicist, is using a three-year $1.2 million grant award from the U.S. Department…

University Community Engages in Q&A on Fast Forward Syracuse

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

University community members had an opportunity to hear more about Fast Forward Syracuse and engage with Chancellor Kent Syverud and 15 committee members in the first of the initiative’s Town Hall meetings Monday at Hendricks Chapel. Chancellor Syverud set the…

History Department to Host Lecture Honoring Long-time Faculty Member Otey Scruggs

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A lecture in honor of the late Otey Scruggs, a distinguished historian who served on the Maxwell School faculty for more than 35 years, will be held on Monday, Oct. 6.  Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, associate professor of American culture and history,…

African American Studies to Commemorate 50th Year of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Arrow of God’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s landmark book “Arrow of God.” The event, which is free and open to…

Imagining America Journal Releases Volume on Career Paths

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Holly Zahn

Public: A Journal of Imagining America has announced that Vol. 2 No. 2, “Hybrid, Evolving, and Integrative Career Paths,” is now available at http://public.imaginingamerica.org. Submissions address alternatives to siloed, static, linear job trajectories that public scholars, designers and artists find…

Latin American Ambassadors Will Participate in Panel on Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By News Staff

On Monday, Sept. 29, the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will host a panel discussion titled “Confronting the Unaccompanied Children Immigration Crisis: Perspectives from Central America, Mexico and the United States.” The event will take place…

Victor Rios to Speak on Youth Control Complex Sept. 24

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Punitive…