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Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt to speak in Syracuse
Ben Burtt, Academy-award winning sound designer, filmmaker, editor and writer, grew up in Syracuse and graduated from Nottingham High School. He is personally responsible for some of the most iconic sounds heard in films, such as R2-D2’s beeps and whistles in…
Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars announce schedule for Remembrance Week 2011
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2011, a weeklong series of events honoring the 270 people—including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University—who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988,…
2011-12 Remembrance Scholars to be honored at Nov. 11 convocation
The 2011-12 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding Syracuse University students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Nov. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The Remembrance Scholarships, among the most prestigious scholarships awarded by the…
‘Set in Stone’ exhibit will chronicle history of Pan Am 103 cairn at Arlington
The Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives will present “Set in Stone: Constructing the Arlington Memorial Cairn” in the Hendricks Chapel Noble Room from Friday, Nov. 4, through Wednesday, Dec. 21. The exhibit presents the history of the Arlington Cemetery…
Syracuse Public Artist in Residence unveils work at Onondaga Creekwalk
Syracuse Public Artist in Residence Brendan Rose G’10, an alumnus of Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, will unveil his public artwork titled, Walt, the Loch West Monster. The sculpture will be unveiled at “The Molting of Walt,” on Friday, Nov. 11, at 12:30…
‘Fuddy Meers’ presents hilarious antics in a world where nothing is what it seems
With moments like a wild carnival ride, throwing the characters back and forth between perception and reality, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire masters off-beat humor in “Fuddy Meers” with a colorful cast of characters consisting of a lisping, limping man; a pot-smoking…
SU Sport Management Club Charity Sports Auction to be held Dec. 10
The Syracuse University Sport Management (SPM) Club will hold its Seventh Annual Charity Sports Auction on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Carrier Dome.
SU in the News: Wednesday, October 26
Research by Arts and Sciences’ Suzanne Baldwin and Joseph Kula on jarosite and water on Mars featured in science media
SU in the News: Monday, October 24
Falk College’s Rick Burton writes in New York Times on NBA lockout
iSchool and MLB.com to offer second annual ‘MLB.com College Challenge’
For the second year the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and MLB.com are co-sponsoring the MLB.com College Challenge, a contest that invites iSchool students to develop new ideas that could end up on MLB.com, Major League Baseball’s official website.