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Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides
A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…
Human Rights Lawyer to Speak on U.N. Disability Treaty Nov. 4
Janet Lord, senior vice president for human rights and inclusive development at the Burton Blatt Institute and senior researcher for the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Her…
Urban Video Project Presents Sanford Biggers’ ‘Shuffle’ and ‘Shake’
Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work are pleased will present “Shuffle”(2009) and “Shake” (2011) by celebrated multimedia artist Sanford Biggers from Nov. 6-Dec. 27. This screening marks the second major exhibition in Urban Video Project’s year-long curatorial…
Razor & Tie, Kidz Bop Co-Founder Craig Balsam to Speak Oct. 30
Craig Balsam will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture is part of the Bandier Program’s…
United Way Bake Sale at The Warehouse Nov. 4
The VPA School of Design will be hosting an election day bake sale to benefit the United Way in the lobby of The Warehouse on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Contact: Linda Ferguson School of Design 443-2455 lifergus@syr.edu
ABC Publicity Director to Speak at Newhouse Oct. 29
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,”…
Judith Kafka to Speak on ‘Zero Tolerance’ Oct. 23
The School of Education continues the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct. 23, with Judith Kafka, associate professor of educational policy and the history of education at Baruch College School of Public Affairs and…
Campus Master Plan Meetings on MyCampus Survey Results to Take Place Oct. 28
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the University community is invited to attend a Campus Master Plan event with members of the Campus Master Plan Advisory Group and Sasaki Associates focused on results of the MyCampus survey. More than 3,000 students, faculty…
Disability Studies Scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson to Speak Oct. 23
On Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will give a lecture titled “Why I am a Bioconservative” in Watson Theatre. Following the lecture, a reception and book signing will take place at Light Work at 8 p.m. Students,…
Scholar to Present Workshop at Folger Shakespeare Library
For modern audiences, Shakespeare’s bloody tragedy “Macbeth” has nothing to do with song and dance. Yet, in Restoration England (1660–1714), Shakespeare was often revised to include these elements. On Nov. 14-15, scholars, musicians, dancers and actors from the United States…