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Arts & Culture

New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building

Monday, October 24, 2011, By News Staff

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,…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Michel Benaroch appointed associate dean for faculty development and research

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

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…

Campus & Community

Office of Multicultural Affairs honors students for academic excellence

Friday, October 14, 2011, By News Staff

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…

Arts & Culture

SU’s Ray Smith Symposium explores homosexuality, male culture in Renaissance Italy Oct. 20-21

Thursday, October 13, 2011, By Rob Enslin

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…

Campus & Community

Shires to present ‘The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry,’ Oct. 27

Tuesday, October 11, 2011, By Jennifer Russo

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….

Campus & Community

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program and Healthy Monday co-sponsor annual National Depression Awareness Month at SU

Monday, October 10, 2011, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) will offer free depression screening throughout October.

Campus & Community

SU part-time faculty approve three-year union contract

Friday, September 23, 2011, By News Staff

Syracuse University part-time faculty members on Friday approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the University and Adjuncts United, a labor union affiliated with the New York State United Teachers Union (AU/NYSUT).  Voting for the more than 400 members of…

Business & Economy

Whitman School welcomes new faculty members

Thursday, September 22, 2011, By News Staff

The Whitman School of Management welcomes four new faculty members this fall: Jeffrey Harris (finance), D. Craig Nichols (accounting), Alexandra Kostakis ’91 (entrepreneurial practice) and Peter Scott (entrepreneurial practice). “We are delighted to welcome Jeff, Craig, Alex and Peter to the…

La Casita Cultural Center to celebrate grand opening Sept. 28

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

La Casita is the only Latino/a cultural center in the region.

Campus & Community

Director appointed for new Disability Cultural Center

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, By News Staff

The Division of Student Affairs has appointed Diane R. Wiener as the first director of SU’s new Disability Cultural Center. Wiener will begin on Oct. 17. “Dr. Wiener is to fill an important role at Syracuse University,” says Thomas V….