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Arts & Culture

Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…

Arts & Culture

Author to Speak on ‘Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display’

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Erica Blust

Scholar Jennifer Tyburczy will deliver a talk on her book “Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display” (University of Chicago Press, 2015) on Thursday, March 24, at 5 p.m. in Life Sciences Building 001. A reception and book signing…

Arts & Culture

‘The Passenger’s Present’ at Light Work

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By News Staff

Light Work will present “The Passenger’s Present,” featuring the work of Miki Soejima, on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from March 21 through July 22. A reception and lecture with Soejima will take place on…

STEM

Peer to Peer

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Amy Manley

In the traditional college learning structure, students enter the classroom and place their focus on the classroom instructor. But researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences biology department are finding that higher levels of academic success may be achieved…

STEM

Student Company Places Second in Student Startup Madness Competition

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Student startup company ChaChing, a peer-to-peer payment and money transfer application, has been awarded second place in the “Entrepreneurial Eight” final round of the Student Startup Madness competition held at the SXSW interactive media conference in Austin, Texas, this week. ChaChing was co-founded…

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project to Reveal Groundbreaking Analysis of Rape

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP) at the College of Law will release a groundbreaking report documenting and analyzing incidents of rape during the Syrian conflict. The report will be released during a special event on March 24 at Maxwell. Compiled…

STEM

iSchool, Mercyhurst University Partner for Accelerated Graduate Programs

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has announced a partnership with the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University intended to attract more students to today’s high-demand information management fields. Mercyhurst and Syracuse made the agreement official during…

Health & Society

Bracketology: Is it a Science or an Art?

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

With the start of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments comes a yearly exercise involving college basketball fans and non fans alike: filing out the brackets. Whether it’s for fun or for a few dollars, “bracketology” sweeps the country…

Arts & Culture

Singer Ola Onabulé, Hip-Hop Activist Harry Allen to Visit March 22-23

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center will get its groove on with back-to-back music speakers March 22-23. On Tuesday, March 22, British-Nigerian singer Ola Onabulé will give a lecture-recital from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. In a…

Campus & Community

Orange Circle Awards to be Presented March 22

Monday, March 14, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University elevates the conversation around philanthropy and honors some of the most altruistic members of the SU community at the Phanstiel Lecture and Orange Circle Awards—the signature events of Philanthropy Week 2016. The celebration will take place Tuesday, March…