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Raymond Carver Reading Series announces spring lineup

Thursday, January 13, 2011, By News Staff

The spring lineup for the Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Feb. 9 with novelist and literary critic Stacey D’Erasmo, and continues with essayist and novelist Victor LaValle (Feb. 23), novelist and short story writer Sam Lipsyte (March 9), award-winning poet…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, January 10

Monday, January 10, 2011, By News Staff

Industry media covers research by LCS’ Patrick Mather on functionally graded smart materials and shape memory polymers

SU in the News: Monday, January 10, 2011

Monday, January 10, 2011, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University’s participation in the Reference Extract research project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is noted in a Business First (Columbus, Ohio) article on development of the new Web search…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage, SU Drama present ‘Rent’

Friday, January 7, 2011, By News Staff

Jonathan Larson’s Broadway phenomenon “Rent” ignites the stage with passion and energy. One year—525,600 minutes—in the lives of seven young friends from Alphabet City brings love, loss, tragedy and triumph in a whirl of non-stop music. Larson built the show…

Belfer Archive awarded $505,000 grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Tuesday, December 21, 2010, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $505,000 to Syracuse University to support the positions of director and sound archivist for the Library’s Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive.

SU biologist partners with National Park Service to study bison grazing in Yellowstone

Friday, December 17, 2010, By News Staff

While Yellowstone’s celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park’s grasslands. To find answers, the National Park Service has…

Arts & Culture

Artists sought for ‘Rent’ exhibit

Thursday, December 16, 2010, By News Staff

In the spirit of “la vie boheme,” Syracuse Stage is partnering with the Cultural Resources Council of Onondaga County on “Where Theatre and Visual Arts Meet,” a visual exhibition of the compelling stories found in “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s landmark musical…

Gamers invited to take part in 2011 Global Game Jam

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By News Staff

The Syracuse University School of Information Studies is partnering with the School of Education to host a site for the 2011 Global Game Jam, the world’s largest game development event. A project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), the…

New book by SU English professor argues need for publicly engaged scholarship

Tuesday, December 14, 2010, By Rob Enslin

The importance of publicly engaged scholarship in the humanities is the subject of a new book by Harvey Teres, associate professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. “The Word on the Street: Linking the Academy and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School calls for entries for Toner Prize

Tuesday, December 7, 2010, By News Staff

A $5,000 award will help recognize outstanding political reporting in tribute to the late Robin Toner ’76, who was the first female national political correspondent at The New York Times. The Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting will be…