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Disability Rights Activist Judith E. Heumann to visit University on Tuesday

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Heumann will participate in a discussion titled “Inclusion of People with Disabilities Around the Globe Through…

Light Work Presents Raymond Meeks’ ‘Where Objects Fall Away’

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Jessica Posner

Light Work will present “Where Objects Fall Away,” an exhibition spanning the career of photographer and book artist Raymond Meeks, from Nov. 3-Dec. 17 in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work, located at 316 Waverly Ave. Meeks will…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Closer to Understanding Balance of Matter, Antimatter

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made important discoveries regarding Bs meson particles—something that may explain why the universe contains more matter than antimatter. Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone and his colleagues recently announced their findings at a…

Comedian Kevin Hart to Visit Campus Nov. 2

Friday, October 24, 2014, By News Staff

University Union will be bringing comedian Kevin Hart to Syracuse University on Nov. 2. Hart’s appearance will take place in two parts: first, he will be screening his new film, “The Wedding Ringer,” in advance of its Jan. 16 release…

Poet Daisy Fried to Share Work in Carver Reading Series

Friday, October 24, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Award-winning poet Daisy Fried will participate in the Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series with a reading Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session is from 3:45- 4:30 p.m., followed by the reading, which begins at 5:30 p.m….

South Asia Center Receives $1.3 Million ED Grant

Friday, October 24, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The South Asia Center has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The grant renews the center’s designation as a National Resource Center and provides funding for graduate and undergraduate students, course development, Hindi…

STEM

Jeffrey Karson’s Latest Trip to Iceland Was One of Seismic Proportions

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Iceland is once again erupting onto the world stage, thanks to a spectacular volcanic system that has been spewing lava since early September. Jeffrey Karson, a Syracuse University geologist, recently traveled to Iceland to monitor the early stages of the eruption.

Spectacular Tectonics in Iceland

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By Roxanna Carpenter

Structural geology and tectonics expert Jeffrey Karson, co-founder of the Syracuse University Lava Project with sculptor Bob Wysocki, recently traveled to Iceland to monitor early stages of the Holuhraun lava field eruption, a volcanic system that has been spewing lava…

ABC Publicity Director to Speak at Newhouse Oct. 29

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By News Staff

Mitch Messinger ’92, G’93, publicity director for ABC, will speak at Newhouse on Oct. 29 as a guest of the Public Relations Student Society of America and Newhouse’s television, radio and film department. His talk, “Confessions of a Television Publicist,”…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School’s Dana Radcliffe Explores Ethical Leadership with Army Generals

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By News Staff

Dana Radcliffe, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School and a senior lecturer of business ethics and management at Cornell University, recently led a seminar on “The Consequences of Power” as part of the U.S….