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SU, Jewish Federation of CNY present ‘Great Jewish Writers’ lecture series
Syracuse University’s Judaic Studies Program and the Jewish Federation of Central New York are coming together to present the “Great Jewish Writers” lecture series. Supported by the federation’s Community Program Grant, the series begins with a free lecture about Franz…
Endowed gift expands neuroscience program in The College of Arts and Sciences
Sandra J. Hewett appointed inaugural Bishop Professor Beverly Petterson Bishop ’44 and Charles Bishop ’42, G’44 graduated from Syracuse University in 1944, she with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, he a master’s degree in chemistry. They went on to earn…
Creative writing program ranked fifth in country
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…
SU, Le Moyne team up for American music, Spanish poetry conference Sept. 27-29
The relationship between American music and Spanish poetry will be explored at a major conference at Syracuse University and Le Moyne College. The program, “Jazz and Blues Rhythms: The Influence of Contemporary North American Music on 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish…
English Department adds film, creative writing tracks
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…
Author Dana Spiotta in the spotlight for next installment of Raymond Carver Reading Series
The Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series will continue with award-winning fiction writer Dana Spiotta, assistant professor of creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Gifford Auditorium in H.B. Crouse Hall…
SU garners $3 million NSF grant for education, research in soft and biological materials
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $3 million over the next five years to develop an Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (IGERT) in Soft Interfaces. IGERT is the NSF’s flagship interdisciplinary program to educate Ph.D.-level…
Point of Contact Gallery presents ‘EDIFICE’
Mexican-born, New York City-based artists Gabriela Alva C. and Natalia Porter present their collaborative project, EDIFICE, at the Point of Contact Gallery. Curated by Pedro Cuperman, the show features Alva and Porter in response to the work of Boston artist…
Community Folk Art Center mounts new show, ‘African Diasporan Treasures’
CFAC launching its 40th exhibition season
Columbia professor addresses public monuments, collective memory at SU Milton Lecture Sept. 20
Michele Moody-Adams—a moral and political philosopher who works on contemporary ethical issues in law, politics, class, race, and gender, as well as on theoretical issues in moral objectivity and moral psychology—is delivering the Milton First-Year Lecture in Syracuse University’s College…