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Campus & Community

Sept. 24 rally on SUNY-ESF campus part of global effort to focus attention on climate crisis

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

Count the Syracuse area among hundreds of sites worldwide that will call for–with one symbolic voice all on the same day–the planet to move beyond fossil fuels. That upcoming day is Saturday, Sept 24. The “392 and Rising—Getting to 350 Rally”…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on ‘International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange’

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will host a seminar on “International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.”…

STEM

SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…

Arts & Culture

Organist, Poister Competition winner Adam Pajan to perform in Setnor Auditorium Sept. 25

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Erica Blust

Organist Adam Pajan, winner of the 2011 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, will present an organ recital on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse…

Arts & Culture

‘Wretches & Jabberers’ to screen as part of disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, Sept. 19

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

As part of Syracuse University’s disability-themed Shared First Year Experience, the documentary film “Wretches & Jabberers: And Stories from the Road” will be shown on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium of Schine Student Center. The…

Arts & Culture

University commemorates Latino heritage in September, October

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts Latino Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. From lectures to performances, luncheons, semi-formals and art exhibitions, Latino Heritage Month offers a wide range of festivities for all to enjoy. “To enhance…

Campus & Community

“Wretches and Jabberers” screening for students Sept. 19

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

On Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium, students are invited to join Syracuse University’s School of Education and the University Arts Presenter for a special screening and Q&A with the stars of “Wretches and Jabberers,” a film by Gerardine Wurzburg.

Campus & Community

Three open houses at Near West Side businesses are free to the public Sept 17

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

Three businesses on the Near West Side will hold open houses on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 1-5 p.m. The businesses—the Spa at 500, StudioDOG Productions and Szozda Gallery—are members of the Near West Side Initiative Business Association. The open houses…

Media, Law & Policy

TRAC: Immigration Court backlog climbs, criminal cases fall

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By News Staff

The number of cases awaiting a resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a total of 285,526 at the end of July 2011. According to the very latest data obtained and analyzed by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), that…

Health & Society

Students to explore ethics of eating

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

For six weeks this semester, Syracuse University students will have the opportunity to explore what the food they consume means and how the world relates to one’s diet through the “Ethics of Eating” seminar. The series of dialogues and dinners…