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Brown-Weinstock, Sarshar to Lead Class of 2017 as Senior Class Marshals

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Rachel Brown-Weinstock and Nedda Sarshar have been named the senior class marshals for the Class of 2017. They will carry the Class of 2017 banner to open the University’s 163rd Commencement ceremony on May 14, 2017.

STEM

The Human Trace

Thursday, March 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…

Campus & Community

Orange After Dark Sweet Sixteen Game Watch This Friday

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Put on your Orange gear and get ready to cheer on both our basketball teams in the Sweet Sixteen. Orange After Dark will host the Sweet Sixteen game watch event this Friday, March 25, as the Syracuse University women’s and…

STEM

College of Engineering and Computer Science to Celebrate New Construction Engineering Lab

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, By News Staff

On March 23 at 10 a.m. the College of Engineering and Computer Science will be celebrating the official opening of its Construction Engineering Lab. The lab, which was built on South Campus, has been the result of a number of…

Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity & Inclusion Report Shared with the University Community

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

A report by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion details wide-ranging recommendations aimed at creating a more welcoming, respectful campus climate, including establishing a Diversity and Inclusion Council and hiring a chief diversity officer. The workgroup’s full report, which…

Campus & Community

‘Come Hell or High Water’ Screening Scheduled March 29

Monday, March 21, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of Vice President for Sustainability Initiatives will sponsor a free screening of the environmental justice documentary “Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek” on Tuesday, March 29, in Watson Theater. The award-winning documentary follows the…

Health & Society

Symposium Speaker Will Address Diversity and Inclusion on University Campuses

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Carol Boll

Sunaina Maira of University of California-Davis will give a talk Thursday, March 24, titled “Inside/Outside: Decolonizing the Settler University.” The talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Ray Smith…

Arts & Culture

La Casita Celebrates ‘Diversity in Reading’ in April

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Rob Enslin

April is “Diversity in Reading” month at La Casita Cultural Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. All month, the center is presenting various events and activities, beginning with two book-launch parties, designed to raise awareness of and support…

Arts & Culture

‘Knowledge Crowns Those Who Hear Her’: Lecture, Workshop with Sam Brylawski

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries will present the annual lecture and workshop in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation on March 24-25. The featured presenter is Sam Brylawski, co-director of the American Discography Project at the University of California,…

Arts & Culture

Painting Student Illustrates Confidence, Complexities of Subjects

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Julie Pratt’s painted portraits are bold, colorful. Pratt ’16 taps into her subjects as emotional beings and expresses that on canvas, capturing them in larger-than-life paintings.