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Campus & Community

Wellness Survey Results Provide Insights, Direction to Programming

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Nearly 1,600 faculty and staff responded to a recent wellness survey and provided valuable input into wellness habits and interests. The survey also identified areas of need as the University seeks to help faculty and staff maximize their well-being. Work…

Arts & Culture

Mexican Immigration Scholar Gilberto Cárdenas to Visit Syracuse Dec. 1

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A leading scholar of Mexican immigration, who is also the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Latino art, is making a rare visit to Syracuse University. Gilberto Cárdenas, professor of sociology and executive director of the Notre Dame…

Health & Society

Historian Finds Gritty Story of Child’s Life Documented in Special Collections

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Sean Kirst

“The Muckers,” published by Syracuse University Press and found among the papers in the Special Collections Research Center, tells of boys living life rough in New York City over a century ago.

Campus & Community

Snow Removal Crews Prepare for Long Winter Ahead

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Keith Kobland

You can be certain a forecast calling for snow has the attention of Jim Miller. Miller oversees snow removal on campus. It’s no small task, considering the University campus is made up of 14 miles of roads, 23 miles of…

Arts & Culture

UVP Features Marie Lorenz’s ‘Tide and Current’

Thursday, November 17, 2016, By News Staff

Urban Video Project (UVP) and Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are presenting a collaborative exhibition of new and past works by multimedia artist Marie Lorenz coming out of her summer 2016 sojourn on the Erie Canal in a hand-built rowboat.

Health & Society

Maxwell School Alumni Establish Multimillion Dollar Bequest to Fund Citizenship Education

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By Jessica Smith

The bequest furthers the school’s ability to nurture students as they learn and develop into informed world citizens and decision makers.

Arts & Culture

University Shines at Statewide TESOL Conference

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University was front and center at the 46th annual New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYS TESOL) Conference, recently held at Crowne Plaza Syracuse. Dozens of students and faculty members, mostly from the Department…

Arts & Culture

‘Continuum’ at Palitz Gallery Explores 40 Years of Point of Contact

Monday, November 14, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“Continuum” is an exhibition that celebrates 40 Years of Point of Contact Gallery and does so through the lens of its permanent art collection. Many of the pieces included in the exhibition have been created specifically for Point of Contact…

Veterans

‘Our Sworn Duty’

Friday, November 11, 2016, By Sean Kirst

Fred Talbot wrote the poem seven years ago. Today, it will be part of Syracuse University’s Veterans Day remembrance ceremonies, at Hendricks Chapel.

Arts & Culture

Now On View at SUArt Galleries: ‘It’s A Wrap!: West African Textiles’

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “It’s A Wrap! West African Textiles,” an exhibition featuring over 40 examples of textiles and their accompanying tools. Drawn from geographically proximate locales in West Africa, including Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,…