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Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Being held Sept. 28-30, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2017-18: Belonging and is presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Campus & Community

Call for Volunteers for Family Weekend 2017

Monday, September 18, 2017, By News Staff

The Parents Office is asking for volunteers to help with Syracuse University Family Weekend 2017. Family Weekend is October 13-15 and volunteers are needed to help: • Welcome families and visitors • Distribute souvenirs and answer questions in the Hospitality…

Campus & Community

Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Begins Today with Parade, Opening Ceremony

Friday, September 15, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with campus partners, will host Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM) starting today. The 12th annual program features a variety of events that highlight different aspects of Latino/Hispanic culture including lectures, music performances, festivals, art…

Health & Society

The Road to Intellectual Freedom

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Amy Manley

Renowned classical scholar and author, Michele Valerie Ronnick will present “14 Black Classicists: The Politics of American Learning” on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114).  The lecture is part of the 2017…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Fall Photography Classes and Workshops

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Cjala Surratt

The Community Lab at Light Work has announced its 2017 schedule of fall photography educational opportunities for adults, including Adobe Lightroom, Intro to Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop, Large Print Format Printing and Studio Portrait Lighting. Light Work Lab classes and workshops are led…

Health & Society

Shannon Monnat Named Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Shannon Monnat, a rural demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on public health, joins the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. Monnat studies health disparities, stratification and inequality,…

Campus & Community

Alumni Engagement, Increased Donor Support Propel Syracuse Past FY17 Fundraising Goals

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By News Staff

The gifts raised this year include $125.7 million in gifts, pledges and gifts-in-kind, highlighted by the University’s spring and fiscal year-end campaign, known as Make Your Mark, which resulted in new and increased giving from more than 2,500 alumni donors.

Arts & Culture

Alumnus’ Documentary Exploring History of Lynching Screening Today

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By News Staff

On Sept. 12, Syracuse University will screen “An Outrage,” a documentary film exploring the history and legacy of lynching and co-directed by Lance Warren ’04. The film will be shown at 5 p.m. in 220 Eggers. Warren, a graduate of…

Media, Law & Policy

Acclaimed Journalist Soledad O’Brien Headlines Coming Back Together, University Lectures series

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Tickets for Soledad O’Brien (available at boxoffice.syr.edu) are free for CBT registrants, $5 for SU/SUNY-ESF students with I.D. and $10 for the public. When Soledad O’Brien was working on the acclaimed CNN series “Black in America,” someone asked her what she had…

Media, Law & Policy

Someday Assad Will Be Held Accountable, Says War Crimes Prosecutor David Crane

Thursday, September 7, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse University College of Law Professor David Crane, a former war crimes prosecutor, reacts to the recent UN report that Syria used chemical weapons against citizens. “The indiscriminate use of a prohibited weapon system such as a nerve agent like sarin if inconceivable…