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Dialing in on the debate
As political pundits decide which of the presidential candidates won Tuesday night’s town hall style debate, Frank Biocca already knows. “We can see immediately in the dials,” Biocca says, “when a candidate is doing badly.” He’s not referring to television…
NSF grant funds study on barriers to smart grid technology adoption
If existing, readily available smart grid technologies are beneficial to utility companies, their customers and the environment as a whole, why aren’t utilities adopting them? That’s the question three School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members will probe with a…
Professor Anna Vasilevna Gorbatsevich remembered
Anna Vasilevna Gorbatsevich, professor emerita of Russian, passed away at her home on Sept. 6 at the age of 88. She was a resident of Syracuse for more than 60 years. Gorbatsevich was born near Warsaw, Poland, where she studied to become…
Social ballroom and swing dance on Oct. 20
The SU Ballroom Dance Organization and SU Swing Club will be co-hosting a social dance this Saturday, Oct. 20 at Skybarn on South Campus from 7-10 p.m. There will be approximately 20 dances represented, such as tango, west coast swing,…
Closing of Bomba and Plena Festival exhibition
Music and dancing will be on tap for the closing of Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena: A Graphic History, 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 at La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse. La Casita and La Liga, the…
Arnold Worldwide managing partner Barb Reilly will speak at Newhouse Oct. 23
Barb Reilly, managing partner and executive director for Arnold Worldwide, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Oct. 23, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. She will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the…
Oct. 16 presentation at Hendricks Chapel will focus on global human trafficking
Hendricks Chapel will host a presentation on “The Fight Against Modern Day Slavery” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Greg Darley, director of college mobilization for International Justice Mission (IJM), will talk about global human trafficking,…
Bahraini journalist Lamees Dhaif honored by SU’s Newhouse School with Tully Free Speech Award
Lamees Dhaif, an independent Bahraini journalist and human rights activist, will come to Syracuse University on Monday, Oct. 15, as the recipient of the 2012 Tully Award for Free Speech. The award, presented annually by the Tully Center for Free…
Transcript of “Shifting the Global Consciousness” Panel (PDF)
‘Tribal fusion’ dancer and anthropologist explore collective identity of the arts Oct. 18 at SU
Event follows keynote address by undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a joint program featuring a dance performance by Donna Mejia and a lecture by anthropologist William…