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Arts & Culture

Setnor School of Music Faculty to Perform in Society for New Music’s ‘Auras’ Sept. 19

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Erica Blust

Faculty members from the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will perform in “Auras,” the opening concert of the Syracuse Society for New Music’s 46th season, on Tuesday, Sept. 19,…

Campus & Community

Faculty Workshop on Real-Time Student Assessment

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By News Staff

“Real-Time Student Assessment: A Shared Commitment to Improve Currently Enrolled Students’ Equitable Progress Toward Achieving High-Quality Outcomes,” a special workshop for faculty, will be led by Peggy L. Maki on Monday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon at the…

Slate

FEMA’s Wrong Flood Plain Projections Leave Some Surprised, and Homeless

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas, many were left with basements and living rooms full of water- despite being outside of FEMA’s projected high-risk flood areas. FEMA and its maps represent the government’s best flood plain estimates, leaving those outside…

Arts & Culture

Creative Writing Program Achieves New Peak of Success

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Members of the top-ranked program, based in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, are celebrating a raft of honors, awards and new publications.

Arts & Culture

Republic Records President Charlie Walk to Deliver Soyars Lecture Sept. 7

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Republic Records president Charlie Walk will visit the University Sept. 7 as a guest of the Newhouse School’s Bandier Program. Walk will give a public lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, Room 007, Martin J. Whitman School of Management….

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Announces Yearlong Theme of ‘Belonging’

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center announces its lineup for the 2017-18 Syracuse Symposium, whose theme is “Belonging.” The popular series highlights innovative, interdisciplinary work in the humanities by renowned scholars, artists, authors and performers. Fall guests include visual artist Suné Woods (Sept. 13-16);…

Media, Law & Policy

The White House And Congress Are Passing DACA Around Like It Is A Political Hot Potato

Tuesday, September 5, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a researcher of immigration and citizenship, offered remarks ahead of the impending announcement that the Trump administration plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…

Campus & Community

Alumni Dan and Kathy Mezzalingua Support University, Student Scholars through $5.25 Million Gift

Tuesday, September 5, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

University Trustee Dan Mezzalingua ’60 and his wife, Kathy G’62, are generously supporting future generations of high-achieving students at Syracuse University through a $5.25 million gift for undergraduate financial aid. Their support is directed to the Invest Syracuse Initiative, a $40…

Media, Law & Policy

NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer to Speak at Newhouse School Sept. 11

Friday, September 1, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer will visit the Newhouse School Monday, Sept. 11. He will discuss “The Role of Media in Society” in conversation with Professor Tula Goenka at 1 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Meyer is…

STEM

“Houston, and much of the Gulf Coast is living on borrowed time”

Friday, September 1, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Laura Steinberg is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse University and a researcher on environmental disasters’ effect on infrastructure, including the impact of climate change on both. Steinberg lived through Hurricane Katrina and is available to discuss…