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2016 Poster Project Unveiling Ceremony

Friday, April 8, 2016, By News Staff

Each year, writers from throughout the community submit haiku about downtown, the city or the nearby countryside. Students from the the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ illustration program then create posters based on the haiku of their choice.

University Lectures Hosts ‘Serial’ Co-Creator/Host Sarah Koenig

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The 2015-16 season of the University Lectures concludes Tuesday, April 12, with Sarah Koenig, host and co-creator of the wildly popular podcast “Serial” and named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” of 2015. Koenig’s lecture is free and…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage and Department of Drama Announce ‘Mary Poppins’ as Next Holiday Show

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

A beloved family musical brightens the holiday season as Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama combine to present “Mary Poppins” Nov. 26-Dec. 31. Based on the books by P.L. Travers and one of the most popular Disney movies of…

Arts & Culture

Blues and Jazz Performer Madeleine Peyroux to Headline Syracuse Stage Gala

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

Madeleine Peyroux, a blues and jazz singer often compared to Billie Holiday, will perform live in concert at Gala 2016, Syracuse Stage’s major annual fundraiser. The event will take place on Friday, June 10, in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine…

Arts & Culture

Author Colum McCann to Read for Carver Series April 13

Friday, April 8, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Novelist and short story writer Colum McCann, the Jane and Daniel Present Lecturer, will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, April 13. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent…

Arts & Culture

Jazz Day to Feature Master Class, Concert with Renowned Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Erica Blust

Renowned musician, composer, conductor and arranger Wycliffe Gordon will be the featured guest at Syracuse University’s Jazz Day on Saturday, April 9. Gordon will conduct a jazz master class at 3 p.m. and perform with the University’s Morton Schiff Jazz…

Media, Law & Policy

Finalists Announced in Newhouse School’s 10th Annual Mirror Awards Competition

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the 2016 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 9 in New York City. The finalists, chosen…

Media, Law & Policy

Northeast Region of Associated Press Sports Editors to Meet at Newhouse April 11

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The annual meeting of the Northeast Region of Associated Press Sports Editors will be held Monday, April 11, at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University in collaboration with the Newhouse Sports Media Center. Syracuse University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend…

Campus & Community

Professor James W. Watts Hosts Religion and Senses Symposium in Germany

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

A fellowship funded by Germany’s Ministry for Education and Research has allowed religion professor James W. Watts to apply his work on the Syracuse University-based Iconic Books Project to a broader study of the interaction of religion and the senses….

STEM

Physicist to Receive Young Scientist Award in France

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By Amy Manley

A physicist in the  College of Arts and Sciences has been selected to receive the prestigious Young Scientist Award by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). M. Lisa Manning, associate professor…