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Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Presents ‘Quilters’ a joyous, moving, musical celebration from the American Frontier

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By News Staff

The memories, hopes, dreams and prayers of the indomitable women of the American frontier enliven this hauntingly beautiful musical. Based on oral histories from the pioneers of the prairie states, “Quilters” celebrates with unassuming honesty and simplicity the fears, joys,…

Minneapolis-based designers/printmakers Aesthetic Apparatus to lecture March 27

Tuesday, March 27, 2012, By Erica Blust

Aesthetic Apparatus, the Minneapolis-based design studio founded by Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski, will give a talk on Tuesday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The free, public lecture is sponsored…

Symphony Syracuse, SU Oratorio Society to present Verdi’s monumental ‘Requiem’ March 30

Friday, March 23, 2012, By Erica Blust

Symphony Syracuse and guest conductor Daniel Hege will be joined by the Syracuse University Oratorio Society with John Warren, director, for a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental “Requiem” on Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in SU’s Goldstein Auditorium in…

Media, Law & Policy

Bahraini journalist Lamees Dhaif honored with Tully Free Speech Award

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Lamees Dhaif, an independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist, will come to Syracuse University April 2 as the recipient of the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Tully Center for Free Speech in…

Environmental activist, scholar Martin Sage dies

Thursday, March 22, 2012, By News Staff

Environmental activist and scholar Martin Sage, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 3. He was 76. Although he retired in 2008, Sage remained active in the department and in…

University to pilot gap year semester program in London

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, By Daeya Malboeuf

Each semester, Syracuse University London welcomes hundreds of American students from SU and other universities. This September, they’re making room for an additional group: local high school graduates on a “gap year.”  Typically, British students use the year between high…

Event to break down racial barriers features Joseph ‘Rev Run’ Simmons

Monday, March 19, 2012, By News Staff

The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and the Student African American Society (SAS) are hosting a collaborative event, titled “Race Relations” on March 21 in Gifford Auditorium. Hip-hop pioneer and reality TV personality Joseph Simmons, also…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, March 15

Thursday, March 15, 2012, By News Staff

“Orange Pulp” exhibition at Palitz Gallery featured in New York Times

Award-winning novelist Zadie Smith to talk about writing in the 21st century in March 20 University Lectures presentation

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Award-winning novelist Zadie Smith will speak about the point of writing in the 21st century—especially given social media and other influences—in the next University Lectures presentation at Syracuse University on Tuesday, March 20. Smith’s presentation, “Why Write?” will begin at…

‘The Man with the Patent Passion’ at next session of IRP

Tuesday, March 13, 2012, By Eileen Jevis

At the March 15 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) Alan Rothschild, patent model collector and president of Rothschild Co., will share how he became a patent collector and discuss his models, which include models from famous inventors…