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Campus & Community

Hip-Hop Dance Class Performance Featured InclusiveU Students

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education hosted a hip-hop dance performance on March 2 in Huntington Hall’s Sharon H. Jacquet Education Commons, featuring students in the “Introduction to Hip-Hop” class, including two InclusiveU students. The performance, titled…

STEM

Syracuse Researcher Finds Wolf Subspecies Have Unique Howl Patterns

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

A southern drawl or a cockney accent can quickly pinpoint where a person grew up. Researchers have found that regional vocalization patterns aren’t just for humans—dialects can likewise differ among groups of wolves.

Campus & Community

Brown-Weinstock, Sarshar to Lead Class of 2017 as Senior Class Marshals

Friday, March 25, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Rachel Brown-Weinstock and Nedda Sarshar have been named the senior class marshals for the Class of 2017. They will carry the Class of 2017 banner to open the University’s 163rd Commencement ceremony on May 14, 2017.

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…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students, Faculty to Create Content for HoloLens Augmented Reality Headset

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

As the first school of communications to launch a virtual reality storytelling course tailored to journalists and television and film producers, Newhouse is poised to expand into augmented reality.

Arts & Culture

CFAC Presents ‘As Bad as I Wanna Be: Reimaging Black Womanhood’

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center opens the spring 2016 exhibition season with “As Bad as I Wanna Be: Reimaging Black Womanhood,” featuring the works of artists Delita Martin, Kenyatta Hinkle and Nina Buxenbaum. These emerging mixed media artists interrogate femininity, gender…

Campus & Community

Staff Members Finding Positive Results from Fast Forward Syracuse Initiatives

Monday, December 14, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

As a purchasing agent in the University’s Purchasing Department, Karla Salmonsen sees the results every day of the work done by the Fast Forward Syracuse Office Supplies Initiative Team. Salmonsen, who was a team member, handles any concerns with the…

Arts & Culture

‘Invitation to Dance’ Event Marks 25th Anniversary of ADA

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, By Keith Kobland

The College of Arts and Sciences is organizing a special event to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the nation’s first comprehensive civil rights law addressing the needs of people with disabilities. An evening featuring dance, discussion and viewing of a groundbreaking documentary will help attendees better understand how to continue to dispel myths associated with disabilities.

Arts & Culture

Outlaw Culture Music: Williams Makes Faculty Debut with Concert

Monday, November 16, 2015, By Amy Manley

James Gordon Williams, a creative musician and critical musicologist in the College of Arts and Sciences, will present a special concert titled “Outlaw Culture Music.” Inspired by a series of essays by social activist Gloria Jean Watkins (whose nom de plume…

Films of Chantal Akerman to Be Shown Oct. 11

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By News Staff

A day-long screening Sunday, Oct. 11, will celebrate the work of pioneer feminist and experimental filmmaker Chantal Akerman. The screenings will take from 2-10 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Shaffer Art Building. Akerman unexpectedly passed away Oct. 4 at…