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Syracuse University Names Five Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Unsung Heroes’

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By News Staff

The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2019 Unsung Hero Award winners. The awards are bestowed annually on people who, in the spirit of King’s “beloved community,” have made a positive difference in the lives of others,…

Arts & Culture

Setnor School to Present Mozart’s Comic Opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ Jan. 25-26

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By Erica Blust

The Opera Theater in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will present Mozart’s comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro” on Friday, Jan. 25, and Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7…

Media, Law & Policy

Peter Blanck Meets Ecuadorian President, Ministers to Proclaim First UD Building in Ecuador for People with Disabilities

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By Martin Walls

On Jan. 14, Syracuse University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), met with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, the first lady and Ecuadorian ministers to develop collaborative programs toward an…

Veterans

Schultz Family Foundation Strengthens Support of Veteran Employment Through Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By Stephanie Salanger

Today, the Schultz Family Foundation announced a $7.5 million investment to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University to advance the Onward to Opportunity (O2O) program in support of veteran career preparation and employment. Each year,…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud to Chair NCAA Committee on Sports Wagering

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By News Staff

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced that Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud will chair the Association’s Ad Hoc Committee on Sports Wagering. A Supreme Court ruling last May repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). PASPA effectively…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse University at Sundance

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

When the Sundance Film Festival convenes in Park City, Utah later this month, Syracuse University will be well represented. For the fourth year, a group of 10 film students—five from the Newhouse School and five from the College of Visual…

Campus & Community

Enhancing Health and Wellness: New Winter Sport Options

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, By Shannon Andre

Beginning this weekend, students will have an exciting way to enjoy the winter weather—the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience has announced the opening of the Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Center located at Drumlins. The new center, created…

Arts & Culture

2019 Light Work Transmedia Photography Annual on View

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work announces the 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition, featuring photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition will be on view in the Hallway…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘A Stirring Song Sung Heroic’; Photography by William Earle Williams

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “A Stirring Song Sung Heroic, African Americans From Slavery To Freedom, 1619 To 1865,” now on view.  This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams,…

Syracuse Doctoral Student Earns LIGO Inaugural Award in Detector Characterization

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Carol Boll

Derek Davis had not been on the Syracuse University campus more than a week in 2015 before being swept up in the excitement of a once-in-a-lifetime discovery that would thrill the astrophysics world and thrust the gravitational-wave research community onto…