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SU part-time faculty approve three-year union contract
Syracuse University part-time faculty members on Friday approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT). Voting for the more than 400 members of…
Join SU’s K-Team for inaugural Empire State Marathon
Syracuse University alumna Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72, a pioneer for social change, has been selected to serve as emcee of the inaugural Empire State Marathon and Half Marathon on Oct. 16 in Syracuse. In this spirit, SU K-Team has formed…
Maria Hinojosa is first guest of University Lectures 2011-12 season
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…
Developmental biologist garners highly competitive National Institutes of Health grant
Katharine Lewis, associate professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to systematically identify genes that instruct spinal cord nerve cells (neurons) to develop into specialized cells that are critical to walking, running and countless movements…
Patent awarded for ‘method and system of controlling airfoil actuators’
Syracuse University has been awarded a patent for the development of a “Method and System of Controlling Airfoil Actuators.” This research will lead to greater maneuverability options for wing design on airplanes and is being considered for applications to wind…
Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta
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…
SU, Adjuncts United reach tentative agreement for part-time faculty; vote planned
Syracuse University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT), have reached tentative agreement on a proposed successor collective bargaining agreement covering more than 400 part-time faculty members represented by AU/NYSUT. The…
2011 Syracuse Symposium examines many facets of ‘Identity’
“Identity” is the theme of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium, an annual intellectual and artistic festival on the Syracuse University campus. This fall’s festival encompasses six lectures, including one by best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah; four performances and readings, including the…
New initiative from VPA, the Araca Group fosters emerging theater artists’ entrepreneurial spirit
Up-and-coming theater artists anxiously awaiting their big break in the industry now have a new way to enhance their professional development. The Araca Project, a new initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing…
Light Work to exhibit ‘[hyphen] Americans’
The exhibition features stunning tintype portraits created by photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley.