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Jon Zubieta to Receive 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Wasserstrom Prize

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By News Staff

Jon Zubieta, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the 2013 William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. The award will be presented during the 2013 Graduate School Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and…

Philanthropy Week Highlights Importance of Giving Back to SU

Tuesday, April 16, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Howie Phanstiel ’70, G’71 will talk about his personal philanthropic journey on Friday during Phanstiel Lecture The third annual Philanthropy Week is now under way, with special events planned throughout the week to raise awareness about the vital role philanthropy…

Ogilvy & Mather Chairman Emeritus Shelly Lazarus to Visit Newhouse School April 17

Monday, April 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Shelly Lazarus, chairman emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather, will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, April 17, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will present “A Conversation on Advertising, Branding and Leadership” at 6:30 p.m. in…

La Casita Cultural Center to Dedicate New Bilingual Library to Near West Side Community

Monday, April 15, 2013, By News Staff

For the past several weeks, the sounds of drills and hammering and the smell of fresh paint have permeated La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., as volunteers from Syracuse University and Syracuse’s Near West Side community gathered to build…

Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises

Thursday, April 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.

Foremost Expert on Religion, Morality to Present Lecture April 16

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Robert Merrihew Adams of UNC-Chapel Hill is defender of theistic morality The Syracuse University Humanities Center continues its spring symposium series with a lecture by one of the world’s leading authorities on morality, religion and metaphysics. Robert Merrihew Adams, Distinguished…

College of Law to Present Second Annual Spring Panel

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

The College of Law‘s Entertainment & Sports Law Society will present its second Annual Spring Panel Event Wednesday, April 10, at 5:45 p.m. in Room 104. The panel will feature ESPN’s Kristi Dosh and Professor Rick Burton from the Falk…

Professor, Author George Saunders Wins PEN/Malamud Award

Monday, April 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Award comes amid success of Saunders’ ‘Tenth of December’ George Saunders G’88, professor of English in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive the prestigious PEN/Malamud Award. Given annually since 1988 in honor of the late…

Health & Society

SU Wellness Week to Kick Off April 15

Monday, April 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s second annual Wellness Week, presented by Health & Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, and in sponsorship with Tops Friendly Markets, will kick off Monday, April 15. A variety of campus departments and student organizations have…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Will Produce David Henry Hwang’s ‘Chinglish’ in 2014

Friday, April 5, 2013, By News Staff

“Chinglish,” a hilarious new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunication by Tony Award-winning writer David Henry Hwang (“M. Butterfly”), will run Feb. 26 through March 16, 2014, in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage. An American businessman arrives in a…