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Syracuse Symposium to offer spring seminar courses on ‘Conflict: Peace and War’

Friday, November 19, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Each year the Syracuse University Humanities Center organizes and hosts the Syracuse Symposium for the SU campus and community. Most symposium events take place in the fall semester. This year, however, the season will be expanded to include four seminar…

Warehouse Gallery becomes Taté Wikikuwa Museum for a while

Wednesday, November 17, 2010, By News Staff

The Warehouse Gallery has changed its appearance to temporarily host a fictive Native American museum: the Taté Wikikuwa Museum by Rigo 23, focusing on Native American Leonard Peltier. A public reception will be held Thursday, Nov. 18 from 5–8 p.m.,…

Director of Stickley Museum to speak at Nov. 18 IRP

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, By Eileen Jevis

The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host Greg Vadney, director and chief curator of the Stickley Museum, the official museum of L. & J.G. Stickely, Inc., on Thursday, Nov. 18. Vadney will discuss the 120-year history of Stickley furniture,…

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato to give concert, master class at SU

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, By Erica Blust

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato will visit Syracuse University Dec. 3-4 to perform a concert and give a master class. Both events are free and open to the public. On Friday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m., Fortunato and pianist Mary Jane…

Innovation Roundtable brings area organizations together to help startup businesses

Tuesday, November 16, 2010, By News Staff

Central New York is a great place to start a business with its multitude of organizations available to help both seasoned and budding entrepreneurs get started and grow their businesses. From the U.S. Small Business Administration to the Tech Garden…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, November 15

Monday, November 15, 2010, By News Staff

Maxwell School’s Len Burman quoted in national media on economy and tax matters

SU in the News: Monday, November 15, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010, By News Staff

The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) reported on the Small Business Administration partnership with Syracuse University on two new programs for veteran-owned start-up businesses, Women Veterans Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship and the Operation Endure and Grow program. Also noted was the…

Kirt Wilson chosen as keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Monday, November 15, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Kirt Wilson, associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State and an African American scholar, will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, “Heirs of a King: Remembering and Continuing the…

Near Westside Initiative elects seven new members to board of directors

Monday, November 15, 2010, By News Staff

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) recently elected Tanya Eastman, Karla Green, Elizabeth Nolan, Maria Revelles, Isaac Rothwell, Benjamin Sio and Peter Thompson to its board of directors. “From its inception, the NWSI has had a board of directors comprised of…

STEM

Engineers Without Borders-USA founding president Bernard Amadei to present final University Lecture of fall semester

Friday, November 5, 2010, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 2001, Bernard Amadei and eight students from the University of Colorado at Boulder installed a sustainable, low-cost clean water system in a village in Belize that met the village’s urgent need for clean water. The project inspired Amadei to…