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New Extended-Hours Study Spaces Available

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, By News Staff

To meet the increased need for study space on campus during the final exam period, a coalition comprising the libraries, Academic Affairs, Student Centers and Programming Services, the Office of Residence Life, Auxiliary Services and the Department of Public Safety…

CNY Humanities Corridor Awarded $3.55 Million from Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester—founders of the Central New York Humanities Corridor, a large-scale interdisciplinary project—have received grants totaling $3.55 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Disability Rights Activist Judith E. Heumann to visit University on Tuesday

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Heumann will participate in a discussion titled “Inclusion of People with Disabilities Around the Globe Through…

Taishoff Center Presents ‘Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream’

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education at Syracuse University will present “Disabled and Proud: Dare to Dream,” a two-day conference event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19. The conference, which is free to current and…

Digital Witness Symposium to Explore Impact of Digital Code on Human Rights Media

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Central New York Humanities Corridor will present two installments of its fifth annual Digital Witness Symposium. The first one is on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in room 127 of the Kirner-Johnson Building at Hamilton College (198 College Hill Rd., Clinton,…

AT&T CNY Civic App Challenge Launched

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Technology giant AT&T, along with Syracuse University, CenterState CEO, SUNY-Oswego, Girls in Tech and Hack Upstate, today announced the AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon” in which developers are encouraged to “Solve Local” by building…

Arts & Culture

Gregg Lambert to Step Down from Syracuse University Humanities Center

Thursday, August 7, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Lambert, Dean’s Professor of Humanities, to Focus on Advancing the CNY Humanities Corridor to the ‘Next Level of Success’

Campus & Community

ESF to Confer Degrees at Commencement on May 11

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will confer up to 575 degrees during joint Commencement exercises with Syracuse University May 11 in the Carrier Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. During the ceremony, ESF will…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Announces 2014-15 Season

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Seven distinguished guests will share their experiences and perspectives with the Syracuse University and Central New York communities this fall and next spring as part of the 2014-15 University Lectures series. Guests during the fall 2014 semester include Van Jones,…

Arts & Culture

LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Tuesday, April 22, 2014, By Erica Blust

LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 has been named a 2014 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in photography in the United States and Canada competition. Frazier earned a master of fine arts degree in art photography from the College of…