http://www.syr.edu/newsSyracuse University News.en-us http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/warehouse-cui-fei.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/warehouse-cui-fei.html On Thursday, Sept. 16, the Warehouse Gallery will present “Cui Fei,” an exhibition of eight works consisting of pigment prints (Tracing the Origin VI), drawings using thorns (Manuscript of Nature VIII) and twigs, and two installations using salt (as a reference to the history of Syracuse) and a healing piece made of sand, referring to the rich tradition of sand drawing by Native Americans, Tibetan monks, Indians, Australian Aborigines and Latin Americans. A public reception will be held from 5–8 p.m., featuring a Q-and-A between Anja Chávez, curator of contemporary art, and the artist, Cui, at 7:30 p.m. at The Warehouse Gallery, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. The exhibition is intended for audiences of all ages. All events are free and open to the public. On Tuesday, Oct.12 at 6:30 p.m., the Warehouse Gallery will host a lecture by Cui. The artist will discuss her new site-specific works at The Warehouse Gallery, in partnership with the program of Chinese Studies and the Department of Art at Syracuse University. With the assistance of SU students, Chinese-born Cui created her two installations and wall drawing on site, thus turning The Warehouse Gallery again into a form of laboratory. Cui is a rising artist based in New York City whose nature imagery draw upon the vulnerability of life, tradition and painful events in Chinese history. Nature is a recurring theme in Cui’s drawings, prints, photographs and installations that evoke Chinese calligraphy through the use of twigs and thorns. For The Warehouse Gallery, Cui has collected 9,000 thorns for her drawing Manuscript of Nature VIII, and she has created new site-specific wall drawings and installations—one consists of salt, as a reference to Syracuse’s history, and another is a healing piece using sand as a reference to the tradition of sand painting in the arts. Her work comments on the central role of nature, and her Chinese origins, as well as Eastern and Western art practices. This is her first solo museum exhibition. A gallery guide accompanies the exhibition with an essay by Chávez. The catalog will be available at the gallery and online beginning Sept.25. Additional support for the lecture by Cui is provided by the program of Chinese Studies and the Department of Art. Cui, born in Jinan, China, received her B.F.A. degree in painting from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, P.R. China (now China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1993, and her M.F.A. degree from Indiana University, Pa., in 2001. She is a recipient of numerous fellowships, such as the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2009); the Artist’s Fellowship–New York Foundation for the Art (2007); the Emerge Program, Aljira & Creative Capital, Newark (2005); the AIM at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2001); and the Excellence in Arts Award, Bronx Council on the Arts (2001). Cui has shown widely, including at the Museum of Chinese in America, N.Y.; the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.; the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Conn.; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Conn.; and the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Dresden, Germany. Cui’s work is included in the collections of the Princeton University Art Museum; The Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University; and the China National Academy of Fine Arts. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/ischool-susan-winter-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/ischool-susan-winter-09-10.html Susan Winter, the acting deputy director of the National Science Foundation’s Office of Cyberinfrastructure, will present as part of the Syracuse University School of Information Studies Brown Bag Series on Thursday, Sept. 16. Her presentation begins at 11 a.m. in the Katzer Room, 347 Hinds Hall. All are welcome to attend the presentation. As acting deputy director, Winter manages programs in Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems, Cyberenabled Discovery and Innovation, Science and Learning Centers, and Science and Technology Centers. Her research on the impact of information and communication technologies on the organization of work has resulted in more than 25 publications, seven grants and 30 refereed conference presentations (including three best paper awards). Her work has appeared in Information Systems Research, Information & Management, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research and the Database for Advances in Information Systems, and has been presented at the International Conference on Information Systems and at the Academy of Management, and been included as chapters in scholarly books. She currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Information Technology, Information and Organization, and Group and Organization Management. Winter earned a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Arizona, a master’s degree in organizational research methods from Claremont Graduate University, and a bachelor’s degree in organizational psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She has more than 20 years of international managerial and consulting experience. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/irp-near-westside-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/irp-near-westside-09-10.html The Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP) will host Maarten Jacobs, director of the Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), at its Sept. 16 meeting. The mission of the NWSI is to combine the power of art, technology and innovation with neighborhood values and culture to revitalize Syracuse’s Near West Side neighborhood. Jacobs will discuss the evolution of the NWSI, upcoming projects and what this means for Syracuse.  Jacobs received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology and a master’s degree in community development and social action from the University of Maryland. He has a passion for photography, graphic design and public art and views the arts as a vital tool for both economic and community development. He and his family have been living in the city of Syracuse for the last five years.  The IRP, established by University College of Syracuse University, provides opportunities for retired people to stay intellectually active, to expand interests and make new acquaintances. Presentations are made by Syracuse University faculty and specialists within the community.  The program is free and open to the public. Meetings are held the first and third Thursday of each month from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Syracuse, 5833 E. Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville. Several times each year, members may take part in special activities such as day trips, tours and luncheons.  For more information on this program, call University College at 443-4846, or visit http://www.yesu.syr.edu/irp. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/library-macdonald-lecture-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/library-macdonald-lecture-09-10.html Historian and video archivist J. Fred MacDonald will discuss “The Death of History: Natural Causes or Murder?” in a lecture presented by Syracuse University Library Associates at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons of E.S. Bird Library.  Performing an “autopsy” on the traditional study of history, MacDonald contends that in the digital age primary documents—the raw materials essential to an understanding of the past—are easily, casually and regularly being relegated to the obscurity of basements around the world through online auctions. Most of these documents will be forever lost to public scholarship. MacDonald will discuss efforts to save the principal evidence of our past from amateur collectors, impulse buyers and ideological revisionists.  MacDonald is professor emeritus of history at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and founder and president of MacDonald & Associates, whose holdings constitute one of the largest private repositories of films and television programs in the world. Clients of his archive include the BBC, NHK (Japan) and every major U.S. motion picture studio and television network. He is the author of six books and numerous articles on the history of American popular culture, available for free online reading at www.jfredmacdonald.com.  The event is free and open to the public; free event parking is available at Booth Garage, on the corner of Waverly and Comstock avenues, one block from Bird Library. For more information, visit library.syr.edu/libraryassociates. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/vpa-jon-swindler-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/vpa-jon-swindler-09-10.html Printmaker Jon Swindler, assistant professor at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in Athens, will serve as a visiting artist for the printmaking program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), Sept. 22-24. His visit includes a free, public lecture on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in room 022, Comstock Art Facility (ComArt), 1055 Comstock Ave., Syracuse. Parking is available in the Manley North lot. On Friday, Sept. 24, a reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. in conjunction with an exhibition of Swindler’s work in the Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, on the second floor of ComArt. The reception is also free and open to the public. Swindler, who teaches all levels of printmaking courses at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, has exhibited his work in numerous solo, competitive and invitational exhibitions throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has also performed visiting artist workshops at such institutions as the Art Academy of Cincinnati; the Academy of Visual Arts in Ghent, Belgium; and at the University of New Orleans. A Kansas native, Swindler holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Fort Hays State University and a master of fine arts degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Learn more at http://jonswindler.com. For more information about the events, contact Dusty Herbig, assistant professor of printmaking, at dtherbig@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/horace-campbell-obama-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/horace-campbell-obama-09-10.html New book by Horace Campbell looks at the economic, political, and social forces that converged to form Obama’s electoral revolution Barack Obama’s presidential campaign mobilized more than 3 million small donors, 8 million volunteers, 13 million email addresses and more than 2 million Facebook partners to induce a qualitative change in American politics. Now, a new book by Horace G. Campbell, professor of African American studies and political science at Syracuse University, illuminates how these networks organized to make the electoral victory possible, looks at the economic, political and social forces that converged to form Obama’s campaign revolution and examines the new importance of self-organization and self-emancipation in politics. “Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA” (London: Pluto Books, 2010) examines the organizational capacity through “networks of networks,” and the accompanying message of optimism, both of which were required for a quantum leap in 21st century politics in the 2008 electoral campaign. Situated in the context of the agency of new social forces galvanized in the 2008 electoral season, the book develops a theory of politics that starts with the humanist principles of ubuntu—healing and reparations for the 21st century. It argues that key ideas like quantum politics and a ‘network of networks’ move away from old forms of vanguardism during a period in history that can be characterized as a revolutionary moment. In “Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics” Campbell draws from the revolutionary traditions of the society—especially those of Thomas Paine in one era, and Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass in their relationship with Abraham Lincoln—to argue that Obama is not a revolutionary, but similar to the period of Lincoln, was caught in a revolutionary moment. As Campbell writes: “The yearning for something new was grasped by those who had been drawn into the optimism of the revolutionary moment. Spontaneous words of hope were put to music as a cultural upsurge pushed the message of change to new platforms beyond the political consultants. This cultural revolution tapped into the minds and memories of previous interventions and used a bottom-up approach to mobilize humans of different colors, diverse sexual orientations, rich and poor, old and young, men and women, swing states and non-swing states for the historic victory.” He organizes his book around nine compelling chapters: Revolutionary Moments and Ruptures The Political Training of Barack Obama Confronting Racism and Sexism in U.S. Politics Grassroots Organizing Confronts the Machine Fractal Wisdom and Optimism in the Primary Campaign of 2008 Between the Past and the Future: The Democratic National Convention Ground Operation for Victory: Challenging the Ruthlessness of the Wounded Corporate Bankers Beyond Messiahs: Networks for Peace and Transformation in the 21st Century Ubuntu and 21st Century Revolution Among the reviews for “Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics,” Adam Hochschild, author, journalist, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine, writes: “Barack Obama’s presidency provides a rare opening for change. Whether we make use of it as we should is up to us. … Campbell’s book is a bracing reminder of all the threads of history woven into this extraordinary moment, a warning about the military and financial forces trying to keep things as they are, and an inspiration to work for the very different world that could be within our grasp.” Campbell has published widely, including “Rasta and Resistance From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney,” (Africa World Press, 1987), currently in its seventh edition, and “Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation.” (Africa World Press, 2003). In addition to teaching at SU, he is the director of the Africa Initiative and he works in the wider Syracuse community as an activist for peace. “I wrote this book to inspire all of those who want a new world in the 21st century,” says Campbell. For more information on “Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics,” visit http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745330068&. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/south-asia-consortium-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/south-asia-consortium-09-10.html The Maxwell School of Syracuse University has announced that the Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium has been awarded a $1.737 million, four-year renewal grant from the U.S. Department of Education. First named a National Resource Center for South Asian Studies in 1985, the consortium will use this latest funding for lectures, language teaching, workshops, student fellowships and scholarships, and faculty development. The consortium is comprised of two centers: the South Asia Center in the Maxwell School’s Moynihan Institute and the South Asia Program located in the Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. Its mission is to promote—through research, teaching and service—a deeper understanding of the histories, cultures and contemporary affairs of the countries of South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives Islands) and to facilitate the sharing of curricula and graduate advising between campuses. During the next four years, the consortium will expand its focus to issues of national concern in the region, which is becoming increasingly globalized and transformed by advancing areas of applied science. Meanwhile, anthropology associate professor Cecilia Van Hollen has been appointed the new director of the South Asia Center at Maxwell. Her research focuses on the impact of global health policies in South India; an upcoming project will focus on the post-conflict period in the Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka, a country emerging from a nearly 30-year civil war. “It was the dynamism of the South Asia Center that drew me to Syracuse University and so it is a tremendous honor to now be the new director,” she says. “One of my goals is to expand the political coverage of South Asia at Maxwell through additional talks on key policy issues facing the region. The new thrust toward the applied sciences such as health, agriculture and technology in our next four-year funding cycle provides greater opportunity for the center to link up with people involved in the policy arena.” Workshops featuring scholars from across the United States and South Asia will look at the impact on culture and technology caused by global transformations in the environment: water, transgenics, agriculture and food security. Other workshops will examine the implications of technological globalization for crucial cultural and economic activities, including health and nutritional practices, manufacturing and technology, especially as related to green textiles and their production. In addition, SU has added the teaching of Pashto, the predominant language of Afghanistan, to its current offerings of Hindi and Urdu. Outreach activities will focus on bringing new understandings of Afghanistan to the wider Syracuse community, particularly the Watertown-Fort Drum area, from which thousands of military personnel are deployed to that country. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/light-work-urban-video-project-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/light-work-urban-video-project-09-10.html Light Work, in collaboration with the Connective Corridor and the Everson Museum of Art, has announced an exciting move for one of the three Urban Video Project (UVP) sites.  This new move to the Everson Museum of Art is made possible by the generous support of Onondaga County and the ongoing support of Time Warner. To launch its fall season and celebrate this exciting venue change, UVP will present two videos by internationally renowned artist and Syracuse University alumnus Bill Viola ‘73 at two of its sites beginning this month. The UVP will continue to run projections at both the Syracuse Stage and Onondaga Historical Association sites, but with this exhibition its third location will change permanently to the Everson Museum of Art building. This change brings the UVP to one of the anchors of the Connective Corridor, and marks a big step toward UVP’s mission and goal of securing its place as an important international venue for the public presentation of video and electronic arts. Viola’s emotionally charged slow-motion videos address universal themes of birth, death, human suffering and spirituality. He uses slow motion to stretch time, allowing viewers to discover the deeper meanings of the complex image world that slowly unfolds before them. Viola is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists. He has been instrumental in the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art, and in so doing has helped to greatly expand its scope in terms of technology, content and historical reach. The Everson Museum site will feature “The Quintet of the Astonished” until Oct. 30. The video shows the unfolding expressions of five actors in such extreme slow motion that every minute detail of their changing facial expressions and movements can be detected. In this piece, Viola explores the cathartic power within grief, personal suffering and bereavement. Viola’s work often exhibits a painterly quality and “The Quintet of the Astonished” clearly references his interests in medieval and classical depictions of emotion. In 1998, while a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute—which that year explored the theme of The Passions—Viola revisited images of medieval and Renaissance painting, frescoes and architecture that had influenced him during his time in Florence, Italy in 1974. Having lost both of his parents by the time he was at the Getty, he found himself drawn to images of devotional art that continue to influence his art today. On Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m., the UVP, in conjunction with Light Work, the Connective Corridor and the Everson Museum of Art, will host a public presentation by Viola and David Ross. According to Ross, “Bill Viola is that rare artist who employs extraordinary technical mastery in the service of a deeply metaphysical art. Exploring the essential human condition, Viola has long been engaged in the study of time, consciousness and the human spirit. Though not religious in any traditional sense, Viola’s art embraces the idea of art as a path to transcendent experience.” The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a reception in the plaza at the Everson, where Viola’s video will be screened on an outside wall of the museum. The Everson Museum of Art will also have more of Viola’s work on view, curated from its collection. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/whitman-fsc-wood-shortage-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/whitman-fsc-wood-shortage-09-10.html It’s no secret: the United States is in the thick of a “green trend.” Increased awareness of and commitment to sustainability and improving the environment through reduced carbon emissions and energy use have led to more consumer demand for “green” products, including green construction. Even with the downturn in the housing market, a 2008 poll showed that 91 percent of registered voters nationwide would still pay more for a house if that meant a reduced impact on the environment. The same is true for the commercial building industry, as construction companies prioritize environmental investments as a smart return on investment over the life of the structure. In fact, green building products and services in the United States are expected to grow to $60 billion in 2010. Whether private or commercial, most construction projects require a substantial amount of wood. While wood is already considered a renewable, carbon-friendly resource, the use of wood alone is insufficient for most building projects. Additionally, using wood certified through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) only garners one point toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification—the ultimate goal of green builders. Further, sawmills must also seek FSC certification in order for wood to be fully categorized as FSC-certified. A new study by Pat Penfield of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and René Germain of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, reveals that the low LEED point for use of FSC wood, coupled with both a shortage of FSC-certified sawmills and a shortage of FSC wood in New York state, may cause a bottleneck for green construction. Their paper, “The Potential Certified Wood Supply Chain Bottleneck and Its Impact on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Construction Projects in New York State,” was published in Forest Products Journal, Vol. 60, No. 2. “New York has approximately 1.46 million acres of FSC-certified forestland,” says Penfield. “But 27 percent of the builders we surveyed report having difficulty locating suppliers for this wood—there simply are not enough FSC-certified sawmills. Nearly half of the builders perceive a shortage of FSC-certified wood in the marketplace.” Penfield and Germain found that builders prefer to buy their wood locally, but more than 30 percent are forced to purchase FSC-certified wood outside of New York State, for which they usually pay a premium price. “These findings suggest a lack of product in New York state,” says Germain. “Lack of supply combined with premium prices could potentially discourage use of FSC-certified wood and increase the use of non-wood, thereby defeating the well-documented benefits of using a sustainable resource.” Penfield and Germain recommend increasing the supply of FSC-certified wood by encouraging more New York state sawmills through price premiums to seek FSC certification. They also recommend raising the points allotted to FSC-certified wood toward LEED certification. “The ultimate goal should be to increase the use of wood from well-managed forestlands in construction,” says Penfield. “If the shortage is not addressed, the role of FSC-certified wood in green construction in New York state could be detrimentally impacted.” http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-symposium-packer-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-symposium-packer-09-10.html George Packer, critically acclaimed author and staff writer for The New Yorker, will present “An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam” at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, in the Watson Theater, Watson Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available for $4 in the Booth Garage. Packer’s lecture is presented by the Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities, the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism in the College of Law and Syracuse Symposium 2010, “Conflict: Peace and War.” An intellectual journalist who combines narrative writing with political thought, Packer has covered the Iraq War for The New Yorker for most of the decade. He wrote “Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009) and “The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006),covering his travels and research in the Middle East and Africa. In an era of sound bites and Twitter feeds, Packer relies on the long-form narrative journalism model to help his readers understand what happened to America and how America has responded, for good or ill. He has also written about the atrocities committed in Sierra Leone, civil unrest in the Ivory Coast, the megacity of Lagos and global counterinsurgency. His awards include the New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award, an Overseas Press Club Book award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Packer served in the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa, and he has taught writing at Harvard, Bennington and Columbia universities. Wali, distinguished research professor emeritus in the Department of Physics, is internationally recognized for his scholarship in the symmetry properties of fundamental particles and their interactions, and for his work on the physics of music. The endowed Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities was established by Wali’s daughters, Alaka, Achala and Monona, as an expression of their admiration and gratitude for his vision, leadership and dedication to SU and the community. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-symposium-silko-08-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-symposium-silko-08-10.html Syracuse University kicks off its 2010 Syracuse Symposium with a free lecture by Native American author and advocate Leslie Marmon Silko. Her lecture, “On Conflict: Peace and War,” is Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. The event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Native American Studies Program; the Center for Indigenous Law, Governance and Citizenship in the College of Law; and the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Native Student Program.  “Conflict: Peace and War” is the theme of the semester-long symposium, organized and presented by the SU Humanities Center for The College of Arts and Sciences and campus community. For more information, call 443-7192. “Leslie Marmon Silko is one of the foremost Native American authors of the last 40 years,” says Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and director of the SU Humanities Center. “She blends Western literary forms with indigenous oral traditions to communicate important concepts about time, nature and spirituality. I cannot think of a more appropriate person to inaugurate our ‘conflict’ theme.” During her presentation, Silko will read excerpts from her best-selling novel, “Ceremony” (Penguin, 1977), and from her forthcoming memoir, “The Turquoise Ledge” (Viking Adult, 2010). Also, she will lead a discussion about the “Indian Wars” of the Southwest, involving the enslavement of Native American children by Spaniards and Mexicans. Raised on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation in northern New Mexico, Silko learned about Laguna legends and traditions from her great-grandmother and other members of her extended family. After graduating from the University of New Mexico in 1969, she forsook going to law school to embark on a teaching and writing career. Silko has said that because of her mixed ancestry (i.e., Laguna, Pueblo, Mexican and white), she has often felt like an outcast, a quality that has permeated her writing: “I am of mixed-breed ancestry, but what I know is Laguna.” Since the success of “Ceremony”—a war-tinged novel interweaving free verse poetry and narrative prose—Silko has published more than a dozen novels, as well as short story and poetry collections. The most popular of these books are “Storyteller” (Arcade Publishing, 1981), a collection of poems and short stories; “Almanac of the Dead” (Simon & Schuster, 1991), an epic novel written with help from a MacArthur grant; and “Gardens in the Dunes” (Simon & Schuster, 1999), a novel weaving together themes of women’s history, slavery and conquest. Also, she has published several articles on Native American literature and social issues. Upcoming Syracuse Symposium speakers include writers George Packer (Sept. 16) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Oct. 14). This year’s line-up features more than two dozen lectures, sister symposia, exhibitions, performances and screenings, all free and open to the public. Founded in 2008, the SU Humanities Center fosters public engagement in the humanities, as well as scholarship in and across various fields of humanistic inquiry. The center is home to the Syracuse Symposium; the Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor (with Cornell University and the University of Rochester); the Jeanette K. Watson Visiting Collaborator; and other major research initiatives, annual fellowships and public programming. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/deborah-tannen-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/deborah-tannen-09-10.html Deborah Tannen, a best-selling author and university professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, will give the talk “She Said/He Said/We Said: How Family Talk Sheds Light on Language and Gender” on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Life Sciences Complex, room 001. The lecture is free and will be followed by a book sale and signing. The author of numerous books and articles on how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships, Tannen is best known for “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation” (William Morrow & Co., 1990), which was on the New York Times Best Seller list for nearly four years, including eight months at No. 1. Her latest book, “You Were Always Mom’s Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives” (Random House, 2009), was also a New York Times Best Seller and received a Books for a Better Life Award. Tannen is a frequent guest on television and radio news and information shows, including “The Colbert Report,” “20/20,” “Good Morning America,” the “TODAY Show,” the “Rachael Ray Show,” “PBS NewsHour,” “Charlie Rose,” the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Hardball” and “Nightline,” as well as many shows on CNN and NPR. Tannen is one of only five faculty members in Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences who hold the rank of university professor. In addition to her writing for general audiences, she is author or editor of many books and more than 100 articles for scholarly audiences. She has also published poems, short stories and personal essays. Learn more at http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/tannend/. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts; the iSchool; Women in Science and Engineering; and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and the Writing Program, all in The College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, contact Cynthia Gordon, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, at (315) 443-0792 or cygordon@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/newhouse-make-a-wish-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/newhouse-make-a-wish-09-10.html Local resident Jake Penny, 14, has always dreamed of writing and starring in his own movie. That dream became a reality this summer with the help of students and alumni from the Newhouse School’s Television-Radio-Film (TRF) department. It all started in May, when TRF Chair Michael Schoonmaker received a call from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York. Penny, who has cystic fibrosis, had an idea for an action film—his title was “Jewel of a Thousand Suns”—and he needed help. Schoonmaker mentioned the idea to his son Vaughn ’08, a TRF alumnus who had just wrapped up production on a project for MTV. Vaughn made the trip to Penny’s hometown of Chittenango to hammer out the script with Penny and find a crew. One month later, more than a dozen TRF students and alumni professionals teamed up with area professionals to put together “the movie-making experience of a lifetime,” according to Schoonmaker, complete with elaborate sets, zombie make-up, colorful wardrobe, special effects and action stunts. Newhouse provided studio space, cameras and other production space for the project. “It was so inspiring not only to see our students applying their talents to such a heartfelt cause, but also the way they came together with so many people from the local community,” Schoonmaker says. The crew wrapped up filming in August. The film will premiere with a red carpet event on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. Free tickets are available at the Schine Student Center Box Office. For more information, contact Schoonmaker at (315) 443-924. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/he-nestle-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/he-nestle-09-10.html Marion Nestle, public health and nutrition policy expert and the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, will address “Public Health and the Obesity Epidemic” on Wednesday, Sept. 15. The presentation is free and open to the public and will take place in Lyman Hall, Room 310, from 12:45-2:05 p.m. Nestle is being brought to the University by the College of Human Ecology’s Research Center and the Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics. An award-winning nutrition researcher and author, Nestle will discuss public health approaches to the obesity epidemic. In addition to serving as a faculty member in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, Nestle holds appointments as professor of sociology at NYU and visiting professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University. She previously held faculty positions at Brandeis University and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She served as senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1986-88, and as managing editor of the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health. “The nutrition faculty are delighted that Dr. Nestle will be on campus to interact with our students,” says Kay Stearns Bruening, nutrition science and dietetics department chair. “Her books are very provocative and she is a dynamic speaker.” Nestle earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. For more information contact Bruening at ksbrueni@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/university-lectures-carter-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/university-lectures-carter-09-10.html Majora Carter, MacArthur “Genius” Award-winning green economic strategist, television and radio host and president of the Majora Carter Group, LLC, will kick off a spectacular 10th season of the University Lectures series at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Her presentation, “Green the Ghetto and How Much It Won’t Cost Us,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is sponsored in cooperation with the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems. It is free and open to the public; reduced-rate parking will be available in the Irving Garage. CART will be available for all University Lectures this season. Carter is the first of 14 distinguished guests and panelists who will share their global experiences and perspectives with the SU and Central New York communities as part of the University Lectures series. For more information on the series, visit Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/universitylectures. While the term “green-collar jobs” gains more press and pundits daily, very few people have actually marshaled the resources to get unemployed Americans trained and placed on pathways out of poverty in this growing economic sector. Carter has. Born, raised and continuing to live in the South Bronx, her work takes her around the world in pursuit of resources and ideas to improve the quality of life in environmentally challenged communities. Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 and by 2003 had implemented the highly successful Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training (BEST) program, a pioneering green-collar job training and placement system seeding communities with a skilled workforce that has both a personal and economic stake in their urban environment. She is currently president of the green-collar economic consulting firm, Majora Carter Group, LLC. Newsweek named her one of “25 To Watch” in 2007, and one of the “century’s most important environmentalists” in 2008. Carter is a board member of the Wilderness Society, SJF and CERES. She hosts a special national public radio series, “The Promised Land,” on the Sundance Channel. The Office of University Lectures welcomes suggestions for future speakers. To recommend a speaker, or to obtain additional information about the University Lectures, contact Esther Gray in the Office of Academic Affairs at 443-2941 or eegray@syr.edu Other scheduled presentations for the 2010 fall semester are Kathleen Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and a leading expert on political advertising and campaigns (Oct. 12); Randy Cohen, Emmy Award-winning writer and humorist and author of The Ethicist column in The New York Times Magazine (Oct. 19); a conversational panel discussion on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (Oct. 26); Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New York Times columnist and co-author of “Half the Sky” (Nov. 3); and Bernard Amadei, founding president of Engineers Without Borders, professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder and faculty director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities (Nov. 16). During the spring 2011 semester, guests will include Eric Schlosser, investigative journalist and author of “Fast Food Nation” (March 1); James Balog, photographer and director of the Extreme Ice Survey (March 8); Karen Tse, human rights attorney, founder and director of International Bridges for Justice (March 22); and Maude Barlow, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project and chair of the Food and Water Watch (April 5). http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-stage-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/syracuse-stage-09-10.html Set in a tough, Bronx high school, the nationally acclaimed and award-winning “No Child…” traces the efforts of a young teaching artist to engage a class of uninspired and underachieving 10th graders by challenging the students to put on a play. Funny and buoyant, yet never shying away from the sobering truths of the urban lives and neighborhoods it depicts, “No Child…” celebrates the positive difference one passionate person and a class of inspired kids can make in a troubled place. Directed by Syracuse Stage’s Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond and performed by Rochester native Reenah L. Golden, “No Child…” runs at Syracuse Stage Sept. 21-Oct. 10. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, available by calling the Syracuse Stage Box Office at 315-443-3275 or http://www.SyracuseStage.org  For school and group tickets, call (315) 443-9844. “No Child…” is supported by the Partnership for Better Education, the John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc., Syracuse University’s School of Education, Chase Bank, the Trust for the Cultural Resources of Onondaga County and Alliance Bank. Media sponsors are Clear Channel Communications and WRVO. Playwright Nilaja Sun, who starred in the 2006 off-Broadway premiere of “No Child…” based the play on her own experiences as an English teacher in some of the most troubled high schools in the Bronx. For her creation and performance of “No Child…” and its subsequent national tour, Sun garnered 17 awards, including an Obie; a Lucille Lortel Award; two Outer Critics Circle Awards, including the John Gassner playwriting award for Outstanding New American Play; a Theatre World Award; the Helen Hayes Award; and an LA Ovation Award and was named the Best One-Person Show at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. For the Syracuse production, Golden will take on the 16 distinct characters, ranging in age from teen to octogenarian and embracing cultures from Russian to Jamaican. “Reenah is like a chameleon. She switches very quickly from one character to another, one topic to another. You need someone with that mercurial nature and an investment in the truth to take on the many characters of this play. She has to hit this huge range of acting,” notes Bond. “Reenah is the perfect actress to take on this extraordinary task because of her experience as a teaching artist in inner city schools, her deep commitment to reaching the next generation, her work as a social activist and her transformative performance abilities as an actress and spoken word artist. Reenah has an energy level that electrifies a room and can lift an audience. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with her on this most important piece.” Golden’s extensive credits include work as an actress, performance poet, spoken word artist, social activist, writer and educator. In 2009, she appeared in the HBO docu-series “Brave New Voices,” in which her nationally acclaimed spoken word poetry program for youth, Slam High, was featured. Her numerous grants and awards include the New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Award, a Poets & Writers grant and the 2006 Writers & Books Teacher of Young People Literary Award. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/acts-of-kindness-weekend-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/acts-of-kindness-weekend-09-10.html Picture the greater Syracuse community coming together for two days of service to make Central New York a kinder, safer, more hospitable and attractive place to live. “A-OK! Acts of Kindness Weekend” will do just that Sept. 11-12. Facilitated by the interfaith group Women Transcending Boundaries (WTB), and with initial funding from the Central New York Community Foundation, this exciting weekend invites participants and volunteers of every age and from all sectors—faith-based, civic, educational and business—to join in dozens of projects happening all over the greater Syracuse area. These include projects as diverse as painting the classrooms in a learning center for immigrants, building a community garden, collecting and delivering food to food pantries, reading to older adults, sprucing up neighborhoods, planting trees and daffodils and writing letters to those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Activities and volunteerism will radiate from activity “hubs” located around the Syracuse area during the weekend. These hubs will be full of helpful activities like health screenings and legal advice, and fun activities like drumming, singing, chair massage and more. For a complete listing of projects and the location of the hubs, visit http://www.wtb.org. Volunteers are needed to carry out these projects. Those interested in volunteering can sign up http://www.wtb.org or by e-mail at aokvolunteer@syracusenewtimes.com. Participants can share as much or as little time as they want. “’Acts of Kindness’ is a weekend to celebrate our greater community,” says WTB Vice President Daryl Files. “There are so many wonderful individuals and groups that do so much for others. When we each ask one other neighbor, family member or co-worker to join us and collaborate, the volunteer train gains momentum. Volunteer—your community will be a better place because you steppep up!” Activity hubs open on Saturday and Sunday will include the University United Methodist Church, 1085 E. Genesee St. (Downtown); Assisi Center, 800 N. Salina St. (North Side); and Sunnycrest Park, Robinson Street (Eastwood). Activity hubs open Saturday on the South Side will include Hopps Memorial C.M.E. Church, 1100 South State St.; Mary Nelson’s Youth Center, 2849 S. Salina St.; and the Rahma Clinic, 3100 South Salina St. Activity hubs open Saturday only on the West Side include St. Lucy’s Church, 432 Gifford St.; and the Huntington Family Center, 405 Gifford St. All are welcome at the hubs to participate in the activities, to take a break from volunteering at a project or to sign up to volunteer at a project. At the close of the weekend, from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, the public is invited to a closing celebration at Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus that will include music, dance, performances and food. “A-OK! Acts of Kindness Weekend” fits in with a national movement toward transforming the date of Sept. 11, associated primarily with the World Trade Center attacks of 2001, into a national day of community service, says WTB President Gay Montague. “Fear tends to disappear when people work together,” Montague says. WTB decided to launch “A-OK! Weekend” after learning about a similar effort in the Los Angeles area called Big Sunday. To see how the interfaith women’s group SARAH helped make that day an ongoing community event, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OMoX_FxnYA. Imagine Syracuse is an organization that works to bridge the gap in equal access to arts and enrichment for children living in poverty. During “A-OK Weekend,” the organization will showcase and collect instruments for its Young Musicians Project at the five hubs throughout the city. A wide range of musical entertainment will be featured at the St. Lucy’s/Huntington Near Westside hub on Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. “Imagine Syracuse got involved with ‘A-OK Weekend’ because if there is one thing we believe in, it’s the power of collaboration to make a difference and effect real change. Women Transcending Boundaries put this positive idea out there and everybody jumped on board. It’s a beautiful thing,” says Imagine Syracuse’s Jessie Keating. “In giving, we receive, and a youth orchestra for children who don’t get this kind of opportunity benefits the child, the family, the neighborhood, the city and beyond. Imagine Syracuse’s one goal is to find out what inspires every single child who comes through our program. If it’s dance, we provide classes and mentors; if it’s art, same thing; if it’s music, what better outlet exists than a community of aspiring young musicians learning to work together as one with the added benefit of creating something beautiful for the world.” http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/pulse-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/pulse-09-10.html The 2010-11 season of Syracuse University’s Pulse Performing Arts Series features a selection of ticketed performances. This year’s line-up includes an SU Family Weekend concert by jazz musician Branford Marsalis and his band, a performance by the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, a free concert by the United States Air Force Airmen of Note and a Black History Month performance by Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell. All performances will take place in the Goldstein Auditorium of the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center on the SU campus. Pulse, presented by SU’s Division of Student Affairs, provides SU undergraduates and, in turn, the Central New York community, with out-of-classroom opportunities to attend and participate in programs, performances, exhibitions and events in the performing and visual arts. “The Pulse program is a wonderful opportunity to see world-renowned performing artists right here in our community,” says Thomas V. Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs. “This fall’s diverse mix of modern dance, jazz, big band and musical theater, along with the variety of events presented by our Pulse Partners, make for a series bound to captivate audiences from start to finish.” Branford Marsalis SU Family Weekend Concert Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. Paid performance; tickets required Free parking available in all SU lots during Family Weekend Recognized as one of the world’s most accomplished jazz musicians, Marsalis, along with his band, will take the stage for a performance during SU Family Weekend. A three-time Grammy winner from one of the world’s most distinguished musical families, Marsalis is known for his innovative spirit and broad musical scope. Equally at home on the stages of the world’s greatest clubs and concert halls, Marsalis has performed jazz with his quartet. He adds his own unique musical approach to contemporary popular music with his band Buckshot LeFonque. His latest CD, “Metamorphosen,” marks the 10th anniversary of the quartet, which features pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner. The CD includes original compositions by all four members in a variety of moods, and features Marsalis on tenor, soprano and alto saxophones. Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Thursday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Paid performance; tickets required Paid parking available in Booth and University Avenue garages for $4 Founded by versatile and acclaimed choreographer Lar Lubovitch in 1968, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company is one of the world’s foremost modern dance troupes. Based in New York City, the company has performed extensively across the nation, in more than 30 foreign countries and has been seen by millions on television. The company exists to create and perform new works by Lubovitch and to teach people of all ages, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds in order to increase awareness and appreciation of dance. The troupe is also committed to collaboration and service to the dance community. Lubovitch’s dances are renowned for their musicality, rhapsodic style and sophisticated formal structures. His radiant, highly technical choreography and deeply humanistic voice have been acclaimed throughout the world. In recognition of its work, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company has received numerous awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and from foundations, including the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund. United States Air Force Airmen of Note Monday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. Free performance; tickets required Paid parking available in Booth and University Avenue garages for $4 The premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force, the Airmen of Note was created in 1950 to carry on the tradition of Major Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corps dance band. Today, the group features 18 of the most talented jazz musicians in the country and is one of the last touring big bands, earning an international reputation as one of the finest and most versatile big bands of its kind. Through the years, the Airmen of Note has presented its exciting brand of big band jazz to audiences throughout the United States, in dozens of countries in Europe and Asia, as well as back home in the Washington, D.C., area. The band has collaborated on recordings and performances with such jazz luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson. In 1990, the group established the Jazz Heritage Series (featured on NPR and jazz radio, satellite and Internet stations), featuring concerts with legendary icons of jazz. Artists who have participated in the series include Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Kurt Elling, Paquito D’Rivera, Nicholas Payton and Karrin Allyson, among others. The band’s Glenn Miller sound has remained a central ingredient in its musical heritage, but through the years it has also adopted a more contemporary sound, due largely to a talented stable of staff arrangers. Today, Master Sergeant Alan Baylock, the group’s current chief arranger, helps maintain a commitment to tradition and cutting edge innovation. In 2010, the Airmen of Note celebrates 60 years as one of the nation’s most revered musical organizations. Brian Stokes Mitchell Black History Month Performance Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at 8 p.m. Paid performance; tickets required Parking TBD Dubbed “The Last Leading Man” by the New York Times, Stokes has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway, television, film and recordings, along with appearances in the great American concert halls. Stokes is a true Renaissance man, having worked as an actor, singer, dancer, voice-over artist, author, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and record producer. A powerful baritone, he will perform a variety of song selections during his SU appearance. His Broadway credits include Tony and Helen Hayes award-nominated and -winning performances in “Man of La Mancha,” “Kiss Me Kate” and “Ragtime,” among others. In 1998, he joined Helen Hayes, Sir John Gielgud, Alec Guinness and James Earl Jones by becoming recipient of the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League, the nation’s oldest theatrical honor, for “Ragtime.” Television credits include memorable recurring roles as Hillary’s bungee-jumping newscaster boyfriend on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and obnoxious upstairs neighbor Cam Winston on “Frasier.” As a voice-over artist, Stokes has appeared on many animated TV shows. He has also appeared in several televised concert performances. As a recording artist, Stokes has appeared on numerous cast albums and has guested with various artists. In 2007, he released a self-titled album as inaugural artist on the Playbill Records label. In addition to singing, Stokes produced the album and also wrote many of the arrangements and orchestrations. As an author, Stokes wrote the forward to “At This Theatre” (Applause Books, 2002), contributed to “Hirshfeld’s Harlem” (Glen Young Books/Applause, 2005) and co-authored “Lights on Broadway: A Theatrical Tour from A to Z” (Blue Apple Books, 2009), a colorful theatrical primer for young people that includes a special debut recording of the song, “I Was Here,” rewritten especially for the book. Stokes donated his portion of the royalties to benefit the Actors Fund, a human services organization that helps anyone in crisis who has made their living in show business or the performing arts. He has been president of the Actors Fund since 2004. He performs weekly as both a soloist and guest star at concerts all over the United States, and this summer starred as Frank Butler with Patti Lupone in “Annie Get Your Gun” at Ravinia. He currently stars with LuPone, Laura Benanti, Sherie Rene Scott and Justin Guarini in the Lincoln Center Theater production of “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” a musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s 1988 film of the same title. In addition, Stokes works with numerous charitable organizations from the March of Dimes to the USO. Tickets and discount passes The cost for individual tickets for events in the Pulse season (with the exception of the USAF Airmen of Note performance, which is free but requires a ticket from the Schine Student Center Box Office) is $5 for students with an SU or SUNY-ESF I.D. (limit one for the Marsalis performance); $16 for SU faculty, staff, alumni and Pulse Partners (and Family Weekend registrants for the Marsalis performance); and $20 for the general public. All tickets can be purchased at the Schine Box Office or online at http://students.syr.edu/boxoffice/ with an additional $1.25 processing fee. For more information, call the box office at (315) 443-4517. Pulse discount passes are also available. There are three pass levels: General Admission, SU Faculty/Staff and SU Student. Passes can be purchased at the Schine Box Office. For more information, call 443-4517. To subscribe for a pass, e-mail your name and pass selection to pulse@syr.edu. Once confirmed, passes can be purchased and picked up at the Schine Box Office. Subscription deadline for passes is Oct. 1. General Admission Pass: $40 • One ticket to Lar Lubovitch and Brian Stokes Mitchell • VIP seating for both performances • Invitation to two post-performance receptions SU Faculty/Staff Pass: $32 • One ticket to Lar Lubovitch and Brian Stokes Mitchell • Invitation to two post-performance receptions • Choice of one Pulse Partner event to SU Drama, Syracuse Stage or Syracuse Opera; subject to availability at time of purchase SU Student Pass: $10 • One ticket to Lar Lubovitch and Brian Stokes Mitchell • Invitation to two post-performance receptions • Choice of two Pulse Partner events to SU Drama, Syracuse Stage or Syracuse Opera; subject to availability at time of purchase Pulse is a model program, recognized for quality, diversity, innovation and collaboration, while it celebrates and expands the cultural climate of Syracuse University. The series seeks to raise the caliber of cultural programming while increasing the number of participating students. Pulse programs the best offerings of local arts organizations with performances of internationally renowned visiting artists. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/arents-awards-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/arents-awards-09-10.html Four distinguished Syracuse University alumni representing excellence in the areas of the arts and entertainment, social activism and disability rights, literacy advocacy and video art will be honored with George Arents Awards during the University’s Orange Central celebration. At the Reunion Gala Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 15, Suzanne de Passe ’68, Brian McLane ’69, Bill Viola ’73 and Karen B. Winnick ’68 will receive Arents Awards for their outstanding personal and professional accomplishments. Named for George Arents, a successful manufacturer who served on the SU Board of Trustees from 1930 until his death in 1960, Arents Awards are the University’s highest alumni honor. They are presented annually to alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their chosen fields. The awards highlight the depth and breadth of alumni and their initiative in making a difference in their communities, across the nation and around the world. This year’s Arents recipients reflect the University’s strong heritage in inclusive education and rights for those with disabilities, social activism and the use of arts and entertainment as educational tools and bridges to local communities. The Reunion Gala Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required; visit http://orangecentral.syr.edu. For questions or more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-SUALUMS (782-5867) or e-mail sualumni@syr.edu. SU alumna Contessa Brewer ’96, MSNBC anchor and host of the network’s primetime series “Caught on Camera,” will be master of ceremonies for the event. Brewer, who served as an Orange Central 2009 co-chair, is a Remembrance Scholar and graduate of the Honors Program. She holds a degree in broadcast journalism from SU’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and studied politics in Strasbourg, France. Orange Central 2010 takes place Oct. 14-17 on the SU campus. Celebrations include class reunions, special group reunions and homecoming all rolled into one exciting weekend. Suzanne de Passe ’68 George Arents Award for Excellence in Entertainment De Passe, CEO of de Passe Entertainment Group LLC and co-chair of de Passe Jones Entertainment, is a music, television and film executive and one of the most successful women in her field. Early in her career, after attending SU’s College of Arts and Sciences, de Passe joined Detroit’s Motown Records label as a creative assistant to the legendary Berry Gordy, and would go on to promote the solo careers of Lionel Ritchie, Rick James and other talented young musical artists and groups. Most notably, de Passe is credited with discovering the Jackson Five and coaching the five singing brothers on a path from Gary, Ind., to meteoric success on an international stage. Rising through the ranks at Motown, de Passe was involved in virtually every facet of the company’s expanding empire. In 1972, she shared screenwriter credits for the Billie Holiday biopic “Lady Sings the Blues,” starring Diana Ross. The screenplay won a nomination for an Academy Award. In 1981, she was named president of Motown Productions and headed the company’s expansion into the production of television shows. Among the variety specials she produced are “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever,” and “Motown Returns to the Apollo,” both of which were Emmy and NAACP Image award winners. After Gordy sold Motown, de Passe entered into a producing partnership with him and brought to screen the 1989 Emmy-nominated CBS western “Lonesome Dove.” Adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry, the program led to several sequels, “Return to Lonesome Dove” (1993); “Larry McMurtry’s Street’s of Laredo” (1995); and a syndicated series “Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years/ Lonesome Dove: The Early Years” (1994-96). As president and founder of de Passe Entertainment, she continued to build a reputation as one of television’s most notable female producers. Listed among her productions are “Sister, Sister;” “Smart Guy;” and the NAACP Image Award-winning miniseries “The Temptations.” For the production “The Jacksons: An American Dream,” she had the unusual opportunity to cast an actress to play herself, choosing another former SU student, Vanessa Williams. From 2002-08, she served as executive producer of “Showtime at the Apollo,” a weekly variety program nationally syndicated by Warner Brothers/Telepictures. In 2005 and 2006, she co-created, wrote and executive produced the Black Movie Awards for TNT. And in 2009, she was an executive producer for President Barack Obama’s 2009 Commander in Chief Inaugural Ball. Currently, she is producing (along with Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks) the first authorized biopic and definitive film on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Her honors include the American Women in Radio and Television Silver Satellite Award, the Essence Business Award, the Women in Film Crystal Award and being inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. In 1986, de Passe received a Chancellor’s Citation at SU’s Coming Back Together reunion, awarded in recognition of significant civic or career achievements of alumni age 40 or younger. Today, as an advisor to SU’s LA Semester, de Passe generously shares her time and expertise to help SU students prepare for successful careers in the entertainment field. Brian McLane ’69 George Arents Award for Excellence in Social Activism and Disability Rights Born with cerebral palsy, McLane learned at an early age not to accept limits on his abilities. He was the first wheelchair-bound student to graduate from his high school and went on to graduate from the Newhouse School with a degree in broadcast journalism. Under his leadership, a six-member service fraternity with a poor campus image turned into a leading advocacy organization for making SU and other campuses nationwide more accessible to people with disabilities. McLane went on to earn a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University. He worked for a time in television and coached a semi-professional basketball team that recorded 132 wins against 37 losses over six seasons. He is the former director of public and membership relations for the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and served as executive assistant to state assemblyman Mel Zimmer for five years. He was also director of parks and recreation for the Town of Cicero for four years, building a highly successful program. McLane served in the administration of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo as assistant commissioner in the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for six years before assuming the position of assistant commissioner of the New York State Education Department’s Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities. McLane is known as a champion for the rights of individuals with disabilities, including lobbying for and consulting on the design of facilities for the physically disabled in the Carrier Dome and other major public venues. His advocacy efforts have been recognized by his induction into the National Hall of Fame for People with Disabilities in 2000, the receipt of the Caritas Medal from Niagara University, the Community Leadership award from Hudson Valley Community College and numerous other awards and recognitions. A devoted SU alumnus, McLane serves as a member of the National Alumni Board and has a fund established in his name for support services for students with disabilities, as well as a fellowship in his name at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In 2003, he was named fan of the year for his devotion to SU Athletics, and in 2004 was recognized by the University as a Letter Winner of Distinction. He also serves as a member of the University’s Athletic Policy Board. McLane currently serves as president and founder of Paradigm Solutions, a strategic alliance company that specializes in helping individuals in the area of creative problem solving, community and government relations, and networking. The company also works in the area of federal and state legislative advocacy, working with clients to move beyond compliance and helping them recognize market opportunities for their companies. In January 2006, McLane became executive director of SU’s Burton Blatt Institute. In this capacity, he works with BBI chairman Peter Blanck to provide strategic direction that will enable the institute to establish centers on innovation in meeting the unique needs of persons with disabilities. Bill Viola ’73 George Arents Award for Excellence in Video Art A pioneer in establishing video as a vital form of contemporary art, Viola’s interest in electronic media began at the age of nine, when he became captain of his school’s TV Squad during the fifth grade. He continued to follow his passion during his college career by taking courses in what was then an experimental “new media” program at SU, studying visual art with Jack Nelson and electronic music with Franklin Morris. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in experimental studios from SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, Viola went on to become one of the world’s most noted and lauded video artists. For more than 35 years, he has created video installations that wrap the viewer in image and sound, using the latest technology to express a deeply spiritual view of the world. His videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances, flat panel video pieces and works for television broadcast employ state-of-the-art technologies and are distinguished by their precision and direct simplicity. Viola uses video to explore the phenomenon of sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge and his work focuses on universal human experiences such as birth, death and the unfolding of consciousness. Using the inner language of subjective thoughts and collective memories, his videos communicate to a wide audience, allowing viewers to experience the work directly and in their own personal way. His work has been seen at venues throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and South America, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo and the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. Music has also been an integral part of Viola’s life and work. He performed with avant garde composer David Tudor as a member of his Rainforest ensemble, later known as Composers Inside Electronics, and has created videos to accompany a wide variety of music compositions. His work with music ranges from a three-song video suite for the rock group Nine Inch Nails to a new production of Wagner’s opera, “Tristan und Isolde.” The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1989 and most recently the Catalonia International Prize in 2009, Viola was recently named by the French government as a commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. He is also a recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been awarded honorary doctorates from his alma mater, as well as the School of Art Institute of Chicago, the California Institute of the Arts and the Royal College of Art in London, among others. Viola shares his time and talent with SU students, most recently working with students in the LA Semester, opening his studio to them and allowing them to assist in the production of some of his upcoming videos. Karen B. Winnick ’68 George Arents Award for Excellence in the Arts and Literacy Advocacy Winnick is an author, artist, playwright and philanthropist who has devoted her life to young people and service in the public arena. Her award-winning words and illustrations have delighted children all over the world, inspiring them to enjoy reading. She is the author of numerous historical fiction children’s books, including “Lucy’s Cave”, “Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers,” “Sybil’s Night Ride,” “A Year Goes Round,” “Barn Sneeze,” “The Night of the Fireflies,” “Cassie’s Sweet Berry Pie,” “Sandro’s Dolphin” and “Patch & The Strings.” Winnick’s work brings the past alive and allows young readers to discover the dramatic experiences of children in days gone by. In 2001, Bank Street College of Education recognized “Sybil’s Night Ride” as Book of the Year. Winnick often presents her work at elementary schools in the Los Angeles area, reading to young children to encourage literacy and cultivate the art of storytelling. Winnick’s paintings have been exhibited in local galleries, and her poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies. She has also produced a play, “Kindertransport,” about Jewish children sent to England from Nazi Germany during World War II. In addition to her creative endeavors, Winnick serves as a volunteer to numerous organizations, including serving as chair of the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Zoo; as a member of the Board of Governors of Hillel at SU; on the Board of Trustees Emeritus at Brown University; and on the boards of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the Jewish Museum and the Tufts University Library Board. With her husband, Gary, she established the Winnick Family Foundation, which has made gifts and grants to a wide range of recipients, including major naming gifts to the Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life and the Karen B. Winnick Literacy Initiative, both at SU; the Winnick Family Clinical Research Institute at Cedars Sinai Hospital; and the Winnick Children’s Zoo in Los Angeles. Winnick received a bachelor of fine arts degree from SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. She has also studied in Florence, Italy, and at New York University, the School of Visual Arts and the University of California, Los Angeles. Orange Central 2010 For more information on Orange Central and an up-to-the-minute schedule of events and activities, visit http://orangecentral.syr.edu. For questions, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 1-800-SUALUMS (782-5867) or e-mail sualumni@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/peter-sellars-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/peter-sellars-09-10.html Peter Sellars, a renowned theater, opera and festival director and one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the performing arts, will speak at Syracuse University on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. as part of “Art and Civic Dialogue: the Seminar on the Future of Art and Education,” a graduate seminar in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). The lecture will be held in the John D. Archbold Theatre in the theater complex shared by Syracuse Stage and VPA’s Department of Drama at 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. It is free and open to the public; tickets are required and will be available beginning Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Schine Box Office in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. “Sellars’ reputation as both an innovative agent of change within the world of opera and theater and an articulate champion of art’s social utility make him an ideal participant in the early stage of the ‘Art and Civic Dialogue’ seminar,” says David A. Ross, ’71, a museum director and educator who is co-leading the seminar with artist Carrie Mae Weems. “Art and Civic Dialogue” is a yearlong, enhanced graduate seminar that explores the dynamic social relationship between artists and the communities in which they live. Open to graduate students from all disciplines at the University, the seminar considers the role of the artist in society—past, present and future—coupled with the pivotal role of the University in preparing artists, critical thinkers, writers and public intellectuals for engaged citizenship. Sellars is known for his groundbreaking interpretations of classic works through which audiences are engaged in contemporary social and political issues. He has staged operas at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Netherlands Opera, Opéra National de Paris, the Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera and Santa Fe Opera, among others, establishing a reputation for bringing 20th-century and contemporary operas to the stage, including works by Olivier Messiaen, Paul Hindemith and György Ligeti. Inspired by the compositions of Kaija Saariaho, Osvaldo Golijov and Tan Dun, Sellars has guided the creation of productions of their work that have expanded the repertoire of modern opera. He has been a driving force in the creation of many new works with longtime collaborator John Adams, including “Nixon in China,” “The Death of Klinghoffer,” “El Niño” and “Doctor Atomic.” Recent Sellars projects have included a staging of Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms” for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Sydney Festival; a production of Shakespeare’s “Othello” performed in Vienna, Bochum, Germany, and New York; and a critically acclaimed staging of Bach’s “Saint Matthew Passion” for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra seen in Salzburg and Berlin. Sellars has led several major arts festivals, including the 1990 and 1993 Los Angeles Festivals, the 2002 Adelaide Arts Festival in Australia and the 2003 Venice Biennale International Festival of Theatre in Italy. In 2006, he was artistic director of New Crowned Hope, a month-long festival in Vienna for which he invited international artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to create new work in the fields of music, theater, dance, film, the visual arts and architecture for the city of Vienna’s Mozart Year, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. Sellars is a professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA and resident curator of the Telluride Film Festival. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Erasmus Prize, the Sundance Institute Risk-Takers Award and the Gish Prize. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The lecture is co-sponsored by VPA, Syracuse Stage and the office of Carole Brzozowski, the University’s performing arts presenter. For more information on the lecture, contact Dani Mosko at (315) 443-0296 or dmoskowo@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/surface-design-association-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/surface-design-association-09-10.html The New York State chapter of the Surface Design Association (SDA), a nonprofit educational organization with more than 4,000 members worldwide, will host “SDA at SU,” an informative, one-day gathering on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse. “SDA at SU” will showcase fiber arts and surface pattern design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art and Design. The program is free, but participants must R.S.V.P. to Jeanne Beck, New York State SDA representative, at jeannerbeck@gmail.com or by calling (585) 394-9052. Further information, including maps and parking locations, will be provided to registrants. The program will begin with tours of the fiber arts and surface pattern design classrooms and studios in The Warehouse and at Comstock Art Facility (ComArt). The afternoon session will include presentations by four School of Art and Design faculty members who will discuss their art: Anne Cofer, Mary Giehl, Eileen Gosson and Sarah Saulson. The program will close with attending SDA members giving brief overviews of their work. Participants are invited to attend a reception that evening from 5-7 p.m. for the exhibition “Pliable Planes: Cloth & Beyond” at the Design Gallery at The Warehouse, which features the work of Cofer, Giehl, Gosson and Saulson as well as fellow faculty member Marion Dorfer. The SDA’s mission is to increase awareness, understanding and appreciation of textiles among the art and design communities and the general public. The SDA publishes the quarterly Surface Design Journal and sponsors a biennial educational conference. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/su-abroad-istanbul-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/su-abroad-istanbul-09-10.html The mega-city of Istanbul is an incomparable hybrid. Honored as a “2010 European City of Culture” by the United Kingdom’s Telegraph, this “Metropolis on the Bosporus” literally straddles the continents of Europe and Asia. Round-roofed mosques stud hills full of high rises, and trendy cafés and clubs share the shoreline with floating vendors, busy markets and gracious homes. It all adds up to a geographic and cultural powerhouse that offers SU students a double dose of perspective and experience. Applications are already being accepted for the Spring 2011 semester SU Abroad in Istanbul program. The SU Istanbul program will be based at Bahçeşehir University, a private institution known for its progressive climate and innovative programs. Bahçeşehir is housed in renovated warehouses that sit directly on the European shore of the Bosporus (the 20-mile strait that links the Black and Marmara seas) in Besiktas, and students attend classes taught in English alongside Turkish and international peers. Students begin with an extensive three-week, pre-semester seminar that includes survival Turkish for beginners and a focus on the many “layers”—historical, cultural, artistic, political—of the city. They’ll also enroll in a required interdisciplinary seminar on “Contemporary Issues in Turkey,” and then select up to three additional courses from the wide array of Bahçeşehir offerings. Areas of particular strength at the university include international relations/political science (democratization, the European Union, the Middle East and security studies), communications (visual communications, design, film), management (finance, entrepreneurship) and a wide range of interdisciplinary, complementary electives (Orientalism; nationalism; music, food and sport; global energy crisis; and others). “The curriculum is designed for those craving a non-traditional study abroad experience,” says Sue Shane, program director for SU Abroad. “It responds to increasing interest in this dynamic region and provides perspectives on Europe, Asia and the Middle East.” The new program will also offer one-of-a-kind field study and internships. And there are numerous course offerings for almost every discipline, which will allow students to fulfill requirements for many minors or majors.  At the helm of the new center in Istanbul is director Erika Wilkens-Sozen, a resident of Istanbul who most recently served as an assistant professor at Okan University in Istanbul. Wilkens-Sozen earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science at SU’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.  Students are encouraged to apply immediately. The program is to open undergraduate students across all disciplines enrolled at SU and other U.S. colleges and universities. A fall semester-only graduate program for international relations will open in fall 2011. For more information on the new Turkey program, visit http://studyabroadarchive.syr.edu/programs/location/istanbul . Syracuse University Abroad (SU Abroad) consistently ranks among the highest quality international education programs in the United States.  More than 2,000 students from both Syracuse University and colleges across the country study abroad with SU every year. SU Abroad programs foster scholarship in action through a combination of world travel, academic excellence, internships, and community collaboration. The University currently operates eight centers: Beijing, Florence, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Santiago, and Strasbourg. Through the World Partners program, SU students may also study in over 20 additional countries including Australia, Chile, Ecuador, Israel, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Turkey, and a variety of locations in Africa. Visit http://suabroad.syr.edu to learn more. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/art-and-civic-dialogue-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/art-and-civic-dialogue-09-10.html Seminar will be team taught by arts professional David A. Ross ’71 and artist Carrie Mae Weems Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has launched “Art and Civic Dialogue: the Seminar on the Future of Art and Education,” a yearlong, enhanced graduate seminar and lecture series that explores the dynamic social relationship between artists and the communities in which they live. “Art and Civic Dialogue” is team taught by museum director and educator David A. Ross ’71 and artist Carrie Mae Weems. As an initiative of both VPA and SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor, the project reflects the University’s vision of Scholarship in Action and its role as a public good. It also builds on such related University initiatives as Imagining America, the Connective Corridor, the Urban Video Project, the South Side Initiative and the Cultural Diplomacy Symposium. “Artists around the world are growing to understand the significance of the intersection of art and social engagement,” says Weems. “Syracuse University is uniquely situated in the region and in the nation to advance programming that focuses on this area and become a leader in the field.” “Within the University, the arts serve as a critically valuable laboratory for the contest of values and ideas,” says Ross. “This seminar and its associated public activities are intended to highlight the existing resources and initiatives already in place and provoke research and discussion regarding the future of these and other similar initiatives.” Open to graduate students from all disciplines at the University, “Art and Civic Dialogue” considers the role of the artist in society—past, present and future—coupled with the pivotal role of the University in preparing artists, critical thinkers, writers and public intellectuals for engaged citizenship. Students will: explore the multiple meanings of social engagement and community practice nationally and internationally; examine the histories of artistic practice and consider the many forms of contemporary art practice; rethink the role of the artist and society while exploring new and relevant models for the future; and  review the current art and social initiatives at SU and, in this context, produce feasibility studies that consider the possibility of designing and building an institute for the study of the arts and social practice. The lecture series will feature an exceptional lineup of guests, beginning this fall with renowned theater, opera and festival director Peter Sellars, who will speak on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in John D. Archbold Theatre, Syracuse Stage/VPA Department of Drama theater complex, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. The lecture is free and open to the public; tickets are required and will be available beginning Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Schine Box Office in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. Upcoming guests will include composer and music producer Philip Miller; director Talvin Wilks; video artist Bill Viola ’73; and actor, playwright and educator Anna Deavere Smith. Details of each lecture, including those open to the public, will be announced beginning this fall. Ultimately, Ross and Weems hope “Art and Civic Dialogue” will enable a robust conversation through which similar initiatives can connect and flourish. They are already partnering with other units on campus, including the office of Carole Brzozowski, University performing arts presenter; the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers (CMAC); the Humanities Center; and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Weems and Ross are both noted for their commitment to social change. Weems has taught her “Social Studies” course, which explores the relationship between art and community, at SU, Harvard University and Williams College. Ross, who is the former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Whitney Museum of American Art, is a founding member and current Curatorial Committee chairman of Artists’ Pension Trust, the first investment program dedicated to the needs of emerging and mid-career artists. “The college is thrilled to have luminaries of the art world like Carrie and David working with our students,” says Kendall Phillips, associate dean of research and graduate studies at VPA. “We’re even more excited that they’ll be tackling the question that is right at the heart of our work, namely, the role of art in contemporary civic culture.” Ross has been an art museum professional since 1971, when then-Everson Museum Director James Harithas appointed him the world’s first curator of video art. Throughout his career as a curator, museum director and teacher, Ross has remained a prominent activist within the generally conservative institutional art world. Though widely known for supporting such exhibitions as “Black Male” and the still-controversial 1993 Whitney Biennial exhibition during his Whitney tenure, his support of artists concerned with social change, his early and continued support of support of new media and his role fighting the implied suppression of artists’ creative freedom during the so-called “culture wars” has defined Ross’ professional career. He is also an advisory board member of the Goldring Arts Journalism program in the Newhouse School. Learn more about him at http://artsjournalism.syr.edu/career/advisory.cfm. As an artist, Weems has worked toward developing a complex body of art that has employed photographs, text, fabric, audio, digital images, installation and video. Her work, which has investigated family relationships, gender roles, the histories of racism, sexism, class and various political systems, includes the large-scale fabric installations “Ritual & Revolution,” commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art; “The Jefferson Suite,” commissioned by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; “The Hampton Project,” commissioned by the Williams College Museum of Art; as well as the multimedia installation “The Louisiana Project,” commissioned by Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Gallery. Learn more at http://carriemaeweems.net/. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/lcs-heng-yin-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/lcs-heng-yin-09-10.html It is a notable achievement to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.  It is a rare and laudable achievement to receive an NSF grant on the first attempt and as a first-year professor who completed a doctorate degree less than a year ago.  Yet, that is exactly what Heng Yin, assistant professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science has accomplished.   After completing his Ph.D. in 2009, Yin went straight to work preparing his grant proposal, “Mining Operating System Semantics: Techniques and Applications.”  For this proposal, Yin has received a $427,000 grant from the NSF to fight against malicious code.   “Previously I have conducted considerable research on understanding and detecting malicious code,” says Yin.  “In this proposal, I switched the analysis target, which is the operating system to be protected against malicious code.”  Operating systems manage hardware resources and provide a higher-level environment for user applications. Operating systems play a central role in computer systems, especially with respect to security and trustworthiness. The growing focus around security makes it crucial to have in-depth knowledge about inner workings of an operating system.   Researchers look to track and analyze events such as: what processes are active in the system, which process is currently running, what modules are loaded into a specific process, which files are opened by a process and which network connections have been established. The knowledge about operating system semantics is the foundation for many computer security applications, such as virtual machine introspection, malware detection and analysis and computer forensics.  However, the existing techniques for obtaining the operating system semantics fall short. They perform static analysis on the operating system source code, and thus cannot be applied to the closed-source operating systems (e.g., MS Windows). The source code analysis also suffers from the WYSINWYX (i.e., What You See Is Not What You eXecute) problem. Furthermore, the obtained semantics knowledge can be easily compromised by various attacks. With such an unsound foundation, the functionality and trustworthiness of these security applications become questionable.  Yin will work over the next three years to build a novel analysis framework to fortify this base knowledge of code analysis. This analysis framework aims to automatically extract the operating system semantics simply from the binary distribution of an operating system and capture invariants, areas of constancy, among these semantics.  The benefit of this framework is that it is binary-centric, and therefore can deal with closed-source operating systems. The identified invariants can also help derive trustworthy semantics knowledge, so various forgery attacks can be detected and thwarted. With this proposed analysis framework, Yin will further investigate how to strengthen the functionality and robustness of several key security applications, including virtual machine introspection, rootkit defense and live memory forensics.  “By analyzing the operating system instead of individual malware instances, we may come up with better defense mechanisms that can defeat entire classes of malware attacks even before new malware attacks are launched,” says Yin. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/whitman-roehampton-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/whitman-roehampton-09-10.html The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and Roehampton University Business School, located in London, have announced a new partnership to develop mutual interests in global entrepreneurship and supply chain management. The Whitman School will provide two courses for Roehampton master’s degree students through its residency-based distance education programs from 2011-12. Initially Whitman and Roehampton will each host at least one residency for students in the joint program in the United Kingdom. Additionally, the partnership will host an annual conference on global emerging enterprises and set up a research fund to promote joint research projects. The Roehampton University Business School and the Whitman School will host faculty exchanges and may also develop joint executive programs. “Universities are increasingly key drivers in the global economy in which all countries are now working,” says Maurice A. Harris, associate dean of graduate programs in the Whitman School. “They provide much of the trained work force, professional development and academic and applied research; act as a catalyst for regeneration in deprived areas and for knowledge transfer; and most critically, they provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and the encouragement of cross-border thinking and cooperation.” Drawing on a growing need for a management style that will enable multinational corporations to build and maintain competitiveness in global markets, the collaboration will offer those involved a unique opportunity in combining learning both in the U.K. and United States. The programs bring together a shared internationalization agenda that hopes to provide multinational organizations with suitable graduates. On a wider scale, the programs will contribute to globalization of business and mobility of graduates. Students will earn credit from specialist modules from the Whitman limited-residency distance-learning iMBA program as a new pathway for Roehampton University’s MSc international management program, thereby combining two modes of study and sharing experiences with students from other countries and cultures. For more information about the partnership, contact Whitman’s Graduate Programs Office at (315) 443-3497 or busgrad@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/sternlicht-irish-drama-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/sternlicht-irish-drama-09-10.html One of the most significant periods of Western theater is the subject of a newly updated and expanded book by Sanford Sternlicht G’62, English professor emeritus in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. “Modern Irish Drama: W. B. Yeats to Marina Carr,” published by Syracuse University Press, charts the path of modern and contemporary Irish drama from its roots in the Irish literary renaissance of the late 1800s to its flowering in 20th-century world theater. The book also covers the lives and careers of more than 50 young contemporary Irish playwrights, featuring summaries of their key plays and recommendations for further readings. “This book examines major themes of modern Irish drama: suffering, poverty, the struggle for independence, the decline of the Anglo-Irish ascendency, the hunger for land, the waning power of the clergy, generational conflicts, urbanization, the tyranny of the father and the rise of feminism,” says Sternlicht, an expert in Irish, British and American theater. “All of these themes figure prominently in recent Irish history and in the country’s dramatic and theatrical landscape.” In addition to honoring luminaries such as Sean O’Casey, Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel, “Modern Irish Drama” devotes considerable ink to younger playwrights, including Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson and Sebastian Barry. “These dramatists and other young playwrights are making inroads on both sides of the Atlantic, representing a new chapter in the history of Irish theater,” Sternlicht says, adding that the book comes with a selected bibliography and filmography. “My hope is that this work will be an indispensable resource for students, readers, theater lovers and professionals.” In addition to promoting his book, Sternlicht has extended his commitment as the Speaker in the Humanities to 2014. In this capacity, he travels the state, presenting free lectures on humanities topics to the general public. Upcoming lectures include “All Things Herriot: James Herriot and His Peaceable Kingdom” on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. at DeWitt Community Library (3649 Erie Blvd., Syracuse) and “The Immigrant Saga: A Memoir of Life on the Lower East Side” on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Fountainview, a retirement community near Yonkers. Both lectures draw from popular books by Sternlicht and are presented under the auspices of the New York Council for the Humanities. Also this fall, Sternlicht is teaching “The Literature of the Lower East Side” through OASIS, a national education organization dedicated to enriching the lives of mature adults. “The first generation of Jewish American writers started a tradition of erudite, as well as popular reading based on the immigrant experience,” he explains. “In this course, we will read and discuss works by Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yezierska and Michael Gold, as well as view film versions of seminal books.” For more information about the weekly class, which runs from Sept. 13-Nov. 15, call (315)464-6555. Sternlicht joined the SU faculty in 1981, after teaching at the State University of New York at Oswego for nearly three decades. The former U.S. Navy officer has since held various appointments at SU, including acting director of the Judaic Studies Program and editor of SU Press’ Irish Studies Series. In addition to being a published poet, Sternlicht is a prolific scholar, author, editor and theater director. His numerous books include “A Reader’s Guide to Modern American Drama” (2002) and “A Reader’s Guide to Modern British Drama” (2004), both published by SU Press. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/chb-seminars-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/chb-seminars-09-10.html The Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at Syracuse University announces its Fall 2010 Seminar Series. The series is part of the CHB’s efforts to promote health and behavior research and to strengthen collaborations on campus and within the community. Speakers represent a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives on health research. The seminar series is free and open to SU students, faculty and staff; community partners; and the general public. Lectures take place from noon-1 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, located on the first floor of E.S. Bird Library. Paid parking is available in SU pay lots, in addition to metered on-street parking in the University area. Sept. 17 “Obesity and Health in Later Life” Christine L. Himes Professor of sociology and director of the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Oct. 15 “Environmental Toxicants and Children’s Health: Bridging Multiple Fields” Brooks B. Gump Associate professor in the Department of Health and Wellness in the College of Human Ecology Nov. 19 “Mindless Eating” Brian Wansink John S. Dyson Professor of Consumer Behavior in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University For those interested in receiving an e-mail reminder a few days before each lecture, contact Rebecca Bostwick at rabostwi@syr.edu or (315) 443-4629 to be added to the list. The CHB is an all-University center committed to facilitating and supporting research on the social and behavioral aspects of health. For more information, visit http://chb.syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/ischool-milton-mueller-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/ischool-milton-mueller-09-10.html Syracuse University School of Information Studies Professor Milton Mueller’s $304,000 grant proposal “Deep Packet Inspection and the Governance of the Internet” has received funding by the National Science Foundation. The research grant was made by the Science, Technology and Society Program of the Social, Economic and Behavioral Science Directorate of NSF and will take place over two years (academic years 2010-11 and 2011-2012). Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a new network surveillance and traffic analysis capability that enables network operators to scan the payload of TCP/IP packets in real time and make automated decisions about whether to intercept, block, slow down, speed up or otherwise manipulate traffic streams based on that information. Mueller’s research will investigate whether the use of DPI by Internet service providers is producing major changes in the way users and suppliers of Internet services are governed. “This is a great opportunity to contribute some hard data and systematic analysis to a better understanding of the way Internet governance is evolving in response to new networking technologies,” says Mueller, the principal investigator. The project will contribute to an understanding of how new technological capabilities interact with politics, public policy, regulation and law. Drawing on research literatures in science, technology and society studies (STS); Internet governance studies; and political science, it will test and improve theories about the co-production of technology and governance institutions, especially theories that assign agency to technological artifacts. DPI has a variety of applications. It is most commonly used for bandwidth management by Internet service providers, and thus has figured prominently in policy debates over network neutrality. Copyright holders have sometimes advocated its use for combating illegal file sharing because of its claimed potential to recognize copyrighted material as it moves through the public network. DPI can be, and has been, used to censor content, most notably by the Chinese. It has also been used by the United States and Iranian governments to monitor Internet traffic for national security purposes. DPI can be used to profile Internet users and contribute to the implementation of behavioral advertising as well. Each of these use cases provides the basis for two case studies in different countries. The method of executing the case studies is based on a new conceptual framework for analyzing the interaction of technological capabilities and the process of public policy development. Mueller earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. He teaches and researches the political economy of communication and information, encompassing his most recent projects exploring the efforts of citizens and activists to shape communication and information policy, both nationally and globally. His acclaimed book “Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace” (MIT Press, 2002) was the first scholarly account of the Internet governance debates. His book, “Universal Service: Competition, Interconnection and Monopoly in the Making of the American Telephone System” (MIT Press, 1997), set out a dramatic revision of society’s understanding of the origins of universal telephone service and the role of interconnection in industry development. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/composting-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/composting-09-10.html Syracuse University is slimming down its waste stream and getting greener. A new composting program is diverting several tons of food waste away from SU Food Services’ dumpsters each month and returning it back to its organic origins. The joint effort with Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) has yielded approximately 30 tons of food waste for composting since the program began last semester.  Composting SU’s food waste is eco-friendly because it’s a form of waste recycling. Instead of simply discarding the waste and ending its life cycle, composting transforms this valuable resource into a new and useful product for the community. The end result is a nutrient-rich soil amendment that local residents can use instead of chemical fertilizers on their lawns and gardens to sustain plant life. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), compost is also beneficial in helping soil retain moisture and to control soil erosion near bodies of water, and the composting process has been shown to help clean up contaminated soil.  “The entire composting program has been going really well,” says Mark Tewksbury, assistant director for Food Services. “We made a smooth transition getting the program started thanks to a lot of hard work and cooperation from our staff. It’s been a great team effort all around and OCRRA has been very helpful in making this process a success.”  The idea to begin composting was generated by a student who had contacted the Office of the Chancellor. This prompted SU’s Sustainability Division, Food Services and Physical Plant to develop a proposal for the program, which showed that its startup costs could be recouped in four years. The University gave the program the green light and the Syracuse University Recycling and Composting Committee (SURCC) got to work on implementing it. SURCC, consisting of the proposal’s authors, as well as other staff members, students and representatives from OCRRA, took just over six months to launch the program.  “Listening to students and putting their ideas into action is just one of the things we do,” says Steve Lloyd, associate director for SU’s Sustainability Division. “Hopefully this success will inspire other ideas from not only students, but faculty and staff as well. SU Food Services and everyone involved on the recycling committee did a great job of getting the composting program up and running so quickly. It’s another program being done to create a more sustainable campus and community. Partnering with OCRRA is always fruitful.”  SU Food Services’ Commissary and all eight of its major campus dining locations sort and collect a variety of food waste behind the scenes; most of it is fruit and vegetable matter discarded during food preparation, along with some uneaten food left on dining trays and a small amount of leftovers. Every couple of weeks, or as needed, it’s delivered to OCRRA’s Amboy Compost Site in Camillus. There, the food waste interacts with the right mix of fresh air and yard-waste mulch for about 30 days, converting it all into dark, rich organic compost.  “Mark [Tewksbury] and his group are doing a phenomenal job of separating the composting material,” says Greg Gelewski, recycling operations manager for OCRRA. “I commend SU for the great work.”  Lynda Hamilton, Brockway Dining Center manager, and her staff found it easy to start collecting the food waste. “It wasn’t hard to get composting up and running here,” says Hamilton. “I announced it at a couple of our meetings and we did some training for staff. We also posted some handouts from OCRRA to help educate and remind staff. Everyone was pretty much on board with it from the start.”  “It’s exciting to see that this program has grown so quickly and successfully,” says Tewksbury. “Decreasing the amount of garbage we generate is certainly helping the University lessen its impact on the environment.”  For more information about campus sustainability initiatives, including SU’s Climate Action Plan efforts to create a climate-neutral campus by 2040, visit the University’s Sustainability website at http://greenuniversecity.syr.edu. To discuss a green idea to implement on campus, contact SU’s Sustainability Division at sustain@syr.edu. http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/bill-glavin-09-10.html http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/bill-glavin-09-10.html The Newhouse School will host two events this fall to honor the life and teaching legacy of the late professor Bill Glavin. The first, a cocktail reception, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 6-8 p.m. at Syracuse University Lubin House in New York City. The second, a panel discussion, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Panelists include three of Glavin’s former students—Joseph D’Agnese ’86, Allison Glock G’91 and Pete Thamel ’99—as well as one of his friends and former classmates and colleagues, Nancy Griffin. David Rubin, dean emeritus of the Newhouse School, will serve as moderator. A reception will follow. D’Agnese is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and This Old House. He has been published extensively in Discover and Seed and Wired, and was twice named to the annual anthology “Best American Science Writing.” He’s the author of the children’s picture book “Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci” (Henry Holt & Co., 2010). Glock is a senior staff writer for ESPN magazine and the first woman to have a cover story for the publication. Her work has appeared in GQ, Esquire, The New Yorker, Men’s Journal, Rolling Stone, Maxim, Marie Claire, Oprah Magazine, Food & Wine, Elle, Garden & Gun and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Her work was included in the annual anthology, “The Best American Sports Writing,” and she is a recipient of the 2004 Whiting Writers’ Award. She is the author of the memoir “Beauty Before Comfort ” (Knopf, 2003). Thamel covers college sports for The New York Times. He previously covered college sports for ESPN.com, ESPN Magazine, the Syracuse Post-Standard and The Daily Orange. Griffin is editor of the Gulf of Main Times and the author of “Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book” (Down East Books, 2010) and “Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Know About Maine and Were Going To Ask Anyway” (MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Co., 2009). As a freelance writer, she has written for the Boston Globe, The Free Press in Maine and the Hartford Courant. She also taught workshops in writing, newsletter writing and editing, and desktop publishing for the University of Maine–Augusta. She worked with Glavin on the college paper at Northeastern University and at the Boston Globe. Both events are open to all friends and former students of Glavin; R.S.V.P. to Jean Brooks at (315) 443-5711 or jabroo01@syr.edu.