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BBI provides emergency preparedness guidance for people with disabilities in advance of Hurricane Irene
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…
University will mark 9/11 anniversary through series of activities
Service, exhibition, service project, panel discussions
R.A.P.E. Center changes its name to The Advocacy Center
Beginning this fall, the scope of services provided by the R.A.P.E. Center has officially expanded to include relationship violence. As a result of this broadening of services, as well as feedback from students, staff and faculty about the R.A.P.E. Center…
Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17
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…
Digital Witness Symposium explores power of the archive for human rights media
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,…
Composer Phillip Rothman to perform original score for D.W. Griffith’s silent film ‘Way Down East’
The Syracuse International Film Festival has commissioned composer Phillip Rothman to write a score for the 1920 D.W. Griffith silent film “Way Down East.” Rothman will debut the original composition, scored for eight musicians, with the film screening Oct. 14…
SU in the News: Wednesday, August 24
Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg quoted in National Journal on Obama leadership and events in Libya
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…
SyrFilmFest second annual scriptwriting workshop planned
The Syracuse International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced its second annual scriptwriting workshop. It will be hosted by Syracuse University alumnus Rob Edwards, writer of “Treasure Planet” and Academy Award-nominated “The Princess and the Frog.” Dani Menkin, writer and director…
Owolabi to present recital on SU’s historic Holtkamp organ Sept. 6 and 7
Kola Owolabi, Syracuse University organist and assistant professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present organ recitals on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and…