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New Movie ‘Suffragette’ to Be Screened on Campus Today

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University has been chosen for a pre-release screening of “Suffragette,” a powerful drama about the foot soldiers of the early British feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an…

STEM

Associate Psychology Professor Amy Criss Receives Awards for Work on Memory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Amy Criss, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently received two awards for her research. The first award comes from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), which…

Business & Economy

Entrepreneurship Program Coming to Syracuse University

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The University has received a $900,000 grant from Blackstone Charitable Foundation for the launch of a new campus entrepreneurship program. The program, Blackstone Launchpad, was announced today by Blackstone Charitable Foundation as part of the largest expansion of its campus…

Arts & Culture

Charles E. Morris III Selected to Chair Search Committee for VPA Dean

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy has appointed Professor Charles E. Morris III to chair the search for the next dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Morris is professor and chair of the Department…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Launches Research Website

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management recently launched a website featuring faculty research on a variety of business topics. The site is a repository where users can access research translations/briefs and full papers from Whitman School faculty. The site…

Arts & Culture

SU Abroad Course in Lebanon, Jordan Studies Gender, Sexuality

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, By News Staff

A new study abroad course, titled “Global Perspectives, Local Contexts: Women and Gender in the Arab World,” was launched this past summer in the College of Arts and Sciences. Taught by Carol Fadda-Conrey and Dana Olwan, professors of English and…

Health & Society

Burton Blatt Institute Receives $2.5 Million Grant

Monday, October 19, 2015, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for a new five-year project on…

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Publishes Book on Jürgen Habermas

Friday, October 16, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Kenneth Baynes, professor of philosophy in  the College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Habermas” (Routledge, 2015), a new book on the life and work of Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s leading philosophers and sociologists. Baynes, also…

Campus & Community

Student Affairs Seeks Additional Members for Student Advisory Board

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Last year, the Division of Student Affairs announced the formation of the Student Affairs Advisory Board, a group of students who serve as part of a volunteer council to Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz….

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses October Meeting of University Senate

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Syracuse University’s fiscal health, student life, academic affairs and Fast Forward Syracuse were among the topics of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s address to the University Senate last week. The 25-minute presentation was his first to the University’s academic governing body since…