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Campus & Community

Movement on Main Prototype comes to Near West Side Nov. 6

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near West Side Initiative (NWSI) and UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research and Real Estate in the School of Architecture invite members of the community to experience a prototype of the Movement on Main competition-winning design, “Light-Play!,” on Wednesday,…

Youth-Driven Summit Is Saturday

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The SALT District of the Near Westside, in cooperation with the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, will present the #TURNUPCUSETOWN Youth Summit on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Fowler High…

Arts & Culture

University Lectures Hosts Billy Collins

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal as Billy Collins.

Arts & Culture

Delve into the Soundscape on Oct. 22

Friday, October 18, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

“Living in the Soundscape,” a walking tour of the Syracuse University campus that will bring participants into a direct relationship with the sonic environment, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The tour will be followed later that evening by…

Arts & Culture

Common Differences

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty was a graduate student at the University of Illinois in 1983 when she and her colleague, Ann Russo, developed the idea for an international women’s conference on feminist perspectives from the Global South and North. It marked the start of her scholarly life in social justice.

Arts & Culture

Organist, Poister Competition Winner Aaron Tan to Perform Oct. 30

Wednesday, October 16, 2013, By Erica Blust

Organist Aaron Tan, winner of the 2013 Arthur Poister Scholarship Competition in Organ Playing, will present an organ recital on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. on the historic Holtkamp organ in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Civic Entrepreneur Eric Liu

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Civic entrepreneur Eric Liu will speak on what patriotism really means in the next University Lectures presentation on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Liu’s presentation, “The True Meaning of Patriotism,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and…

Media, Law & Policy

Azerbaijani Journalist to Receive 2013 Tully Award for Free Speech

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Idrak Abbasov, an independent journalist from Azerbaijan, is the recipient of the 2013 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Newhouse School‘s Tully Center for Free Speech, is given to a journalist who has faced a…

Arts & Culture

Jamie Haft Appointed Imagining America Assistant Director

Friday, October 11, 2013, By News Staff

Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) has appointed Jamie Haft as assistant director. Haft will be organizing campus leadership teams within IA’s consortium of more than 100 colleges and universities and directing story-based campaigns in multiple media,…

Lockerbie Reflections

Thursday, October 10, 2013, By News Staff

When people first hear of Lockerbie, Scotland they learn about the tragedy that is Pan Am Flight 103. But a visit to the quiet, humble and welcoming town opens new insights to its beauty and its residents.