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Work of Latina Artist Favianna Rodriguez Will Open at La Casita Cultural Center

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Last fall, celebrated printmaker and social activist Favianna Rodriguez joined forces with other California-based artists to create posters urging passage of Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of all food made from genetically engineered plants and animals. The proposition…

Newhouse Grad Student Gets Chance to Intern for Charles Barkley

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

It took over 20 years, but this year, Alison Chaney, a graduate public relations student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, learned that even the craziest dreams come true. A longtime basketball player and huge fan of the…

Getting to Know: Amanda Claypool, a Champion for Dialogue on Divisive Issues

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By News Staff

Amanda Claypool remembers the day the Twin Towers fell and the day U.S. warplanes bombed Baghdad as if it were yesterday. Those events shaped her academic career at Syracuse University, led her on a solo journey to Palestine’s West Bank…

February and March 2013 Programming for UVP Everson Site Announced

Monday, February 11, 2013, By News Staff

Urban Video Project and Light Work have announced the exhibition of the video piece “in Court (Basketball)” by Yvonne Buchanan at UVP Everson from Feb. 14-March 31. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, which…

A Bold Vision for a New York City Waterfront

Monday, February 11, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

The East River Esplanade in Manhattan is a narrow, deteriorating pedestrian walkway, marked with sinkholes and neglected open spaces. School of Architecture student Joseph Wood G’14 saw potential in the site’s striking riverfront views and land-water connections.

How to Handle a Crisis

Friday, February 8, 2013, By Keith Kobland

World leaders are often defined by the decisions they make during times of crisis. Typically, decisions are made under the most stressful of conditions. Often decisions are made with little sleep. “Sometimes leaders and groups spend days working on these…

Connective Corridor Green Bike Network Featured in Award-Winning Photo

Friday, February 8, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The green bike network along Syracuse’s Connective Corridor, one of the first in the country to implement new federal standards for bicycle safety, is showcased in a photo that recently won honors in a contest sponsored by the U.S Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety.

Bandier Program to Present Talk by BMG Chrysalis Creative Executive Claribel Caraballo ’98 Feb. 12

Friday, February 8, 2013, By News Staff

Claribel Caraballo ’98, creative executive for BMG Chrysalis in New York, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The…

Jeff Connors ’98, Director of Global Marketing for adidas Group, to Speak at SU

Thursday, February 7, 2013, By News Staff

Career Services and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing Jeff Connors, a 1998 graduate of the Whitman School of Management, to campus on Monday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 12, for a series of class visits and a presentation…

Q&A with Writing Professor and ‘Tenth of December’ Author George Saunders

Thursday, February 7, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

George Saunders, professor in the creative writing program, answers a few questions about the release of his most recent book of short stories, “Tenth of December,” which was called by the New York Times magazine “The Best Book You’ll Read…