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Garcia honored as outstanding educator during Onondaga County Hispanic Heritage Month

Friday, September 9, 2011, By Michele Barrett

As the local community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Syracuse University professor of social work Alejandro Garcia will be honored as an outstanding educator. The award will be presented at the opening ceremony that will kick off the…

Campus & Community

SU philosopher Laurence Thomas to be feted in daylong symposium Sept. 21

Thursday, September 8, 2011, By Rob Enslin

A symposium honoring Laurence Thomas, internationally renowned philosopher in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in The Killian Room (500) of the Hall of Languages. The event includes remarks…

Arts & Culture

National Music Publishers’ Association president to speak Sept. 8

Wednesday, September 7, 2011, By Erica Blust

David Israelite, the president and chief executive officer of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman…

Arts & Culture

Painter Jerome Witkin to give artist’s talk Sept. 6

Friday, September 2, 2011, By Erica Blust

Jerome Witkin, one of America’s leading figurative painters and a longtime professor of painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, will present an artist’s talk on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin…

Arts & Culture

Menkin film nominated for best documentary at Israeli Academy Awards

Friday, September 2, 2011, By News Staff

“Dolphin Boy,” the most recent film by Israeli writer/director/producer Dani Menkin, has been nominated for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards, Israel’s equivalent of the American Academy Awards. Menkin wrote and directed the film together with Yonatan Nir. It tells…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta

Monday, August 29, 2011, By News Staff

Rahul Mehta G’03 will open the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series with readings from his short story collection, “Quarantine” (Harper Perennial, 2011), at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…

Health & Society

BBI provides emergency preparedness guidance for people with disabilities in advance of Hurricane Irene

Friday, August 26, 2011, By News Staff

Applying lessons from emergency planning and response after Hurricane Katrina, in which the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University was involved, BBI is providing resources for the protection and safety of people with disabilities who live in the path…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Thursday, August 25

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Korea Times quotes Maxwell School’s Grant Reeher on communications between the Korean government and public

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during “Illuminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,” Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…

Arts & Culture

Digital Witness Symposium explores power of the archive for human rights media

Thursday, August 25, 2011, By News Staff

Following its successful inauguration at last year’s Illuminating Oppression: 8th Annual Human Rights Film Festival, the Digital Witness Symposium returns this year on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. This year’s symposium,…