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Creative writing program ranked fifth in country

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

The creative writing M.F.A. program in the Department of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences was recently named one of the top programs in the nation by Poets & Writers magazine. The program was tied for fifth…

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New Student Group for Disability Initiatives

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, By News Staff

A new student group, “The Undergraduate Disability Initiative” (UDI), will work closely with both the Disability Cultural Center and the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (BCCC), the SU graduate student disability advocacy group.

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Neighborhood children will help design new playground at Skiddy Park

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

Neighborhood children from the Near Westside will share ideas about what they’d like to see in a new playground to be built in Skiddy Park next month. The children, ages 7-12, are members of after-school programs in Peace Incorporated and…

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Former U.S. Army Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay to speak this Thursday

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

James Yee, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, and former U.S. Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, will speak about his experience at Guantanamo and his struggle for justice during his imprisonment in 2003

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Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi to give talks on Witkin Oct. 5, 6

Monday, September 19, 2011, By Erica Blust

Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, author of “Life Lessons: the Art of Jerome Witkin” (Syracuse University Press, 1994), will give two talks in conjunction with the exhibition “Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin” at XL Projects, 307-313 S….

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Burton Blatt Institute launches annual magazine

Monday, September 19, 2011, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University has published the first issue of its new annual magazine, Snapshots of Impact. The inaugural 30-page issue features a series of inspirational stories about people with diverse disabilities who have been positively…

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English Department adds film, creative writing tracks

Monday, September 19, 2011, By Cyndi Moritz

Starting this semester, the Department of English in The College of Arts and Sciences is adding two new tracks that students can pursue within the English and textual studies (ETS) major: film and screen studies and creative writing. The tracks are…

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Syracuse University accepts invitation to join Atlantic Coast Conference

Sunday, September 18, 2011, By Kevin C. Quinn

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Commissioner John D. Swofford today confirmed that the ACC has invited Syracuse University to join the conference and that the ACC presidents have voted to officially accept Syracuse as a conference member. Syracuse University Chancellor and…

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‘Furnished’ exhibition of faculty work to open at Syracuse Architecture

Friday, September 16, 2011, By Elaine Wackerow

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m., “Furnished,” an exhibition of furniture and objects designed by Syracuse Architecture faculty, will open with a reception to be held in Slocum Hall Gallery. The exhibition will continue through Oct. 11. It is…

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Sept. 24 rally on SUNY-ESF campus part of global effort to focus attention on climate crisis

Friday, September 16, 2011, By News Staff

Count the Syracuse area among hundreds of sites worldwide that will call for–with one symbolic voice all on the same day–the planet to move beyond fossil fuels. That upcoming day is Saturday, Sept 24. The “392 and Rising—Getting to 350 Rally”…