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Arts & Culture

VPA’s Bradford Vivian to be honored by National Communication Association

Friday, October 14, 2011, By Erica Blust

The National Communication Association (NCA) has announced that Bradford Vivian, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will receive its James A. Winans-Herber A. Wichlens Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship…

Arts & Culture

SU Brass Ensemble kicks off 2011-12 season with ‘Silver Screen’ concert in Rome Oct. 23

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), a 35-piece group housed in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, kicks off the 2011-12 season with its popular “Silver Screen” program. The concert—emceed by WCNY-FM’s Bruce Paulsen, with projected images coordinated by…

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini residency by Italian Renaissance scholar Michael Rocke. Rocke—the Nicky Mariano…

Arts & Culture

SU symposium explores legacy of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa Oct. 21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the subject of a daylong symposium, organized and presented by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and…

Nottingham Early College High School students to visit SU campus Oct. 12

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

A group of 75 ninth-graders from Nottingham High School’s Early College High School program will visit the Syracuse University campus on Oct. 12 to motivate and prepare them for the opportunities associated with higher education. While on campus, the students…

Mercury pollution in Great Lakes Region is nearly forgotten, but not gone

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By News Staff

The scope and intensity of mercury pollution in the Great Lakes region is much greater than previously reported, but additional mercury controls should bring needed improvement, according to a new summary of scientific research on the subject. Despite general declines…

UC brings home three awards from regional conference

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

University College of Syracuse University won three awards from the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) at the Mid-Atlantic Region Conference held in Princeton, N.J. The UPCEA serves as a resource to those in the professional and continuing education…

Newhouse to hold ‘The NFL: 1st and the Next 10’ on Oct. 18

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Afternoon symposium, hosted by ESPN’s Mike Tirico, brings together leading alumni and sports figures to examine future of National Football League The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host “The NFL: 1st and the Next 10”—a symposium examining the…

Media, Law & Policy

CP+B CEO Chuck Porter to visit SU’s Newhouse School Oct. 18

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Chuck Porter, CEO and co-founder of the advertising agency Crispin, Porter & Bogusky (CP+B), will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Oct. 18, as a guest of the advertising department’s Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He…

Campus & Community

Somali Bantu traditional arts represented at ‘Westcott Celebrates Community’

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By News Staff

On Oct. 21, the Dept. of Anthropology will collaborate with the Somali Bantu Community Association and the Westcott Community Center to host an exhibit of folk arts created by Somali Bantu refugees in Syracuse.