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Campus & Community

Registration Open for Spring Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people regardless of individual ability or disability can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for five training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

Arts & Culture

Alumni Release Album—on a Can of Beer

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By News Staff

Musician and Newhouse School graduate Adam Ritchie ’03 was looking for a unique way to release the new album from his band, The Lights Out. Of course, digital and retro vinyl were options, but he and fellow Syracuse University graduate…

Arts & Culture

Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse Law Welcomes Fulbright Students from Eurasia

Thursday, January 19, 2017, By News Staff

Jeyhun Haqverdiyev was inspired to come to the United States to pursue LL.M. studies while working with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2009. Haqverdiyev, a Fulbright student from Azerbaijan, had been working on a Rule of…

Campus & Community

Watch Chancellor’s 2017 Winter Message to the Community (Video)

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Keith Kobland

In front of hundreds of students, faculty and staff, Chancellor Syverud delivered his Winter Message to the Community in the Milton Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Click on the image to watch his full address….

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Disgraced’ to Play at Syracuse Stage

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

After the phenomenal success of “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins,” Syracuse Stage switches gears and turns on a powerful and explosive drama as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced” opens on Jan. 27 in the Archbold Theatre at the Syracuse…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

The Hill

Professor Grant Reeher on Donald Trump’s week of confirmation hearings and press conference

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, was interviewed by The Hill for the article “Trump enters pivotal stretch as cabinet hearings begin.”  

Health & Society

Vivian May, Visionary Humanist

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The director of the Humanities Center is bringing national distinction to Syracuse University, thanks to a recent flurry of scholarly activity. Vivian May, the center’s director since 2015, is the author of a new article in Hypatia: A Journal of…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Sought for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Friday, January 6, 2017, By Michele Barrett

Donation drive underway to collect warm coats, blankets, non-perishable food, formula, diapers In recognition of the 60th anniversary of the School of Social Work in Falk College, the Syracuse University community is invited to participate in the Martin Luther King…