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Cornell Experts Address Critical Theory, Globalization, Feb. 22 and March 8 at SU

Friday, February 8, 2013, By Rob Enslin

“The Politics of Translation” is the theme of two upcoming Humanities Center Mini-Seminars in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Naoki Sakai and Brett de Bary, professors of Asian studies and comparative literature at Cornell University, will give lectures…

Campus & Community

New Interactive Storytelling Mobile App Focuses on Winter in Central New York

Tuesday, February 5, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Early last year, a dozen students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications set out to create an interactive storytelling mobile tablet application that would focus on Central New York’s notorious winters. The result, CNY32 degrees, is now available for free download from the iTunes store.

Campus & Community

SU’s Annual Black History Month Celebration Begins Feb. 1

Thursday, January 31, 2013, By News Staff

In honor of Black History Month, Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs, is hosting a series of events in February.

STEM

Sheldon Stone Named Distinguished Professor

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, By News Staff

Sheldon Stone, professor in the Department of Physics was recently appointed Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina. Distinguished Professor is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty whose exemplary leadership in teaching and research has advanced the University’s scholarly mission.

Health & Society

Gretchen Lopez Honored with Racial Justice Award

Monday, January 28, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

Gretchen Lopez, assistant professor of Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University’s School of Education, is the recipient of the 2013 Racial Justice Award given by InterFaith Works/Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism (IFW/CWD) of Central New York. She will…

Campus & Community

Statement Regarding Recent Department of Public Safety Organizational Changes

Monday, January 28, 2013, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Department of Public Safety has embarked on a comprehensive process assessing services provided, with a focus on implementing improvement. Within the next week, DPS will be announcing appointments to new first line leadership assignments resulting from nearly a year of reorganization planning.

Veterans

IVMF awards inaugural prize for written work by a veteran in Stone Canoe

Monday, January 28, 2013, By News Staff

Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts, Literature and Social Commentary, published by University College of Syracuse University, awarded the 2013 Institute for Veterans and Military Families Prize for Written Work by a Veteran this weekend during the journal’s Number 7…

Campus & Community

Healthy volunteers sought for research study on auditory effects of concussion/head injury

Friday, January 18, 2013, By News Staff

Individuals with normal hearing and NO history of concussion/head injury are needed to participate in a research study investigating effects of traumatic brain injury on the brain and auditory system’s ability to process speech information. Participants must be native English…

Arts & Culture

Exhibition about avant-garde publisher Grove Press opens Jan. 17 at Bird Library

Thursday, January 3, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Library’s spring exhibition “Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985” will open with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m. in the Special Collections gallery on Bird Library’s sixth floor. Curated by Rare Books and Manuscripts Curator Lucy…

Arts & Culture

SU philosophy department adds new faculty members

Wednesday, December 19, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced the appointments of three full-time faculty members. They are David Sobel, the Irwin and Marjorie Guttag Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy; Janice Dowell, associate professor of…