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South Asia Center Call for FLAS Summer 2014 Applications

Thursday, December 12, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2014. The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, assists students in…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Kick it Up’ Kicks Off with Campaign for ‘Juiced’ Magazine

Friday, December 6, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The first student project to participate in the Newhouse School’s “Kick it Up” program is a little over halfway to its funding goal. “Juiced”—a magazine for freshmen, by freshmen—was launched in September 2013 as an online publication focusing on the…

Campus & Community

Professor Micere Mugo Tells Why Mandela Was a Great Man

Friday, December 6, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, 95, died yesterday. He became the first black president of South Africa in 1994 after serving 27 years in prison under the repressive apartheid system. Upon his release, he chose to advocate for reconciliation rather than…

Campus & Community

Connective Corridor Featured at Greenbuild

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By News Staff

The Connective Corridor was featured at Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held Nov. 20-22 in Philadelphia, as a civic engagement model for sustainable initiatives. Connective Corridor partners were selected to present an education session on the project for other communities from around the globe.

Arts & Culture

La Casita Hosts CNY Book Awards Dec. 5

Wednesday, December 4, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University is well represented at the second annual Central New York Book Awards, taking place Thursday, Dec. 5, from 6:15-8:15 p.m. at La Casita Cultural Center (109 Otisco St., Syracuse). Sixteen SU faculty members and alumni have been nominated…

Arts & Culture

Special Performances Planned of Syracuse Stage’s Children’s Tour

Wednesday, December 4, 2013, By News Staff

Public performances of this year’s Bank of America Children’s Show, “The Bully Games,” produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m….

Arts & Culture

SU Professor Organizes ‘Visual Literacy’ Institute to Strengthen Immigrant Voice

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Using art to develop language and literacy was the theme of a recent two-day institute at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Among the organizers was Amanda Brown, assistant professor of linguistics in The College of Arts and Sciences….

Arts & Culture

‘Holidays at Hendricks’ Heralds the Season Dec. 8

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“Holidays at Hendricks,” the annual Syracuse University holiday concert featuring the Hendricks Chapel Choir, the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE) and University Organist Kola Owolabi, will fill Hendricks Chapel with the sound of music on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Media, Law & Policy

Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.

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A Video in Courage

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Kevin Gendron ’17 has given a voice to the most vulnerable of victims in society—as part of a project that doesn’t say a word.