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Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist to present Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s 29th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture will feature syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr., of The Miami Herald, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Pitts will present “The Beloved Community” at 7 p.m….

Foster discusses practical engaged scholarship within the academy in ‘Seamless Pursuits’ lecture

Monday, February 20, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education and its Cultural Foundations of Education Department will present Kevin Michael Foster, professor from the University of Texas at Austin, and his lecture “Seamless Pursuits: Leadership and Community to Improve Student Lives and Academic Outcomes” on Monday,…

Arts & Culture

‘The Lower Depths’: Provocative portrait of outcasts from master of Russian realism

Monday, February 20, 2012, By News Staff

A masterpiece of Russian realism, “The Lower Depths,” was Maxim Gorky’s first great play, and its premiere production in 1902 helped establish the reputation of the famed Moscow Art Theatre and its influential director, Constantine Stanislavsky. Presented by the Department…

STEM

Grant funds virtual SLS-public K-12 library book creation course

Monday, February 20, 2012, By J.D. Ross

A grant for a new course that uses technology to virtually connect School of Information Studies (iSchool) distance students with classes of Syracuse City School students with disabilities, so they can convey study plans and carry out hands-on projects, has…

Newhouse School to hold 21st Alexia Photojournalism Seminar and Competition

Monday, February 20, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host the annual Alexia Photojournalism Seminar and Competition Friday, Feb. 24, and Saturday, Feb. 25, on campus. Tom Kennedy, Alexia Tsairis Endowed Chair in Documentary Photography in the Newhouse School, will host…

SU helps Jewish Center of Norwich celebrate restoration efforts Feb. 16

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Jewish Center of Norwich—which made headlines in 2008, when it was vandalized by local youths—is the subject of a forthcoming event involving Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Judaic studies program. SU friends and alumni, as…

IVMF partners with Veterans Green Jobs

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University has partnered with Veterans Green Jobs, a national Denver-based nonprofit organization focused exclusively on putting veterans to work in the green jobs sector. Veterans Green Jobs recently launched Veterans Green…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, February 13

Monday, February 13, 2012, By News Staff

Research by Arts and Sciences’ Susan Parks linking whale stress to underwater noise reported by international and online media

SU’s Jaklin Kornfilt co-edits prestigious linguistics journal

Friday, February 10, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Jaklin Kornfilt, professor of linguistics in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, believes learning has no boundaries. Witness her recent involvement with Lingua (Elsevier, 2011), an international journal devoted to problems of general linguistics. A majority of the editorial…

New study links whale stress to ship noise

Friday, February 10, 2012, By News Staff

Data collected around 9/11 terrorist attacks by SU biologist plays key role in study Hunted almost to extinction, North Atlantic Right Whales are among the most endangered in the world, with fewer than 500 alive today. Syracuse University biologist Susan…