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Arts & Culture

‘Sweet lovers love the spring’ in ‘As You Like It’

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

At the heart of the joyful play “As You Like It” is perhaps Shakespeare’s greatest comic heroine, Rosalind. As a woman disguised as a man, she exists not fully as either but in between, where she can relish the privilege…

Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

Syracuse Stage Guild to host Kentucky Derby Party May 5

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Share in the tradition dating back to 1875! Traditional derby fare, a ladies’ hat contest, a raffle and, of course, the Run for the Roses are all part of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Party hosted by the Syracuse Stage Guild…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell geography professor Don Mitchell to receive Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography Award

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Don Mitchell, Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Geography, had a date with a king on April 24. Mitchell received the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold from His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, on Vega Day, which celebrates geography and…

Syracuse University to conduct Orange Alert, siren test on Wednesday

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University will conduct an e-mail/text message/cell voice/campus phone test of the ORANGE ALERT Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Wednesday, April 25, at 12:30 p.m. This will also include a test of the ORANGE ALERT outdoor siren system on…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel to host conversation on creating spaces for inclusion

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hendricks Chapel will host a conversation on “Disability Culture, Faith and Secularism: Creating Spaces for Inclusion” on Wednesday, April 25, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room.

World premiere of ‘Crooked Arrows’ to take place in Syracuse May 9

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

The red carpet will go down on Montgomery Street on Wednesday, May 9, as Syracuse prepares for the world premiere of “Crooked Arrows,” the first mainstream film featuring the sport of lacrosse. Neal Powless, a former All American lacrosse player,…

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month culminates with lecture on cross-cultural leadership

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, is bringing Judy Shen-Filerman, founder and principal of Dreambridge Partners, to campus on Tuesday, April 24, to conclude SU’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Shen-Filerman will give…

Prospective first-year students present ideas on improving their own communities through public policies

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Sixty-seven of Syracuse University’s prospective first-year students will present their ideas on public policies that can improve their communities at the 66th annual Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship Conference, sponsored by the Public Affairs Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

Secretary of State Clinton to visit Maxwell School, speak at Hendricks

Thursday, April 19, 2012, By News Staff

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit the Maxwell School and the Syracuse University campus on Monday, April 23, to meet with students and then engage in a policy conversation entitled “America and the World” with Maxwell School…