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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.
SU part-time faculty approve three-year union contract
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…
Whitman School welcomes new faculty members
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
La Casita is the only Latino/a cultural center in the region.
Director appointed for new Disability Cultural Center
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….