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Jackson Appointed Director of Special Collections Research Center

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By News Staff

Petrina Jackson has been named director of the Special Collections Research Center, effective in June. She comes to the Syracuse University Libraries from Iowa State University, where she has been head of Special Collections and University Archives since 2016. Previously,…

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VPA Director of Student Success to Serve as Middle States Peer Evaluator

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Erica Blust

Carol J. Ruffin, director of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Office of Student Success, has been named a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE peer evaluators are qualified higher education professionals…

Veterans

Military-Connected Student of the Month: Danielle Sheppard

Monday, February 25, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Danielle Sheppard didn’t always envision a military career for herself. While finishing high school in Ithaca, New York, she wasn’t sold on her mother’s aspirations for her to serve in the armed forces. When she was a junior, however, Sheppard,…

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Lawrence K. Jackson ’13 to Speak for Sankofa Alumni Lecture Series

Friday, February 22, 2019, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) and the Office of Multicultural Advancement announce the third annual Sankofa Alumni Lecture Series, featuring Lawrence K. Jackson ’13, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. in Watson Theater. The lecture series began as…

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Statement from John Wildhack, Director of Athletics

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By News Staff

John Wildhack, Director of Athletics Statement We are saddened by the death of a member of our Central New York community. On behalf of Chancellor Kent Syverud and the entire Syracuse University community, we extend our deepest condolences to all…

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Facilitators Sought to Engage New Students in Discussions around Shared Reading Selection ‘Lab Girl’

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

“Lab Girl,” an award-winning autobiography by pioneering scientist Hope Jahren, has been selected for the Fall 2019 semester shared reading experience for new students as part of the improved first-year SEM 100 seminar and the First-Year Experience Initiative. “Lab Girl”…

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Nonprofit Inkululeko Connects Syracuse University Community and South Africa; Staff Member to Speak on Campus Feb. 28

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Walking into Luzuko Methodist Preschool, a preschool outside of then-Grahamstown, now called Makhanda, South Africa, in summer 2014, Nicole Osborne ’14 was welcomed into a classroom of 2- and 3-year-olds. Where language differences left communication gaps, song and dance filled…

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Open Presentations for Disability Cultural Center Director Candidates

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The campus community is invited to attend open presentations by candidates for the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) director position. Presentations will focus on defining disability culture, the role of the DCC director in fostering disability culture, and ways to work…

NPR's Science Friday

Geology Professor Featured for SU Lava Project

Friday, February 15, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Jeffrey Karson, Earth Sciences Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in NPR’s Science Friday program for the story “The Geologists who Control Lava.” In the story, Karson’s Lava Project at Syracuse University is highlighted. He explains that “we have to…

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Sociology Professor Quoted in Story about U.S. Life Expectancy

Friday, February 15, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Jennifer Karas Montez, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Public Policy, was quoted in the Buzzfeed News story, “US Life Expectancy Has Dropped — Again.” “New York now has a life expectancy like Denmark, while Mississippi has one…