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How Did the Moon’s Surface Form?
Perhaps we don’t realize when we look into the night sky at the moon that we are observing some of the most ancient surfaces known within our solar system. The formation of the moon is linked to the early stages…
Caribbean Dance Workshops Planned for March 29 and April 12
Sydney Hutchinson, an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, is teaming up with Wacheva Cultural Arts to host a pair of Caribbean dance workshops on Tuesday, March 29, and…
The Human Trace
The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…
Professor Eyes New Books, International Humanities Appointment
When Gregg Lambert stepped down as founding director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center in 2014, he did what any self-respecting professor would do. He hit the books. Nearly two years later, Lambert is still at the top of his…
Laura Freixas to Serve as Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in Humanities
The Humanities Center will host one of the most important feminist voices in Spanish literature March 29-April 8. Laura Freixas, a world-renowned author, teacher-scholar, critic, translator and proponent of women’s literature, will serve as the Humanities Center’s 2016 Jeanette K….
Spaces Available for Trip to Explore Negro League, Afro-Latin Baseball
The Department of African American Studies (AAS) is sponsoring a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., with the theme “Civil Rights Before Jackie Robinson: The Negro League and Afro-Latin American Baseball.” This will be the seventh…
Symposium Speaker Will Address Diversity and Inclusion on University Campuses
Sunaina Maira of University of California-Davis will give a talk Thursday, March 24, titled “Inside/Outside: Decolonizing the Settler University.” The talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Ray Smith…
La Casita Celebrates ‘Diversity in Reading’ in April
April is “Diversity in Reading” month at La Casita Cultural Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. All month, the center is presenting various events and activities, beginning with two book-launch parties, designed to raise awareness of and support…
Poet JoEllen Kwiatek to Read for Carver Series on March 23
Poet JoEllen Kwiatek will be the next writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 23. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A….
Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24
The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…