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Sherburne Abbott appointed Syracuse University’s vice president for sustainability initiatives and University Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, By Kevin C. Quinn

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today announced the appointment of Sherburne “Shere” Abbott as vice president for sustainability initiatives and University Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy. Abbott, a leading expert in the field of sustainability…

Maude Barlow, leading expert on water issues, to close University Lectures 2010-11 season

Tuesday, March 29, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Maude Barlow, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project and chair of the Food & Water Watch, will be the final guest in the 2010-11 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, April 5. Her presentation, “The Global Water Crisis and…

SU visiting professor explores art, nature, gender in Renaissance Italy April 6

Tuesday, March 29, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Mary Garrard, a nationally renowned feminist art historian, will come to Syracuse University in April as the William Fleming Visiting Professor in Art History. In this capacity, Garrard will deliver the 2011 Doris Lecture, “Art Versus Nature: A Renaissance Competition…

Arts & Culture

SU Drama presents ‘Curse of the Starving Class’

Tuesday, March 29, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Department of Drama will present Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s deeply unsettling, darkly funny family melodrama “Curse of the Starving Class” April 1-10 in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage. Centering on a family in a dire…

Syracuse University awarded prestigious Beckman Scholars Program for undergraduate student research

Monday, March 28, 2011, By News Staff

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation named Syracuse University an institutional recipient of the 2011 Beckman Scholars Program. The highly competitive grant supports select students interested in chemistry, biochemistry and the biological and medical sciences. “We are honored to be…

Campus & Community

VPA student composer to present recital March 29

Friday, March 25, 2011, By News Staff

Paola Marquez, a composition major in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a recital March 29 at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium.

Science pioneer J. Craig Venter to deliver 2011 Commencement address, six honorary degrees to be conferred

Friday, March 25, 2011, By News Staff

J. Craig Venter, a world-renowned scientist regarded as one of the most influential people in the world for his efforts to decode the human genome, will deliver the Commencement address to the 2011 graduates of Syracuse University, Syracuse University College…

Campus & Community

OurAbility.com launches as mentoring resource for people with disabilities looking for employment or educational opportunities

Thursday, March 24, 2011, By News Staff

With a goal of providing a series of mentoring resources to people with disabilities looking for employment or educational opportunities, a new web portal OurAbility.com, was launched today.

Vivian to deliver keynote address on 9/11 memorial at Princeton graduate student conference

Thursday, March 24, 2011, By Erica Blust

Bradford J. Vivian, an associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, will deliver the keynote address at “Drawing a Blank. Past and Present,” a graduate student conference at Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology, on Saturday, April 9.