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Arts & Culture

Bea González Receives Latino Americans of Central New York Award

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The dean of University College is among five honorees receiving WCNY TV’s Latino American of Central New York Award. Bea González was among a group of individuals who have chosen to make Central New York their home and are working…

Arts & Culture

‘Rembrandt: The Consummate Etcher and Other 17th-Century Printmakers’ at Palitz Gallery

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Scott McDowell

Palitz Gallery presents “Rembrandt: The Consummate Etcher and Other 17th-Century Printmakers,” an exhibition containing 35 works, 12 of which are by Rembrandt, considered one of the most important figures in western art history. The exhibition runs through Nov. 14.

Media, Law & Policy

In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.

Carrie Mae Weems among Honorees of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. (CBCF) and the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses recognized the contributions of visual artist Carrie Mae Weems on Sept. 18, during the 17th Annual Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts at the National Museum…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Program Ranked among Best by Princeton Review

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

Program also featured in Entrepreneur magazine The Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises is one of the best in the nation, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company has named the school…

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz, Interim Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs

Friday, September 20, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University’s interim Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz may be new to the position, but she’s certainly not new to the University. Her career path started at SU in the 1980s, and was honed…

Arts & Culture

Black & Banned: Community Read-Out Planned

Friday, September 20, 2013, By News Staff

The Black Syracuse Project in the Department of African American Studies is organizing Black & Banned, a Community Read-Out for Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28. This year’s event is a “town-gown” collaboration with the Beauchamp Branch of the Onondaga County…

Campus & Community

Transmedia Visiting Artist Gary Kibbins

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By News Staff

Transmedia Visiting Artist Gary Kibbins will give a talk on Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium. Kibbins is a media artist and writer currently teaching in the Department of Film Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He previously taught…

STEM

SU, Partners to Study Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Professor Duncan Brown receives NSF grant to help establish astrophysics network Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have received a major federal grant to create the tools needed to understand the collisions of black holes and neutron…

Health & Society

Poppendieck Speaks on ‘Fixing School Food in America’

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education’s Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series continues on Sept. 25 with “Stepping up to the Plate: Fixing School Food in America.” This talk will be presented by Janet Poppendieck, professor emerita of sociology at Hunter College,…