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Arts & Culture

SU students participate in West African Dance Residency with master teacher

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

On Oct. 4, a select group of SU students who are either members of a multicultural student dance organization, or just dance lovers at heart, began a six-week artist-in-residence program learning traditional West African dance from master teacher Biboti Ouikahilo….

Campus & Community

Alston named senior vice president for human capital development

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

Kal Alston has been named senior vice president for human capital development at Syracuse University. Alston’s appointment to this newly created position addresses the need for the strategic leadership of major initiatives and projects related to the inclusion and development…

Arts & Culture

‘Presenting Bakelite: the material of a thousand uses,’ an illustrated lecture by Reindert Groot

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In conjunction with its ongoing exhibition “Just One Word: Plastics,” the Syracuse University Library will host Dutch producer/photographer and Bakelite expert Reindert Groot, founder of the Amsterdam Bakelite Collection. The presentation will take place in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School names two Robertson Fellows

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs enters its second year of collaboration with the Robertson Foundation for Government by naming the two newest Robertson Fellows. Laura Alexander of Tamarac, Fla., and Nathan Strand of Gaithersburg, Md., began their…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Wilmoth, London to study intersection of veterans benefits, disability insurance

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By News Staff

Sociology professors Janet Wilmoth and Andrew London of the Maxwell School plan to study how veterans’ collection of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation is related to use of Social Security Disability Insurance (DI). The two received an $85,817…

Arts & Culture

SU symposium explores legacy of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa Oct. 21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the subject of a daylong symposium, organized and presented by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and…

SU professor uncovers potential issues with apps built for Android systems

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, By News Staff

Wenliang Du, professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS), has had his paper accepted to be presented at the 27th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, on potential issues with mobile applications (commonly…

Syracuse University student spreads seeds of knowledge to Dominican Republic

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, By News Staff

Alaina Mallette presented her work during 2011 Geological Society of America annual meeting It’s an honor for undergraduate students to present posters during the annual meetings of the Geological Society of America (GSA)—a mecca for geologists and earth scientists. Even…

Nottingham Early College High School students to visit SU campus Oct. 12

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

A group of 75 ninth-graders from Nottingham High School’s Early College High School program will visit the Syracuse University campus on Oct. 12 to motivate and prepare them for the opportunities associated with higher education. While on campus, the students…

Open Enrollment 2011 begins Nov. 7

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By News Staff

Open Enrollment 2011 begins Nov. 7 and continues through Nov. 18. This is the only time of the year when faculty, staff, GAs/fellows and part-time instructors who are eligible for benefits may elect or change their coverage, unless they undergo a…