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Call for Nominations: 44 Stars of Excellence Awards

Tuesday, April 4, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The 44 Stars of Excellence Awards acknowledge students, advisors and recognized student organizations (RSOs) who demonstrate outstanding dedication and commitment to their organization and its mission. Students, faculty and staff can submit nominations for the awards now through April 10…

Campus & Community

Common and Diverse Ground Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Continues April 4

Monday, April 3, 2017, By News Staff

The University’s spring 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the “Hidden” Things that Divide Us, continues Tuesday, April 4, with “Remembering/Honoring/Responding to Pulse, Orlando.” The dialogue, which is in solidarity with the LGBT…

Arts & Culture

University to Host Ethnomusicologists Eric Usner, Michael Birenbaum Quintero

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University will present programs by two distinguished ethnomusicologists in April. Eric Usner, visiting assistant professor of music at Franklin & Marshall College, will lead a hands-on workshop about teaching in music and the humanities on Friday, April 7, from…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses March 29 Meeting of the University Senate

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By News Staff

During his March 29 address to the University Senate, Chancellor Kent Syverud acknowledged the loss of senior David Stankiewicz and spoke on a recent political activity memo, Middle States accreditation and the annual Take Back the Night event. The Chancellor’s…

Campus & Community

Flight from Syria, New Life in the College of Law, Now Helping Fellow Refugees

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Violette Khabbaz, silent, is listening to a conversation on a March afternoon. Sunlight pours through a window and illuminates her face as she leans across the counter of the Byblos Mediterranean Café, the restaurant she operates on North Clinton Street…

The Wall St. Journal

Professor Yilin Hou on China and Property Taxes

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Yilin Hou, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story titled “China Kicks Property Tax to the Curb—For Now” Hou, who has extensively studied the possibility of a property tax in China, says…

Campus & Community

Students Invited to Attend Intra-University Transfer Fair on March 21

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University students thinking about transferring to another school or college within the University are encouraged to attend a unique event scheduled for right after spring break. The Intra-University Transfer Fair (IUT) will literally offer one-stop service, bringing together representatives…

Health & Society

Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Continues March 7

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University’s spring 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” will continue on Tuesday, March 7. The dialogue, on “Anti-Semitism Today,” will be held from 6-8 p.m. in…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…

Arts & Culture

Department of African American Studies Hosts Third Annual John L. Johnson Lecture, featuring Marlo D. David

Thursday, February 16, 2017, By Liam Sullivan

The Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences will present the Third Annual John L. Johnson Lecture, featuring Marlo D. David, associate professor of English and women’s, gender, and sexuality at Purdue University, on Monday, Feb. 20, from 5…