SU Press recently published a book by environmental activist Dr. K. Animashaun Ducre titled A Place Called Home.
The book examines cycles of disruption and dislocation in Syracuse. It began with a study Dr. Ducre conducted using a blended methodology of photo voice (visual story-telling) and mapping (geographic analysis). Dr. Ducre talks in this interview about the characters in the book (women from Syracuse’s South side) and her efforts to bear witness to social injustice.
Ice Castle (falling down), Clinton Square
Don’t just talk about the weather, do something about it
The Syracuse University community mobilized Thursday to help bring awareness to the crisis of violence against women. The vigil was a local companion to the international One Billion Rising effort.
Noted author and psychologist Claude Steele, a protege of Kenneth Clark, spoke at Syracuse University tonight. He discussed stereotype threats and the significance of identity from his book Whistling Vivaldi. Real excellence comes from a diversity of perspectives, he said. His twin brother is author Shelby Steele.
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Astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at Syracuse University.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (pictured above), who granted SIF an interview in 2004, remains one of the public faces of intellectual cool.
Here’s part two of the Tim Bond interview from last week.
Syracuse Stage Producing Artistic Director Timothy Bond talks about the impact of writer August Wilson, specifically Two Trains Running, which is playing this month at the theater. Syracuse Stage has run seven of Wilson’s ten plays that chronicle African American life in each decade of the 20th Century.
Bond, who is the director for Two Trains, said Wilson’s plays are “poetic blues operas.”
Chihwa Kao competed in forms at the Syracuse University Karate Open Tournament sponsored by the Excel Martial Arts Center last weekend.