The leader of the American Indian and Alaska Native Climage Change Working Group, Dr. Daniel Wildcat, PHd, will offer a presentation entitled “The Climate Change We Need: Convergence of Culture and Physical Climate Changes” at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Dr. Wildcat is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, and an accomplished indigenous scholar, writer, thinker and activist. A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Wildcat is the coauthor, with Vine Deloria, Jr., of “Power and Place: Indian Education in America”. His newest book is “Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge.” The presentation will take place Thursday, March 7 at 3:00 pm, at the Gateway Building, event space “A”.
William Pelton and Mary Jane Massie have created the Barringer Pelton Public Service Graduate Scholarship to honor their niece, Jody Barringer ’95, L’98, G’08 (M.P.A.), and support future public servants. After working for a few years as an attorney focused…
Nearly 4,300 new undergraduate students arrived on campus this week, many of them with families and cars filled to the brim. As families help their children settle into their home away from home, they’re also sharing advice for the year…
With a GoPro strapped to his helmet and a microphone clipped to his bike, Chaz Antoine Barracks spent the summer pedaling through Homer, New York, transforming everyday encounters into both scholarship and art. The filmmaker, media scholar and postdoctoral fellow…
Late August in Central New York not only means the return of students to the Syracuse University campus, but also the return of the New York State Fair. The fair is a 13-day festival of entertainment, agricultural exhibitions, cultural performances…
On Aug. 14, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed families, friends and colleagues of the 9th Peace Officer Academy recruits to a graduation event. The ceremony, held at Drumlins Country Club, was the perfect culmination of their accomplishments over…
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