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Conference to explore community-based activism

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University will present: “Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change: Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research (CARR),” from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Hall of Languages. Keynote speakers are Seth Kahn of West Chester University of…

Elevating environmentally: 2012 SU, SUNY-ESF grads to wear sustainable Commencement gowns

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

At the Syracuse University/SUNY-ESF 2012 Commencement celebration May 13, nearly 98,000 plastic bottles will be on display in the Carrier Dome, not in their original container shape, but in the form of 3,900 graduation gowns donned by students. New this…

La Casita to screen ‘Papers: Stories of Undocumented Youth’

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

From April 9-17, a group of 15 undocumented youth and their supporters are walking 150 miles from New York City to Albany to raise awareness of, and gain support for, the New York Dream Act, which would remove barriers to…

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‘The Fingerprints of Global Sea Level Rise’

Monday, April 16, 2012, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Jerry Mitrovica from Harvard University.

‘Waste Land’ documentary to screen on April 17

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

What happens in the world’s largest city of trash? Find out at the screening of “Waste Land,” a mesmerizing look at the extent of recycling that’s possible and the transformative power of art. “Waste Land” will be shown on Tuesday,…

Syracuse Poster Project to celebrate 11th series April 19

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

Each year since 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters.

New York Bar Foundation presents second installment of $250,000 grant to EBV program

Thursday, April 12, 2012, By News Staff

Representatives from the New York Bar Foundation will present the second installment of a $250,000 grant to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) at Syracuse University on Friday, April 13. The grant monies enable 35 additional veterans to…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, April 9

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

New York Times quotes Rick Burton of Falk College on New Balance running shoe ad campaign

Campus & Community

Refugee folk artists at SU Showcase

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

The Department of Anthropology and the Honors Program will sponsor “Cultural Sustainability,” an exhibit of ethnic arts handmade by refugee artists in Syracuse, at SU Showcase on Wednesday, April 18, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Atrium of Schine Student…

Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees

Monday, April 9, 2012, By News Staff

At Syracuse University’s 158th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 13, four honorary degrees will be presented to individuals of outstanding achievement who have made a difference in the world and in the lives of others. The four 2012 honorary degree…