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Arts & Culture

Latino Heritage Month kicks off September 15

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), within the Division of Student Affairs, hosts Latino Heritage Month from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. From lectures, to performances, luncheons, semi-formals and art exhibitions, Latino Heritage Month provides the campus and local community with…

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith symposia explore impact of dissent, displacement

Thursday, August 30, 2012, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium is providing double the food for thought this year, coordinating two series rather than one. “Moving Borders: The Culture and Politics of Displacement in and from Latin America and the Caribbean” is organized and presented by faculty members of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) in the Moynihan Institute for Global Affairs in the Maxwell School.

Arts & Culture

Eat Together for Peace presents ‘menu’ of events Sept. 14-21

Thursday, August 30, 2012, By Rob Enslin

In anticipation of the International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, as well as the Dalai Lama’s visit to campus on Oct. 8-9, the Syracuse University Humanities Center is presenting Eat Together for Peace (ET4Peace), a weeklong program of food,…

Arts & Culture

Free tickets available for SU-dedicated performances of ‘Cry for Peace’

Wednesday, August 29, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This September, members of the Syracuse University and greater Syracuse communities will relive the journeys of five of their neighbors from the Congo who are struggling to leave the past behind and form a peaceful community in Central New York….

Campus & Community

‘The Creative Climate,’ eco graphics workshop

Friday, August 24, 2012, By News Staff

All students are welcome in CLB/SOL 400, “The Creative Climate,” a new 1-credit workshop to develop graphic materials about the climate crisis. No experience necessary. Design and produce posters and other materials to promote climate literacy and awareness. Posters will…

Health & Society

New study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople

Friday, August 24, 2012, By Michele Barrett

As athletes and fans celebrated new world records, international milestones and personal bests during the 2012 London Olympic Games, one story that repeated itself was the prominent role female athletes played in fueling U.S. Olympic success and medal count. The…

Arts & Culture

Fashions from Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection to be exhibited at Stickley’s Craftsman Farms

Thursday, August 23, 2012, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition featuring fashions from Syracuse University’s Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection will allow visitors to Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Farms in New Jersey to view the human form in the home as it may have looked from 1911-13 when the Gustav Stickley family was in residence.

Arts & Culture

Inaugural Syracuse-area Bomba and Plena Festival planned

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

Music, dance and images in the Puerto Rican tradition will be celebrated during the inaugural Bomba and Plena Festival, Sept. 4 to Oct. 5, hosted by La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., and La Liga, the Spanish Action League…

Campus & Community

SU Showcase unveils new format for 2012-13, invites courses from all disciplines to participate

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU Showcase, which celebrates student research and academic achievement across the disciplines, will have a new look in the coming year. Instead of taking place on a single day, SU Showcase will hold multiple events in conjunction with the University…

Veterans

IVMF hosts fourth V-WISE entrepreneurship training conference for female veterans Aug. 23-25 in San Diego

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

Major General Martha T. Rainville (U.S. Air Force, Retired), Brigadier General Belinda H. Pinckney (U.S. Army, Retired) and Master Chief Petty Officer Ginger L. Simpson (U.S. Navy, Retired) to be honored as pioneering women in the military Veteran Women Igniting…