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U.S. Undersecretary of State launches fifth annual Public Diplomacy Symposium

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

On Thursday, Oct. 18, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine will kick off  Syracuse University’s Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars (APDS) annual symposium. The theme of this year’s symposium is “The Politics of Change.”…

Campus & Community

St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Welch Allyn provide $35,000 to students with Healthy IDEAs

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, By News Staff

The rising cost of health care has been a near-constant news topic for the past several years. The recent recession, in which more people are unemployed and without health coverage, and aging Baby Boomers are just two pieces of the growing…

Arts & Culture

Light Work announces new exhibition, Shen Wei’s ‘I Miss You Already’

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By Jessica H. Reed

Light Work has announced the exhibition “I Miss You Already,” featuring the work of Shen Wei. Wei explores the cultural and emotional boundaries of self-portraiture by placing himself into various (urban and landscape) environments. The portraits are created in response…

Campus & Community

Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, By News Staff

Energy Sustainability: A Combustion Perspective Date and Time: Friday, October 12, 2012, 2:15-3:10, Watson Theatre, Watson Hall Prof. Suk Ho Chung Clean Combustion Research Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Abstract: Combustion is one…

Campus & Community

Meet the IDEA Connectors

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Entrepreneurship is not bound by one discipline.  In fact, entrepreneurial success often requires collaboration across disciplines and skill sets. In February 2012, Tory Gentes (SU ’10, Engagement Fellow 2010-11) was hired by Syracuse University as the Student Entrepreneurial Consultant.  Gentes’…

Arts & Culture

La Casita Cultural Center will present an episode of PBS series ‘Black in Latin America’

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center will present an episode of the acclaimed PBS series “Black in Latin America“, from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse.  The screening of the episode “Haiti and the Dominican Republic:…

Disability Cultural Center makes a big impact on local community in first year

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

In its first year of operation, Syracuse University’s Disability Cultural Center (DCC), within the Division of Student Affairs, has been busy building bridges and making meaningful connections on campus, in the community and across the country. In its efforts to…

Campus & Community

Transcript of “The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East” Panel (PDF)

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

ROUGH DRAFT NOT VERBATIM >> Please welcome to the stage, the voices of Afghanistan. [ Applause ] [ Applause ] >> Thank you, everyone. On behalf of voices of Afghanistan I would like to thank Sam Nappi and also university…

Media, Law & Policy

As election season heats up, Democracywise is there to observe and report

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Political reporting students track local campaigns on digital news site Story by Newhouse student Meera Jagannathan If you’re unsure of where to cast your vote in this year’s local elections, look to Democracywise. The digital news project, produced by political…

Environmentalist Bill McKibben kicks off 2012-13 University Lectures series Oct. 10

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Bill McKibben, one of America’s best known environmentalists, will kick off the 2012-13 http://lectures.syr.edu”>University Lectures season on Wednesday, Oct. 10. McKibben will speak on “350: The Most Important Number in the World” at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture,…