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Nontombi Naomi Tutu to Speak for Hendricks Chapel Conversation Series

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Delaney Van Wey

Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, world-renowned advocate for truth and reconciliation, will be the next guest for “Matters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel.” She will join Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol for a live virtual conversation on Thursday,…

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Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Offers Visual Thinking Strategies Workshops

Monday, October 18, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence is offering two virtual workshops for faculty and instructors on Visual Thinking Strategies, a simple way to engage students. This evidence-based method has been shown to increase critical thinking, observation, and evidentiary reasoning…

Campus & Community

University Secretary Lisa Dolak to Leave Board Office Post, Return to College of Law Faculty

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By News Staff

Lisa Dolak has spent more than 35 years as a member of the Syracuse University campus community—first as a law student, then a professor in the College of Law and more recently as senior vice president and University secretary to…

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LaunchPad Announces 2021 ’Cuse Tank Winners

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition on Friday, Oct. 8, at Bird Library. Twenty-four student teams from various schools and colleges across campus competed in a “Shark Tank”-style business pitch in front of…

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Nationally Competitive Scholarship Recipients Engage in Virtual Experiences

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The COVID pandemic has led to the cancellation or delay of many nationally competitive scholarship experiences since the spring of 2020. Fortunately, many Syracuse University national scholarship recipients had opportunities to engage in their scholarship experiences virtually this past summer….

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Disability Awareness Month Programming Brings Focus to Key Issues

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By News Staff

October is Disability Awareness Month, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has partnered with the Disability Cultural Center and the Center for Disability Resources to offer programs that highlight key issues impacting the disability community. The virtual programming, which…

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New Provost Gretchen Ritter Welcomed to Campus, Shares First Priority

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

As Syracuse University’s new vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer, Gretchen Ritter says her first priority during the coming weeks and months will be to get to know the faculty and students of her new campus community. “I look…

Health & Society

Falk College Event Features Sport Management Alumnae in NFL

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Matt Michael

Cady Langdon ’16 and Angela Marsh-Coan ’18 were involved in sports in high school, wanted to pursue a career in sports and are now working in dream jobs for the most popular professional sports league in the world, the National…

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Remembrance Week Will Be Held Oct. 17-23

Thursday, October 14, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2021-22 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities—from exhibitions to screenings to a candlelight vigil—to honor the…

Reboot of The Wonder Years reflects a positive direction of change across the network television industry

Wednesday, October 13, 2021, By Lily Datz

The Wonder Years, the 1980s television show evoking nostalgia in many Americans for decades, is finally back on television screens, but this time with greater impact. The 2021 reboot of the class show features a Black family, the Williams, set…