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Arts & Culture

Professor Eyes New Books, International Humanities Appointment

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Gregg Lambert stepped down as founding director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center in 2014, he did what any self-respecting professor would do. He hit the books. Nearly two years later, Lambert is still at the top of his…

Campus & Community

Donald Newhouse to Deliver Syracuse University’s 2016 Commencement Address

Wednesday, March 23, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Donald Newhouse, president of media giant Advance Publications, will deliver the 2016 Commencement address on Sunday, May 15, in the Carrier Dome.

Campus & Community

Sixth Annual Health and Wellness Expo on March 30

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The Department of Recreation Services is once again hosting the Health and Wellness Exposition on Wednesday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Flanagan Gymnasium. The event is free and open to all faculty, staff and students with…

Arts & Culture

Laura Freixas to Serve as Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in Humanities

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center will host one of the most important feminist voices in Spanish literature March 29-April 8. Laura Freixas, a world-renowned author, teacher-scholar, critic, translator and proponent of women’s literature, will serve as the Humanities Center’s 2016 Jeanette K….

Campus & Community

Orange SUccess Clears Communication Between Student, Faculty, Advisor

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Aysha Seedat ’16 explains a brand new tool a growing number of students will soon have at their fingertips, allowing quick and clear communication between their professors and faculty advisors. More information on Orange SUccess, click here. What is Orange…

Health & Society

Symposium Speaker Will Address Diversity and Inclusion on University Campuses

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Carol Boll

Sunaina Maira of University of California-Davis will give a talk Thursday, March 24, titled “Inside/Outside: Decolonizing the Settler University.” The talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Ray Smith…

Campus & Community

SU Climate Assessment Survey Extended through March 28

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The purpose of the SU Climate Assessment Survey is to conduct research into the learning, living and working environment at Syracuse University. So far, more than 5,000 students, faculty and staff have completed the survey, which began Feb. 9 and…

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

Graduate Student’s Personal Essay Finalist in International Competition

Tuesday, March 15, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Make every moment count. It’s a sentiment often difficult to live by. Graduate student Carri Prue took the meaning to heart and to her writing. Prue, who is pursuing an executive master of public administration degree at the Maxwell School,…

STEM

Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets

Friday, March 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment. A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director…