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McPeak receives grant for West African agricultural research project
The Livestock-Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program (LCC CRSP) has awarded more than $1.3 million to Syracuse University and South Dakota State University for scientific research projects to improve the lives of livestock producers and increase the resilience of livestock…
‘Las Casitas Revisted’ at The La Casita Cultural Center
The La Casita Cultural Center is at the Lincoln Building, 109 Otisco St., in downtown Syracuse. La Casita, the only Latino/a cultural center in the region, is administered by The College of Arts and Sciences for the campus community….
‘Music Beyond Borders’ on Nov. 16 combines multicultural performances with multimedia storytelling
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, be a part of “Music Beyond Borders,” an event designed to illustrate the intercultural connectedness of music by using video narratives that weave together the cultural, social and historical contexts of the live performances. It is…
VPA students contribute to international cultural diplomacy program co-sponsored by U.S. Department of State
This semester, 13 students from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are serving as research assistants to professional visual artists preparing for residencies abroad. Student participation is facilitated through this fall’s Arts and Cultural Diplomacy course taught…
New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building
Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference,…
Whitman’s Michel Benaroch appointed associate dean for faculty development and research
Michel Benaroch, professor of management information systems in the Whitman School of Management, has been appointed associate dean for faculty development and research, effective Oct. 1. Benaroch will lead the school’s efforts to enhance research productivity, reputation and reach. “I…
Office of Multicultural Affairs honors students for academic excellence
The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ WellsLink Leadership Program, an award-winning curriculum designed for first-year students, will present its eighth annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. This formal ceremony honors WellsLink scholars from…
SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment” with a mini residency by Italian Renaissance scholar Michael Rocke. Rocke—the Nicky Mariano…
Shires to present ‘The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry,’ Oct. 27
The Syracuse University School of Education’s Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will host a seminar titled “The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry” featuring Linda M. Shires, at 4 p.m. at the Winnick Center on SU’s campus on Oct….
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program and Healthy Monday co-sponsor annual National Depression Awareness Month at SU
The Syracuse University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) will offer free depression screening throughout October.