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Disability Cultural Center makes a big impact on local community in first year

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

In its first year of operation, Syracuse University’s Disability Cultural Center (DCC), within the Division of Student Affairs, has been busy building bridges and making meaningful connections on campus, in the community and across the country. In its efforts to…

Campus & Community

Transcript of “The Rise of Democracy in the Middle East” Panel (PDF)

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

ROUGH DRAFT NOT VERBATIM >> Please welcome to the stage, the voices of Afghanistan. [ Applause ] [ Applause ] >> Thank you, everyone. On behalf of voices of Afghanistan I would like to thank Sam Nappi and also university…

Environmentalist Bill McKibben kicks off 2012-13 University Lectures series Oct. 10

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Bill McKibben, one of America’s best known environmentalists, will kick off the 2012-13 http://lectures.syr.edu”>University Lectures season on Wednesday, Oct. 10. McKibben will speak on “350: The Most Important Number in the World” at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture,…

Frequently Asked Questions

Friday, October 5, 2012, By News Staff

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8th PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA Where are the Monday panel discussions? Both panel discussions will take place in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center on the Syracuse University campus. Each session will require…

An invitation to join the Women of the University Community

Friday, October 5, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Eighty-five years ago, the Women of the University Community (WUC) was organized for faculty wives who stayed at home to get together over coffee and develop friendships. Many things have changed, but the camaraderie and friendship remain. “WUC evolved because…

Campus & Community

M.S. in Sport Venue & Event Management information session to be held Oct. 19

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty and staff will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s newest graduate program—the M.S. in sport venue and event management—during a special Fall Information Session on Friday, Oct. 19. Parking is available in the Irving…

Final ticket opportunity for Common Ground for Peace symposium on Oct. 8

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Public invited to submit questions online for panel discussions moderated by NBC national and international news correspondent Ann Curry.

Tracy Metz book signing, talk address Netherlands landscape in relationship to water

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By Elaine Wackerow

Tracy Metz, an American-born journalist and author on art, architecture, urban planning and the landscape, will present a talk about her new book, “Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch” (NAi 2012) in Slocum Hall Auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 9, at…

Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including Syracuse University physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.

Campus & Community

Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A Series of Creative Writing Conversations — Anne Finger visits SU

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, By News Staff

Ms. Anne Finger, renowned author and longstanding disability rights activist, will be visiting the Syracuse University campus this October, to join us in celebrating Disability Awareness Month, and to inaugurate what is hoped to be an annual series of disability-themed…