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STEM

SU Task Force Advocates Action to Enhance Teaching

Friday, September 13, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Task Force on Advancing New Pedagogies, formed six months ago to study innovative teaching methods and new technologies employed in instruction across campus, has issued its final report, highlighting exemplary work being done at SU and urging increased…

Arts & Culture

Light Work to Present George Gittoes ‘Nothing is Enough’

Friday, September 13, 2013, By News Staff

Light Work and Community Darkrooms are presenting George Gittoes’ “Nothing Is Enough,” through Dec. 20 in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in the Schine Student Center.  An artist talk will be held in the gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 2,…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Kicks Off Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By News Staff

George Saunders G’88, one of this year’s most celebrated American writers, will kick off Syracuse University’s Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30…

Media, Law & Policy

Human Rights Film Festival Brings Critically Acclaimed Films to Syracuse

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival brings a line-up of critically acclaimed films addressing social justice issues around the globe to Central New York Sept. 26-28.

Media, Law & Policy

CCJI to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Birmingham Bombing

Tuesday, September 10, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU and the Cold Case Justice Initiative based in the SU College of Law will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham, Ala.

Arts & Culture

Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Opens Syracuse Stage Season

Tuesday, September 10, 2013, By News Staff

Séance Wreaks Havoc in Smash Comedy Hit of London and Broadway Stages In the 1941 hilariously haunting tale “Blithe Spirit,” novelist Charles Condomine enlists the delightfully eccentric Madame Arcati to hold a séance at his home, hoping to raise some…

Veterans

Student Veterans Organization Raises $1,000 For Honor Flight Syracuse

Wednesday, September 4, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Syracuse University Student Veterans Organization is donating $1,000 to Honor Flight Syracuse, which will send 65 World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5. The organization held a raffle in the spring to raise money to help…

Campus & Community

CHAT Camp Wraps Up Successful Summer Program

Wednesday, September 4, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University is helping to provide a voice to nonverbal children. This video explains the concept of CHAT (Communication Hope through Assistive Technology) and explains how one SU alumnus is lending a voice and his…

Syracuse Symposium Kicks Off ‘Listening’ Theme with Best-Selling Author, Facilitator

Wednesday, August 28, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Misha Glouberman, a Toronto-based improvisational artist and sought-after expert on negotiation and communication, is kicking off the 2013 Syracuse Symposium, whose theme is “Listening.” He will speak on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 107, Hall of Languages….

One Extraordinary Day

Wednesday, August 28, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Emeritus professor of economics A. Dale Tussing was a graduate student working on his dissertation at Syracuse University in 1963 when he stepped onto a bus to Washington, D.C., and into an experience of a lifetime.