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A winter’s tale
Central New Yorkers all have their winter war stories.
Distinguished Professor of Geography and lake-effect snow researcher Mark Monmonier can clearly remember the details of his own.
Researchers work to fingerprint hydrofracking water quality
Mary Beth Jones of Apalachin, N.Y., lives near “ground zero” of the hotly contested hydrofracking debate swirling across New York State. Her land sits above the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, and like many of her neighbors, Jones is concerned about risks…
Author to present ‘Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women’
Jennifer L. Pozner, author of “Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV” (Seal Press, 2010), will speak Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater on “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women.” A…
Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women
Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV Is Bad for Women (… and men, people of color, the economy, love, sex and sheer common sense!) Do you ever wonder… why reality TV frames humiliation of women as the “perfect fairy tale romance”?…
SU hosts Saturday recreation program for Syracuse families
Syracuse University’s Department of Recreation Services within the Division of Student Affairs continues its long-standing tradition of opening its facilities to Syracuse families on Saturday mornings through the Neighborhood Youth Recreation Program (NYRP). Dating back to the mid 1970s, the…
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to speak at Syracuse University
Syracuse University’s College Democrats and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-SU) will host a visit by former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Syracuse University on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Kennedy’s…
Getting to know Ashlee Newman ’15
As a high school student in Farmingdale, N.J., Ashlee Newman exhibited an early passion for the study of law. After her family suffered the tragic loss of a loved one to domestic violence last December, the SU sophomore has developed…
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend delivers inaugural Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 15
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend—eldest daughter of late U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy and author of “Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God With Politics and Losing Their Way” (Warner Books, 2007)—is visiting Syracuse University. Townsend will deliver the inaugural Joseph…
VPA Advisory Council members establish post-M.F.A. engagement fellowship; inaugural fellow named
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the establishment of the Ginsburg-Klaus Post-M.F.A. Engagement Fellowship. The academic, yearlong fellowship, which includes a residency in San Pedro, Calif., is funded through a gift by VPA alumna Marylyn Ginsburg-Klaus…
EPA awards funding to Syracuse University to support environmental education
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced Sept. 13 that EPA has provided more than $130,000 to Syracuse University to fund educational projects in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the eight federally recognized Tribal…