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Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage’s 38th season starts with exuberant, uplifting performance by Rochester native

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, By News Staff

Set in a tough, Bronx high school, the nationally acclaimed and award-winning “No Child…” traces the efforts of a young teaching artist to engage a class of uninspired and underachieving 10th graders by challenging the students to put on a play.

Media, Law & Policy

TRAC: Asylum denial rates at 25-year low

Friday, September 3, 2010, By News Staff

According to a new analysis of Justice Department data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), immigration judges are declining substantially fewer requests for asylum.

Campus & Community

New campus composting program in full swing, reduces food waste

Friday, September 3, 2010, By News Staff

A new composting program is diverting several tons of food waste away from SU Food Services’ dumpsters each month and returning it back to its organic origins.

SU art and design faculty showcase work in ‘Pliable Planes’ at The Warehouse

Thursday, September 2, 2010, By Erica Blust

Five members of the School of Art and Design faculty in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will showcase their work in “Pliable Planes: Cloth & Beyond” Sept. 7-29 at the Design Gallery at The Warehouse.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool, MLB.com team up to launch technology development contest

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, By News Staff

The Syracuse University School of Information Studies and MLB Advanced Media are sponsoring the MLB.com University Challenge.

Campus & Community

University Lectures series to present special conversational panel discussion on Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The long-term impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be explored in a special University Lectures presentation at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 26.

Craft artist Sonya Clark to present lecture Sept. 14

Tuesday, August 31, 2010, By Erica Blust

Sonya Clark, a craft artist and chair of the craft/material studies department at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium.

Ducre receives Fulbright award for research and study on feminist epistemology

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

Kishi Animashaun Ducre, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Fulbright award to research and teach in Trinidad and Tobago on feminist epistemology and research methods. She will leave in January 2011 and stay in residence for six months.

Campus & Community

Department of Public Safety releases ‘Cribs’-style safety video for South Campus students

Tuesday, August 24, 2010, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) has released its second student safety video, “South Campus Pads,” loosely based on the popular MTV series “Cribs.” The new video is aimed at the nearly 2,500 students who live on South Campus, and is full of personal safety tips, as well as guidelines for students to keep their property and apartments safe at all times.

STEM

Syracuse iSchool assistant professor of practice Scott Bernard appointed acting federal chief architect

Monday, August 23, 2010, By News Staff

Syracuse University iSchool Assistant Professor of Practice Scott Bernard has been named the acting federal chief architect in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving with the Office of Management Budget’s E-Government and Information Technology group.