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Arts & Culture

New Biography ‘A Swoony Valentine’ to Joni Mitchell

Monday, November 27, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A review in The Nation magazine calls David Yaffe’s new biography about the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell “a swoony valentine to Mitchell, or at least to the effect that her music can have on the spirit.” Yaffe is unapologetic about…

Star 2

Saunders on Life After Winning the Man-Booker Prize

Monday, November 27, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

George Saunders, College of Arts and Sciences professor, won the 2017 Man Booker Prize Award for his Novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. He recently was interviewed by Star 2, to discuss life after the win and what he will be…

Health & Society

Spin & Give Fundraiser Planned for Dec. 1

Tuesday, November 21, 2017, By News Staff

For a second year, Spin & Give will raise funds and collect donations to support the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and the Food Bank of Central New York. The event will take place Friday, Dec. 1, from 4-8 p.m., an evening of…

STEM

Physicist Seeks Big Answers from Tiny Particles

Monday, November 20, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A large National Science Foundation (NSF) grant allows Mitchell Soderberg, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to lead a team researching particle physics in the ongoing quest to explain how the universe works. Soderberg’s research involves measuring how…

Health & Society

Steve Kuusisto Writes Tribute to Corky, His First Guide Dog

Monday, November 20, 2017, By News Staff

When poet Stephen Kuusisto decided to train with a guide dog at age 39 he had no idea the decision would change every aspect of his life. “It was amazing to find out what a dog can do,” he says….

Business & Economy

Impact Prize Winners Announced

Friday, November 17, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A panel of area civic leaders this week announced the winners of the first Impact Prize competition at Syracuse University. Winners were selected for the most innovative and implementable ideas to help solve civic, environmental, economic or other public challenges,…

Campus & Community

University Launches Search for Associate Vice President, Chief Equal Opportunity Officer and Title IX Coordinator

Friday, November 17, 2017, By News Staff

The search process for the University’s associate vice president, chief equal opportunity officer and Title IX coordinator is now underway. A strategic partner with University leadership, the associate vice president, chief equal opportunity officer and Title IX coordinator will develop…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell X Lab Innovates Policymaking through Behavioral Science

Friday, November 17, 2017, By Kimberly Bliss

How can behavioral science help high school students increase their chances of going to college? How can an underutilized healthcare program for low-income people better target its communications so that people who need it know of its availability and use…

Campus & Community

Damon A. Williams to Lecture Today at 4 p.m. as Part of Inclusive Excellence Tour

Thursday, November 16, 2017, By News Staff

Nationally recognized diversity and inclusion expert Damon A. Williams will deliver a keynote and host a Q&A today at 4 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3 as part of the Inclusive Excellence Tour. The nationwide tour brings communities…

Health & Society

Black Feminist Trio to Headline Syracuse Symposium Keynote Event Nov. 27

Wednesday, November 15, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Belonging” with a keynote event featuring a trio of acclaimed Black feminist scholars. On Monday, Nov. 27, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Paula J. Giddings and Beverly Guy-Sheftall will convene a dialogue titled “Black Feminists and…