Outside Gerlinde Ulm Sanford’s office in H.B. Crouse Hall is a small altar adorned with reminders of one of Syracuse University’s most beloved professors: a copy of Goethe’s "Faust," photos and postcards, several origami balls, flowers and dried fruit and leaves. Tucked inside one of the artifacts—a magazine about Weimar, Sanford’s second home—is a faded clipping about the 2004 fire that tore through the city’s Herzogin Anna Amalia Library, destroying more than 50,000 books. Friend and colleague Karl Solibakke suspects that the conflagration was not far from Sanford’s mind, even up until her death on Tuesday, April 27, at age 70.

Donald I. Siegel, a Meredith Professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed chair of the Water Sciences & Technology Board. The nationally renowned scientist, whose research encompasses contaminant hydrology, paleohydrogeology and wetland hyrdology, will serve a three-year term beginning in July.

Newhouse School's Robert Thompson quoted in New York Times on the appeal of New Jersey-based television programs

The Department of Recreation Services Intersession facility schedule is now located at http://recreationservices.syr.edu/Forms/Intersession%20schedule-2010-summer.pdf.

“Tesoros del Pueblo” (Treasures of the People: The Folk Art of Mexico), an exhibition featuring the collection of Alejandro Garcia, opened at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on Jan. 23. The show will close on Wednesday, May 5 from 7-9 p.m. with a Cinco de Mayo program sponsored by La Casita Cultural Center Project.

Syracuse University is one of the country’s most environmentally-responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company selected SU for inclusion in a unique new resource it has created for college applicants, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Syracuse University as the 2009-2010 Individual Conference Champion for using more green power than any other school in the Big East. This is the fourth consecutive year SU has been the Big East Individual Conference Champion.

La Casita Cultural Center Project will close the spring 2010 Cine Ciclo series with the screening of "Machuca" (Chile, 2004) on Tuesday, May 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Blodgett School cafeteria, located at 312 Oswego St. in the Near West Side area of Syracuse. Cine Ciclo is a Hispanic film series conceptualized and coordinated by students of Spanish at The College of Arts and Science's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.

The documentary will be debuted in a red carpet premiere on Saturday, May 22, at 2 p.m. in Syracuse Stage's Storch Theatre.

The Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has announced its 2010/2011 season.

Work by longtime VPA faculty members John Orentlicher, Michael Sickler and Barbara Ellen Walter will be presented in the exhibition “Contemporary Practices in the Arts” May 6-June 30 at the Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery at Joseph I. Lubin House.

The University Archives has established a subject guide on its web site for the 1970 Student Strike.

Attorney Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists, will speak on Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

A unique three-year longitudinal and vertical study of Central New York’s Three Rivers system—involving the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers—has revealed that oxygen resources have become degraded by several stressors, including the impact of wastewater treatment plants, nonpoint runoff, an increase in invasive zebra mussels and channelization of the flow.

On Saturday, May 1, at 10:30 am, the Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University will host a walking tour of Downtown Syracuse.

Donny Deutsch, television host and chairman of the ad agency Deutsch Inc., will speak at the convocation ceremony for Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Saturday, May 15.

National media covers House subcommittee comments by College of Law and Maxwell School's William Banks on legality of drone attacks

Roberts is the second Syracuse school to implement Schools of Promise, an initiative to include all students in general education classrooms, especially those children who have traditionally been marginalized.

The Syracuse University Reading and Language Arts Center will participate in the official dedication of the Ted Grace Reading Grove and celebrate the third annual StoryFest on May 21 at Corcoran High School.

The team of Syracuse University students who make up Brand-Yourself led off the five finalists’ presentations in NY’s Creative Core’s $200,000 Emerging Business Competition on April 27 at Onondaga Community College’s Storer Auditorium.

The Syracuse International Film Festival continues its spring 2010 programming this weekend with the popular annual event “Pixar: New Technologies in Animation.” For the past six years, Jim Morris, Syracuse University alumnus and Pixar head of production, has sent an ambassador from his team to give Syracuse residents a behind the scenes look at the [...]

Syracuse University’s Mayfest 2010 celebration will take place Friday, April 30, from 1-5:30 p.m. in Walnut Park, adjacent to the SU campus. This SU/SUNY-ESF students-only event has been co-produced by the SU Student Association and University Union in partnership with Syracuse University and the City of Syracuse. Mayfest will celebrate the arrival of spring and [...]

The 28th annual Chase Corporate Challenge will be held the evening of June 22, 2010 at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool.

The Working Mothers Affinity Group offers faculty and staff a unique perspective for ways to balance work and family life.

College of Law and Whitman School's David Cay Johnston featured in New York Times "Economix" blog on IRS popularity

Senior class marshals Kate Pettitt Callahan and Timeka N. Williams will carry the Class of 2010 banner to open the 156th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16, and continue a longstanding tradition by representing their class on this special occasion.

University Union Cinemas will present an advanced screening of “MacGruber” starring Will Forte on Sunday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. The screening is open on a first-come, first-served basis to all SU students, faculty and staff.  Director Jorma Taccone, “Saturday Night Live” writer and member of The Lonely Island, has teamed up with [...]

University Union is proud to announce record-breaking ticket sales for the annual Block Party concert this Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m. Headlining “The Away From Home Tour” is rising Canadian hip hop star Drake with supporting acts K-Os and Francis and the Lights. Special guest N.E.R.D. will also join the lineup at the Carrier [...]

The Duck Race brings together all kinds of organizations and individuals who enjoy celebrating diversity and are committed to principles of racial equality.

Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who have or plan on a paid internship in a nonprofit organization are invited to apply for this $1,000 award.

Dahesh Museum "Becoming an Artist" exhibition at Lubin House Palitz Gallery reviewed by New York Times

The Newhouse School will continue a pioneering effort in global communications this spring when nine of its students will travel to Mumbai, India, as part of a unique course not offered by anyone else in the world.

The College of Arts and Sciences has announced programs in forensic science, ethics and neuroscience.

The Community Folk Art Center will present “Goodbye Momo” (“A Dios Momo”) Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m.

It’s that time again when the semester is winding down and we plan the last big bash for our seniors—it’s Senior Celebration time!

August Wilson's "Fences" will open May 5 at Syracuse Stage.

Syracuse Stage will hold local Equity auditions for the 2010/2011 season on Tuesday, May 11, from noon-8 p.m., and on Friday, May 14, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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College of Law's CCJI "Never Too Late for Justice" gathering in Atlanta covered by national media

Current and former students of Syracuse University's Higher Education Opportunity Program will help celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the program during the Office of Supportive Services (OSS) Recognition Ceremony and Senior Celebration on May 14.

Syracuse University will award honorary degrees to six individuals of exceptional achievement at its 156th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 16, at the Carrier Dome.

University Union Cinemas will present an advance screening of “Get Him to the Greek” starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand on Wednesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall.

Syracuse University College of Law’s Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) held a series of activities this past Friday and Saturday in Atlanta for the families of victims of unsolved murders in Mississippi and Louisiana dating back to the Civil Rights Era. The feature event Saturday was a panel discussion at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was [...]

Director of Newhouse School's Ph.D. and Media Studies Programs to serve on Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee.

The Spring 2010 issue of Zipped, the only fashion-focused print magazine on the Syracuse University campus, hits the SU campus on Monday, with free copies available for students, faculty and staff.

Summer office hours for Syracuse University will begin on Monday, May 17 and will be in effect through Friday, August 27.

The SU/SUNY-ESF chapter of Habitat for Humanity and OrangeAID have joined forces to host the May Day 5K Walk/Run on May 1.

UPI and Bloomberg/Business Week cite TRAC research in stories on immigration enforcement and the IRS auditing small businesses

Nine area high school students have been chosen as the winners of the 12th annual Young Playwrights Festival at Syracuse Stage. The winning works will be performed by students from the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), at a staged reading at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee St.

The Department of Recreation Services invites all Syracuse University and SUNY ESF offices to participate in the first annual SU/ESF Fitness Challenge.