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Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’

Monday, December 19, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from…

Burton Blatt Institute develops Employer Resources for incorporating people with disabilities into the workplace

Monday, December 19, 2011, By News Staff

Employer Resources, developed by the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University under its Employer Demand Project, are now available online. The Employer Demand briefs and toolkit are designed to provide employers with resources on incorporating people with disabilities into…

Media, Law & Policy

NewsPro Top Journalism Schools poll ranks Newhouse School No. 1 in the country

Friday, December 16, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is the top journalism school in the country, according to a recent survey conducted by NewsPro, the magazine for news professionals.  Newhouse “easily claimed the top spot,” according to an article published…

It’s a queer world: Chancellor’s Leadership Project unites LGBT scholars, activists, artists from around the world

Thursday, December 15, 2011, By Rob Enslin

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, that the United States would consider gay rights when making future aid and asylum decisions, she acknowledged what scholars and activists have…

Huey Hsiao appointed the new associate director for Office of Multicultural Affairs

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) within the Division of Student Affairs has appointed Huey Hsiao as its new associate director. Hsiao will begin the position on Jan. 1, 2012. Currently, he is serving as assistant director of student services…

‘300 Miles to Freedom’ to be screened at Harlem’s historic First Corinthian Baptist Church on Dec. 15

Friday, December 2, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The New York City debut of “300 Miles to Freedom,” a documentary film celebrating the life of fugitive slave John W. Jones, will take place at the historic First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem (1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)…

SU-SIFE, Whitman students to lead major clean-up of Rescue Mission warehouse

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, By News Staff

A group of more than 50 students from Syracuse University, led by members of the SU chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SU-SIFE) based in the Whitman School of Management, will volunteer their time to undertake a major clean-up of…

SU veteran entrepreneurship programs cited in Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development report

Monday, November 28, 2011, By News Staff

As more than 1 million servicemen and women prepare to return home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next five years, the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, created by President Obama, has issued a…

Arts & Culture

A fantastical, musical adventure for the holidays in ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’

Thursday, November 17, 2011, By News Staff

London. The war is on and the bombs are falling. Four children—Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy—flee the perils of the Blitz to the safety of the countryside. In an old wardrobe, they discover a portal to the land of Narnia,…

Syracuse University and The King Center announce The King Center Audio and Visual Digitization Project

Wednesday, November 16, 2011, By Scott McDowell

The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) and Syracuse University announce The King Center Audio and Visual Digitization Project, a collaboration that will ensure that the slain civil rights leader’s legacy will be preserved for…