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Campus & Community

Kimberly Blackwell ’92, Reinaldo Pascual ’85 to Chair CBT 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014, By News Staff

Brand strategist Kimberly Blackwell ’92 and corporate attorney Reinaldo Pascual ’85 will lend their time and talents as co-chairs of Coming Back Together (CBT) 2014. The triennial reunion for SU African American and Latino alumni, a unique combination of social events,…

Media, Law & Policy

CBS News Executive Chris Licht ’93 to Discuss ‘Why Network News Matters’

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Chris Licht ’93, vice president of programming for CBS News, will visit the Newhouse School on Thursday, Feb. 6, as a guest of the Department of Broadcast and Digital Journalism (BDJ) “State of the Field” speaker series. “Why Network News…

Matthew Manfra Named Assistant Vice President for Alumni Engagement

Tuesday, January 28, 2014, By News Staff

Matthew Manfra has been appointed assistant vice president for alumni engagement at Syracuse University. The appointment, effective Jan. 6, was made by executive vice president of advancement and external affairs Thomas J. Walsh and vice president for development Brian Sischo….

Arts & Culture

Alfred T. Collette Dies; Was Chair of Science Teaching, Director of SU Art Collection

Monday, January 27, 2014, By News Staff

Alfred T. Collette, former chair of science teaching, died on Jan. 23. He was born in Syracuse on Sept. 10, 1922, the son of Samuel and Palma Quinto Collette. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and sister…

Campus & Community

Nourishing Scholarship: 50 Years of the University Honors Program

Monday, January 27, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Justin N. Elkhechen ’15 already has his plans in place for his senior honors capstone project on the migratory patterns of cancer and stem cells. His capstone and other opportunities through the University’s Honors Program has added layers of scholarship to his college career and that of thousands of others.

Arts & Culture

‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ to Be Performed with Organ, Trumpet at Feb. 2 Malmgren Concert

Monday, January 27, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” will be the centerpiece of the next Malmgren Concert in  Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, Feb. 2. SU Organist Kola Owolabi and Gabriel DiMartino, trumpet instructor in the Setnor School of Music in the College…

STEM

SU Scientist Wins American Geophysical Union Fellowship

Friday, January 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Donald I. Siegel, chair of the Department of Earth Sciences in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed a 2013 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow, a designation awarded to less than 0.1 percent of all AGU members in…

Arts & Culture

Janklow Arts Leadership Program to Award Professional Development Opportunity

Wednesday, January 22, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

In collaboration with Webb Management Services, a provider of development, planning and consulting services for arts organizations and facilities, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program in The College of Arts and Sciences will award a professional development opportunity to one or…

Arts & Culture

Professor Discovers 400-Year-Old Play in Madrid

Wednesday, January 22, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A professor in The College of Arts and Sciences has discovered a “lost” play by one of Spain’s great 17th-century writers, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio. Alejandro García-Reidy, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and…

Arts & Culture

Two Former Slaves, Confederate Soldier Untangle Past in ‘The Whipping Man’

Tuesday, January 21, 2014, By News Staff

Richmond, April, 1865. The Civil War has ended and Caleb DeLeon, a badly wounded Confederate soldier, stumbles into the ruin of what was once his home. His family has fled the city’s destruction, leaving two former slaves, Simon and John,…