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Award-winning screenwriter, producer, playwright Aaron Sorkin ’83 to deliver 2012 Commencement address

Thursday, March 8, 2012, By News Staff

Aaron Sorkin ’83, award-winning screenwriter for films such as “A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” “The Social Network” and “Moneyball,” as well as TV shows including “Sports Night,” “The West Wing,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and HBO’s…

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SU in the News: Wednesday, March 7

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By News Staff

Newhouse School’s William Ward quoted in Grand Rapids Press on political candidates’ social media use

Newhouse students will travel to SXSW, meet digital media entrepreneurs

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Five students from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will travel to South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, this week. The trip is sponsored by the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. “South by Southwest is…

Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By News Staff

“Religion and the Environment” is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and…

PearlTrees chief evangelist, social activist Oliver Starr will visit Newhouse March 21

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Oliver Starr, chief evangelist with PearlTrees, will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Wednesday, March 21, as a guest of the Newhouse Global Leaders in Digital and Social Media Speaker Series. He will speak on “The…

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SU in the News: Tuesday, March 6

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By News Staff

Carrier Dome’s Pete Sala interviewed by 9WSYR Bridge Street on Dome preparations for Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam

Burton Blatt Institute chairman to testify before National Council on Disability on future of disability law and policy

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By News Staff

Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will provide expert testimony March 9 in New York City, before the National Council on Disability (NCD). Blanck will discuss emerging issues in regard to…

SYRFILMFEST presents Best of Fest

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By KC Duggan

Did you miss some of the great films at SYRFILMFEST’11? Join us for this special series. The SYRFILM organization that brings year-round programming to Central New York in collaboration with ArtRage Gallery will present a five-part series showcasing films from…

Colombian guitar sensation Ricardo Cobo to perform March 20

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By Erica Blust

Recognized as “one of the world’s leading virtuosi of the new classic guitar generation,” Colombian guitar sensation Ricardo Cobo will make a rare appearance in Syracuse when he performs on Tuesday, March 20, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and…

Free speech pioneer Mary Beth Tinker to visit Newhouse School March 19

Tuesday, March 6, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to junior high school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, March 19…