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Spring Cleaning Takes Place in Thornden Park

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By News Staff

Students Join Thornden Park Association for Park Clean-Up Thornden Park shook off the remnants of winter with the help of a group of SU students over the weekend. Volunteers from the Thornden Park Association directed teams of students as they…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

Directors Headline Experimental Film Series at SU, University of Rochester

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Program celebrates experimental film of past and present Independent filmmakers Morgan Fisher and Kevin Jerome Everson are among those scheduled to participate in a new screening series, taking place at Syracuse University and the University of Rochester. The CNYX screening…

Internet, Twitter Sensation Mastin Kipp Serves Soulful Inspiration to Campus

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By News Staff

Mastin Kipp, founder of TheDailyLove.com, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the weekly student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype this Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in 201 Hall of Languages. The event will be free and open…

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Nominations Sought for Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award for Design Education

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award committee is seeking nominations for Syracuse University faculty members whose teaching and research exemplify excellence in collaboration and innovation and who have made a contribution to design education on campus. Continuum, a global innovation…

Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…

Initial MOOC Offering Results in Positive Participation Outcomes

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Diane Stirling

The first open online course offered at Syracuse University has concluded with positive outcomes for its host, the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and for its hundreds of student participants. In addition, the excitement generated by the February trial is…

Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Announces Release of Sixth Poetry Collection During Cruel April Poetry Readings

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By News Staff

The Point of Contact Gallery, in commemoration of National Poetry Month, is hosting its annual program of weekly poetry readings, Cruel April. The readings will be held each Thursday in April at 6 p.m. Showcased are four new voices from…

Political Theorist to Discuss ‘Ideas of Peace’ in Hebrew Bible April 24

Thursday, April 4, 2013, By Rob Enslin

One of today’s leading political theorists will give a lecture in The College of Arts and Sciences. Michael Walzer, professor emeritus of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, will deliver this year’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture,…

SU Brass Ensemble Announces Spring Season

Tuesday, April 2, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Performances slated for Watertown, Cicero, Rome, Fayetteville and Auburn The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), directed by James T. Spencer, announces its spring concert schedule, with performances in Watertown, Cicero, Rome, Fayetteville and Auburn. All concerts are free and open…