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Physicist to Speak on ‘Motile Matter’

Friday, October 10, 2014, By News Staff

Sriram Ramaswamy, director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India, and a distinguished theoretical physicist, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 14, on “Motile Matter.” The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater, and is presented by the…

Arts & Culture

August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterpiece ‘The Piano Lesson’ Starts Oct. 22

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By News Staff

In August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “The Piano Lesson,” the past threatens to pull apart brother and sister. Bernice treasures a one-of-a-kind piano, an heirloom with carved figures of their enslaved ancestors. Boy Willie suddenly arrives from the South determined…

Three Will Be Honored with George Arents Award at Orange Central

Tuesday, October 7, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Richard M. Jones ’92, G’95, L’95, Angela Y. Robinson ’78 and Donald Schupak ’64, L’66 will receive the George Arents Award, the University’s highest alumni honor. The award recognizes alumni who are pioneers and leaders in their fields.

Setnor Celebrates Steinway Piano Gift with Orange Central Concert

Monday, October 6, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Setnor School of Music will celebrate its newest Steinway D concert grand piano, the generous gift of Professor Emeritus Harold Jones and his wife Barbara, with a special concert on Friday in Crouse College. Faculty members and student pianists will perform works of Haydn, Schubert and Liszt, among others.

STEM

Physicist Wins NSF Award to Advance Scientific Cyberinfrastructure

Monday, October 6, 2014, By News Staff

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to upgrade the cyberinfrastructure used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time that were first…

University Community Members Tell Their Stories in Dialogue on Diversity

Monday, October 6, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Students had a chance to be heard, to tell their stories of challenges at Syracuse University and their hopes for its future, in a discussion meant to be just the beginning. More than 250 students, faculty and staff gathered to…

Syracuse University Welcomes Patricia H. Mautino to Board of Trustees

Monday, October 6, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University is pleased to announce the election of Patricia H. Mautino ’64, G’66 to the University’s Board of Trustees. She was elected to her position at the annual Board of Trustees meeting held on campus in May and will…

Dollar Day for United Way at the Dome Is Tonight

Friday, October 3, 2014, By News Staff

Before the Syracuse University football team kicks off against Louisville tonight at 7 p.m., more than 180 student volunteers from SU’s fraternities and sororities will be stationed at Carrier Dome entrances, near the Quad, in parking lots and across campus…

Wear Your Orange, Show Your Pride Oct. 3

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse City Hall was just about painted Orange on Monday when local elected officials declared Sept. 29-Oct. 3 as “Orange Out Week”. In a strong show of community spirit ahead of Syracuse University’s ACC home opener against Louisville on Friday,…

Democratizing Knowledge Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By News Staff

The Democratizing Knowledge Project (DK), a Syracuse University interdisciplinary collective of faculty and graduate students, has been awarded a four-year, $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a series of summer institutes titled “Just Academic Spaces: Creating…