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SU-Connected Team Brings New Children’s Book Character Lisa Fashionista to Life
It may be a frigid winter in Syracuse, but one turn of the cover of a new book by Syracuse University’s JoAnn Rhoads places you on a summertime beach in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., enjoying the magical adventures of Lisa Fashionista….
Statement from the IVMF on women in combat, DOD policy change
Mike Haynie, executive director and founder, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Syracuse University: “Yesterday Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey announced the rescission of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat…
Connective Corridor Seen as a Model for Other Universities
Syracuse University Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor and the Connective Corridor are featured this month in Diversity & Democracy, a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).
eBay’s Oliver to speak at iSchool convocation
Bence Oliver ’95, Syracuse University alumnus and director of strategic sourcing at eBay, will deliver the 2013 convocation speech at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) on May 11. “Bence embodies many qualities we hope our graduates will relate to,”…
$500,000 Lockheed Martin gift to benefit IVMF programs that assist veterans, military families with post-service transition
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced Lockheed Martin as an IVMF One-Star Corporate Partner. The company’s commitment of $500,000 over the next three years will benefit the institute’s hands-on programs, activities and projects…
New book makes a case for why the U.S. is still on top and how it can stay there
Is the United States losing its dominant place in the world? In recent years there has been a growing “declinist” sentiment that the U.S. has lost legitimacy and power around the world due to a series of events—from the rise…
Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’
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.
VPA’s Yvonne Buchanan shows work in Everson’s newly renovated video gallery
“Strange Tongue,” a video/sound installation by Yvonne Buchanan, associate professor of illustration in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, is on view at the Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, through March 31….
P&G’s Deb Henretta G’85 to kick off spring Eric Mower Advertising Forum speaker series
Deb Henretta G’85, group president of Procter & Gamble’s Global Beauty Care division, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, Jan. 28, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce…
Ray Smith Symposium explores issues of Latina/o ‘citizenship’ Jan. 31-Feb. 1
In response to the United States’ growing Hispanic population, the College of Arts and Sciences is presenting several events on the theme of “citizenship,” Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The events are part of the yearlong Ray Smith Symposium titled “Moving Borders:…