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Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Opens Season in Little Falls Nov. 16

Monday, November 10, 2014, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), directed by James T. Spencer, will launch its 2014-15 season with a concert in Little Falls on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. Presented by the Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts (MVCA), the…

STEM

Physicist Receives $1.17 Million NIH Grant to Create ‘Nanobiosensors’

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Liviu Movileanu, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.17 million grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Movileanu will…

Health & Society

Jennifer Wilkins Updates First U.S. Regional Food Guide

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Michele Barrett

Thanks to farmers’ markets, farm-to-school programs and community-supported agriculture, locally grown foods are more readily available—and more in demand. People want to know where their food comes from. How is it grown? What steps are involved in its processing? Evidence…

Annual Auction to Aid Syracuse Public Interest Network to Be Held Nov. 7

Monday, November 3, 2014, By News Staff

The Syracuse Public Interest Network (SPIN) will host its 22nd annual Public Interest Auction on Friday, Nov. 7, at the College of Law’s Dineen Hall. The event begins at 6 p.m. and includes both silent and live auctions for items…

Campus & Community

Documentary to Mark 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Friday, October 31, 2014, By News Staff

The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Community Folk Art Center will sponsor a screening of director Stanley Nelson’s documentary “Freedom Summer” Monday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in 220 Eggers Hall.  The screening is part of the series…

Free Midnight Movies Series to Begin Oct. 31

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Shannon Andre

Beginning Friday, Oct. 31, students will have a new way to watch movies on campus through the Midnight Movies series. Students can enjoy free movies, free popcorn and free soda every Friday or Saturday throughout the rest of the fall…

University Selected to Host 2016 Biennial Public Address Conference

Tuesday, October 28, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has been selected to host the prestigious Biennial Public Address Conference (BPAC) in 2016. Founded in 1988, BPAC is a premier symposium featuring the…

Syracuse University Professor to Host Caribbean Dance Workshops

Tuesday, October 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Sydney Hutchinson, an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, is teaming up with Wacheva Cultural Arts to host a pair of Caribbean dance workshops on Wednesday, Nov. 5, and…

Residence Hall Association Hosts Trick-or-Treating for Boys and Girls Club

Tuesday, October 28, 2014, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Oct. 29, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) will be hosting its first campus-wide trick-or-treating for three Boys and Girls Clubs in the Syracuse area from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Malik Evans, president of RHA, says this is a collaboration of…

Disability Rights Activist Judith E. Heumann to visit University on Tuesday

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Heumann will participate in a discussion titled “Inclusion of People with Disabilities Around the Globe Through…