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Etgar Keret Presents Raymond Carver Lecture Oct. 9
Etgar Keret, the popular Israeli writer and filmmaker, will present this semester’s second Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free…
SU Physicist Develops Model for Studying Tissue Pattern Formation
Professor Lisa Manning wants to know if embryonic tissue behaves more like a solid or liquid—and why A team of scientists, including M. Lisa Manning, assistant professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, has developed a model…
SU Professor on CNY Filmmakers Panel
The Syracuse International Film Festival, along with Eric Mower + Associates and the Onondaga County Film Commission, will hold a seminar on the advantages of filmmaking in Onondaga County and the Central New York region. This seminar is free and…
‘Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?’ Is Topic of Anbar Lecture
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University ethicist, will deliver the sixth annual Anbar Family Lecture at Syracuse University and Temple Adath Yeshurun. His SU lecture, titled “Are Psychopaths Morally Responsible?” is Monday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. in the Killian Room (Room 500) at the Hall of Languages. The previous day,…
Kushner Is First Guest of 2013-14 University Lectures
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will kick off the 2013-14 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “A Conversation with Tony Kushner,” discussion between Kushner and University Lectures Director…
George Saunders Kicks Off Fall 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series
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…
Human Rights Film Festival Brings Critically Acclaimed Films to Syracuse
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.
Newhouse’s Evan Smith Honored with National Teaching Award
Evan Smith, professor of television, radio and film at the Newhouse School, is one of two professors to receive this year’s Teaching Excellence Award from the University Film & Video Association. The award was established to recognize and reward “excellence…
Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Opens Syracuse Stage Season
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…
‘Dead Man Walking’ Author Helen Prejean to Deliver Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 7
Sister Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun who is a leading voice for the abolition of the death penalty, will present the 2013 Joseph and Amelia Borgognoni Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Maxwell Auditorium. Titled “Dead Man…