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Tickets No Longer Available for Sept. 29 Dedication Event with Oprah Winfrey

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Tickets are no longer available for the Newhouse School’s dedication event with special guest Oprah Winfrey, to be held Sept. 29 at Syracuse University. The event, part of a daylong celebration of the dedication of the Newhouse Studio and Innovation…

Lineup Announced for Fall 2014 Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Creative Writing Program will once again present six writers in its Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series. Named for the great short story writer and poet who taught at Syracuse in the 1980s and died in 1988, the Raymond…

Campus & Community

SULA Semester Students Receive Scholarship Funding

Friday, September 5, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Six seniors participating in the Syracuse University Los Angeles Semester program have won scholarships. Winners of the Jack Oakie & Victoria Horne Oakie Scholarships include Maggie Applegate, a student in the Newhouse School’s television, radio and film (TRF) program from…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Season Starts with Comedy ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’

Thursday, September 4, 2014, By News Staff

The 14/15 Season at Syracuse Stage starts Sept. 24 with “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. In this “ripped and roaring” comedy by Christopher Durang, Sonia and Vanya have frittered…

Isaac Julien’s ‘Western Union: Small Boats (The Leopard)’ to Open UVP’s Year

Wednesday, September 3, 2014, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work have announced the opening of their 2014-15 programming year with “Western Union: Small Boats (The Leopard)” (2007) by world-renowned visual artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, from Sept. 11-Oct. 25. This exhibition…

Campus & Community

University, South Side Initiative Help Local Youth ‘Write Their Lives’

Wednesday, September 3, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

School may not have been in session, but learning was happening at the South Side Communication Center this summer.

Languages, Literatures and Linguistics to host ‘Japan Today’ Symposium

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will welcome scholars from Cornell University, Columbia University and Hamilton College for “Japan Today,” an interdisciplinary symposium that will examine Japanese literature, film, history…

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Perspective’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Perspective” is the theme of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. The semester-long series begins with a keynote address by Kevin Powers, a U.S. Army veteran…

STEM

Physicist John Laiho Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

John “Jack” Laiho recently completed his first year as a member of the Syracuse University faculty, and what better way to celebrate than by receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support his cutting-edge research. Laiho, who earned a…

Dineen Hall Welcomes First Classes

Wednesday, August 27, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The College of Law welcomed its 118th first-year J.D. class on Aug. 18 as 170 students arrived for a week-long orientation program, including the traditional community service project to help local food pantries. The college also welcomed its third incoming…