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Syracuse University hosts Winslow Homer symposium Sept. 25-26

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 Winslow Homer’s time at Houghton Farm in downstate New York is the subject of a major symposium at Syracuse University. “Winslow Homer in the 1870s: A Time of Crisis in American Culture” is a free public symposium…

Syracuse University hosts Winslow Homer symposium Sept. 25-26

Friday, September 18, 2009, By Rob Enslin

Winslow Homer’s time at Houghton Farm in downstate New York is the subject of a major symposium at Syracuse University.

Campus & Community

SU, Syracuse International Film Festival team up for ‘Forum on Music and Sound in Film’ Oct. 13-17

Friday, September 18, 2009, By Rob Enslin

An international array of film scholars, composers and sound designers is converging on Syracuse for the “Forum on Music and Sound in Film.”

Campus & Community

Emeritus professor of philosophy William Payne Alston dies

Friday, September 18, 2009, By News Staff

Professor emeritus of philosophy William Payne Alston, 87, died Sept. 13.

Arts & Culture

Haitian-born author Edwidge Danticat to speak at SU Oct. 14

Friday, September 18, 2009, By Rob Enslin

Edwidge Danticat, author “The Dew Breaker” (Vintage, 2005) and other best-selling novels and short stories, is speaking at Syracuse University Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards

Thursday, September 17, 2009, By News Staff

Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of civil liberties and women’s rights, international business and law, the performing arts, social activism and literature will be honored with George Arents Awards during the…

Campus & Community

Five distinguished alumni to be honored with Arents Awards

Thursday, September 17, 2009, By News Staff

Arents Awards are the University’s highest alumni honor.

Senior Amy Rabideau receives prestigious 2009 Astronaut Scholarship award

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-8085 Syracuse University senior Amy Rabideau is among 18 students nationwide to receive the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s 2009–10 scholarship award. The $10,000 scholarship is presented to top science and engineering students who exhibit exceptional performance, initiative and creativity…

New antimicrobial webs developed by Syracuse University researchers sterilize medical implants for up to 14 days, reduce chance of infection

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

SU News Services(315) 443-3784 Treatment of hospital-related infections in the United States costs up to $11 billion a year, and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to control drug-resistant biofilms…

Maxwell, Newhouse schools to co-host international journalists as part of U.S. Department of State program

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, By News Staff

Jaime Winne Alvarez(315) 443-3784 Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will jointly host a delegation of nine North Africa journalists from Oct. 1-7 as part of the U.S. Department of…