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Final SU Showcase events schedule released
SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 is just days away and the full schedule of “green economy” events slated for April 18 has been confirmed. This daylong celebration of sustainability initiatives and works by Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental…
Hendricks Chapel to host open discussion Thursday on issues raised in ‘The Hunger Games’
Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will host “The Hunger Games Controversy: An Open Conversation on Oppression and Liberation,” on Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room. Sign language interpretation will be available. What is it about “The…
Finalists announced for sixth annual Mirror Awards
Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the sixth annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew more than 300 entries. Winners will be announced at a June 13 awards ceremony in…
Maxwell’s Model U.N. team named Outstanding Delegation
Maxwell’s Model United Nations delegation won top honors following a week-long conference in New York City. The team of 20 undergraduate international relations students represented the Republic of Gabon, earning an Outstanding Delegation Award for the simulation. Several students took…
Landscape of Urban Education lecture series presents ‘Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership’ with author Sam Seidel
The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education series will present “Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership” on Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Watson Theater. The lecture will be led by Sam Seidel, author of…
Conference to explore community-based activism
Syracuse University will present: “Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change: Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research (CARR),” from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Hall of Languages. Keynote speakers are Seth Kahn of West Chester University of…
Elevating environmentally: 2012 SU, SUNY-ESF grads to wear sustainable Commencement gowns
At the Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement celebration May 13, nearly 98,000 plastic bottles will be on display in the Carrier Dome, not in their original container shape, but in the form of 3,900 graduation gowns donned by students. New this…
La Casita to screen ‘Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth’
From April 9-17, a group of 15 undocumented youth and their supporters are walking 150 miles from New York City to Albany to raise awareness of, and gain support for, the New York Dream Act, which would remove barriers to…
Paul Roberts to deliver SU Showcase keynote on realities of a sustainable future
How do we build a sustainable future, especially when much of the present seems so unsustainable? Journalist and author Paul Roberts will tackle this issue during his SU Showcase keynote presentation, “The Real Cost of Change: The Economic and Political…
VPA’s Doug DuBois awarded 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship in photography
Doug DuBois, an associate professor and program coordinator of art photography in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), has been awarded a 2012 fellowship in photography from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The foundation awarded fellowships…