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Arts & Culture

‘Furnished’ exhibition of faculty work to open at Syracuse Architecture

Friday, September 16, 2011, By Elaine Wackerow

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m., “Furnished,” an exhibition of furniture and objects designed by Syracuse Architecture faculty, will open with a reception to be held in Slocum Hall Gallery. The exhibition will continue through Oct. 11. It is…

Campus & Community

Sept. 24 rally on SUNY-ESF campus part of global effort to focus attention on climate crisis

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

Count the Syracuse area among hundreds of sites worldwide that will call for–with one symbolic voice all on the same day–the planet to move beyond fossil fuels. That upcoming day is Saturday, Sept 24. The “392 and Rising—Getting to 350 Rally”…

Arts & Culture

Author Dana Spiotta in the spotlight for next installment of Raymond Carver Reading Series

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue with award-winning fiction writer Dana Spiotta, assistant professor of creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Gifford Auditorium in H.B. Crouse Hall…

Arts & Culture

Maria Hinojosa is first guest of University Lectures 2011-12 season

Friday, September 16, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Maria Hinojosa, host of National Public Radio’s “Latino USA” and one of the most influential Latino/a journalists in the nation, will kick off the University Lectures 2011-12 season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Hinojosa will speak on “Making…

Campus & Community

Burton Blatt Institute co-hosts seminar on ‘International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange’

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

The Global Research Network on Disability (GRND), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will host a seminar on “International Disability Research and Knowledge Exchange: Collaborative Research Between Governments and Academia to Promote Disability in Development.”…

Campus & Community

Himes appointed to Board of Scientific Counselors

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

Christine Himes, professor of sociology int he Maxwell School and director of the Center for Policy Research, has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The appointment to the four-year term is…

STEM

SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…

London, Wilmoth paper published in Journal of Poverty

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The latest issue of the Journal of Poverty features a paper co-authored by Maxwell School sociology professors Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth titled “Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty: Implications for Family Well-Being.” The authors find that households with nondisabled…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School’s Tully Center launches Free Speech Zone

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications’ Tully Center for Free Speech has launched Free Speech Zone, an open venue for interactive commentary, news and analysis of issues at or near the intersection of free speech, media law and policy,…

Campus & Community

Memorial service planned for Prof. Roderick Surratt

Thursday, September 15, 2011, By News Staff

The College of Law welcomes all faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to attend a memorial service to celebrate the life of Professor Roderick “Rod” Surratt, who passed away on May 27, 2011.