Hendricks Chapel

Secretary of State Clinton talks diplomacy, human rights to SU crowd
By Tedi Doychinova
April 23, 2012 - 3:00pm
Hillary Clinton addressed a packed Hendricks Chapel on Monday afternoon with her speech on foreign policy.

It was a busy Monday morning for the top leaders at the White House. Vice President Joe Biden gave a speech on restoration on the Everglades. President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Holocaust Museum.

And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Syracuse University.

Clinton was on campus to speak to political science students and participate in a foreign policy discussion in speech titled “America and the World” at Hendricks Chapel.

Hillary Clinton to visit Syracuse University on Monday
By Steve Bottari
April 20, 2012 - 4:06pm
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will talk policy at Hendricks Chapel on Monday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Syracuse University and speak at Hendricks Chapel on Monday.

The midday event will be free and open to the public. Doors to Hendricks will open at 9:45 a.m. and seating is first-come, first-serve, according to an email sent by James Steinberg to the SU community. All guests must be seated by 11:15 a.m. The event will also be available via live webstream.

University Lectures Closes Year with Activist Terry Tempest Williams
By Veronica Magan
March 30, 2012 - 12:33am
Throughout the evening, the environmentalist and author shared personal stories that helped her find her own voice.

Conservationist and environmental scientist professor at Dartmouth College, Terry Tempest Williams, closed out this year's University Lectures series with a conversation on finding one's voice, as well as her perceptions of America and the world in the past, present and future.

Williams' presentation, titled "The Writer as Witness," was held Thursday evening in Hendricks Chapel. It was formatted as a conversation with Syracuse University geography professor Don Mitchell.

British novelist asks, “Why Write?”
By Tara Donaldson
March 20, 2012 - 8:49pm
Zadie Smith delivered the second lecture in the spring semester for the annual University Lecture series.

In a floral frock, pink head wrap and black-rimmed glasses covering a third of her face, Zadie Smith is anything but dull.

But the accomplished British novelist -- who still wonders how she manages to draw a crowd -- told a captive audience at Hendricks Chapel Tuesday night that writers’ lectures make her uncomfortable.

You just never know what to do, she said. “You glance around, look at your nails then back at the writer and wonder what she is saying.”

Graduate student engages her peers
By Camille Bautista
December 2, 2011 - 11:48am
Community spirit motivates Erica Monnin to involve fellow students in volunteer work outside SU's campus.