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‘Moby Dick’ opens Syracuse Stage’s 40th season

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Alive with a soundscape of 18 authentic sea chanteys and performed by an ensemble of nine, Syracuse Stage’s highly physical adaption of “Moby Dick” cuts to the core of Herman Melville’s searing narrative and plays with the fury of a…

Media, Law & Policy

As election season heats up, Democracywise is there to observe and report

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Political reporting students track local campaigns on digital news site Story by Newhouse student Meera Jagannathan If you’re unsure of where to cast your vote in this year’s local elections, look to Democracywise. The digital news project, produced by political…

Vincent Vater, former director of endowments and special programs, dies

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Vincent J.Vater, 80, of Pittsford, N.Y., formerly of Horseheads and Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He retired from Syracuse University as director of endowments and special programs. Vater was born Sept. 1,…

Frequently Asked Questions

Friday, October 5, 2012, By News Staff

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8th PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA Where are the Monday panel discussions? Both panel discussions will take place in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center on the Syracuse University campus. Each session will require…

An invitation to join the Women of the University Community

Friday, October 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Eighty-five years ago, the Women of the University Community (WUC) was organized for faculty wives who stayed at home to get together over coffee and develop friendships. Many things have changed, but the camaraderie and friendship remain. “WUC evolved because…

Remembering Bassel

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Shortly before his death in his homeland of Syria last May, graduate film student Bassel Shahade was thinking of his friends back at SU. “The last e-mail I have from him was on May 21st,” says College of Visual and Performing Arts film professor Owen Shapiro. “He wrote ‘Say hi to everyone there. I will try to stay alive. Hoping to see you soon.’”

Final ticket opportunity for Common Ground for Peace symposium on Oct. 8

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Public invited to submit questions online for panel discussions moderated by NBC national and international news correspondent Ann Curry.

Media, Law & Policy

Prof. Grant Reeher on the presidential debate: Game on!

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute in the Maxwell School, shared his reaction to the first presidential debate held Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Denver: The bottom line from the debate is Game…

Head of DreamWorks Animation to visit SU’s Newhouse School Oct. 17

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, co-founder and director of DreamWorks Animation SKG, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, Oct. 17, as part of the USA TODAY CEO Forum. A public interview with USA TODAY technology reporter…

Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including Syracuse University physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.