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Rachel Kushner Next in Raymond Carver Reading Series
Rachel Kushner, a two-time finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for Great Britain’s inaugural Folio Prize, is the next writer in the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in Gifford Auditorium….
Jackley to Speak on ‘Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Social Change’
Entrepreneur and investor Jessica Jackley, a pioneer in the field of microfinance, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Jackley is co-founder and former chief…
Carnegie Library Reading Room dedication on March 17
The formal dedication of the renovated Carnegie Library Reading Room, with remarks by Chancellor Kent Syverud, will take place on Monday, March 17, at 3:30 p.m. in the Carnegie Library. This event follows an informal ribbon-cutting that took place on…
Disability Rights Activist to Visit Campus on Wednesday, March 5
Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Wednesday, March 5. Heumann will speak as part of a panel titled “Promoting Inclusion of People with Disabilities—Through Law…
‘Invention of Religion: Jews and Christians in the Ancient World’ to Be Presented March 26
A renowned authority in Talmudic culture, Daniel Boyarin from the University of California at Berkeley will speak at the Judaic Studies Program’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture. He will present “Jewish and Christian Apologetics and the Inventions of Religion” on Wednesday, March…
Hollywood Executive to Discuss Purpose and Faith with SU Community
DeVon Franklin, senior vice president for production at Columbia Pictures, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype for a conversation on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse…
Omnicom Group EVP Troy Ruhanen coming to Newhouse March 3
Troy Ruhanen, executive vice president of Omnicom Group, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, March 3, as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3….
March 21 Conference Explores Violence’s Impact on Children, Families
The Department of Child and Family Studies in Falk College will host, “A Community in Trauma: The Impact on Children and Families.”
University Lectures Hosts New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast March 5
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast will bring an evening of humor to Syracuse University on Wednesday, March 5, as she offers her unique and witty perspective on the happenings of everyday life in the next University Lecture. Chast will speak…
University Lectures’ Spring Semester Kicks Off Feb. 25 with Chris Hayes
MSNBC host Chris Hayes will speak about the crisis of authority in American life in the first University Lectures event of the spring 2014 season on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Hayes is the first guest…