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Newhouse School to hold Ed Smith Media Literacy Day April 20

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host 55 sixth-grade students from the Syracuse City School District’s Edward Smith Elementary School on Friday, April 20, for Newhouse’s sixth annual Media Literacy Day. Sponsored by the Newhouse Diversity Committee, the…

Meditation Habitats on display April 18-19

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Students in this semester’s “Meditation Habitats” course in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present contemplative sculpture work to the Syracuse University community this week. Sheltering structures that inspire pause and reflection will dot Syracuse University lawns in…

Final SU Showcase events schedule released

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

SU Showcase for Sustainability 2012 is just days away and the full schedule of “green economy” events slated for April 18 has been confirmed.  This daylong celebration of sustainability initiatives and works by Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental…

Arts & Culture

Bond to moderate discussion with playwright of ‘The Brothers Size’ Saturday at Syracuse Stage

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Timothy Bond, producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, will moderate a discussion with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney on Saturday, April 21, at 5 p.m. in the Storch Theatre at Syracuse Stage. Sponsored by SU…

Media, Law & Policy

Finalists announced for sixth annual Mirror Awards

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the sixth annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew more than 300 entries. Winners will be announced at a June 13 awards ceremony in…

Landscape of Urban Education lecture series presents ‘Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership’ with author Sam Seidel

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education series will present “Hip Hop Genius: Remixing Pedagogy, School Design and Leadership” on Thursday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Watson Theater. The lecture will be led by Sam Seidel, author of…

SU humanities panel explores ‘cultural politics of images’ April 18

Monday, April 16, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The cultural politics of images is the subject of the next installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a lecture series organized by Mark Linder, inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow in the Humanities, as part of the Syracuse University Humanities Center’s new Transdisciplinary Humanities Project….

‘Waste Land’ documentary to screen on April 17

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

What happens in the world’s largest city of trash? Find out at the screening of “Waste Land,” a mesmerizing look at the extent of recycling that’s possible and the transformative power of art. “Waste Land” will be shown on Tuesday,…

New York Bar Foundation presents second installment of $250,000 grant to EBV program

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

Representatives from the New York Bar Foundation will present the second installment of a $250,000 grant to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) at Syracuse University on Friday, April 13. The grant monies enable 35 additional veterans to…

Award-winning memoirist concludes Spring 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, By News Staff

Kelle Groom will read from ‘I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl’ Kelle Groom, author of the memoir “I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl” (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2011), will conclude the Spring…