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College of Law Celebrates Diversity Week with Programs and Events

Monday, February 6, 2017, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law will celebrate its annual Diversity Week Feb. 6-10 with a variety of events and programs. The goal of Diversity Week is to raise awareness of differences, foster an environment of respect and engage the community in…

Media, Law & Policy

When Judges are Political — Except When They are Not

Monday, February 6, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Keith Bybee, professor of law and professor of political science and author of All Judges Are Political – Except When They Are Not: Acceptable Hypocrisies and the Rule of Law, offers insight on on one of President Donald Trump’s recent…

The Christian Science Monitor

Assistant Professor Breagin Riley on the declining popularity of Peanuts

Friday, February 3, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Breagin Riley, assistant professor of marketing in the Whitman School, was interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor for the article Snoopy for sale. Peanuts may go on the auction block

Arts & Culture

Wayne Franits Named Distinguished Professor

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Wayne Franits, professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty members, bestowed upon…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer-Winning Author of ‘Interpreter of Maladies’

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri will speak for the University Lectures on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Lahiri’s appearance is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Humanities Center. The event is free…

Campus & Community

Alumna Encourages Other Women of Color to Pursue Professional Opportunities

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Throughout her career, attorney Maria Melendez ’89 has mentored junior lawyers, students and peers in the profession. Sometimes mentoring is a role she takes on as a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, a law firm with more than 1,900 lawyers in…

Campus & Community

University Kicks Off 2017 Recyclemania Competition

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University is once again participating in the 2017 RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition, which aims to promote waste reduction and recycling activities on campuses across the United States and Canada. The competition starts February 5 and runs through April 1….

The Daily Beast

Professor Williams Banks discusses the refugee ban

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

William Banks, professor of law and director of Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, was interviewed by The Daily Beast for the story “Fact-Checking President Donald Trump on False Christian Refugee Stats.”

Health & Society

Spring 2017 Common and Diverse Ground Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Begins Feb. 7

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University’s spring 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the “Hidden” Things that Divide Us, will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Feb. 7 dialogue, on “Marginalization, Faith and Secularism,” will be held…

Health & Society

WAER Offers Rich Black History Month Lineup

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By News Staff

WAER, the commercial-free, listener-supported radio station at Syracuse University, will be offering a host of programming this February in honor of Black History Month. The programs range from being music-centric to documentary storytelling. Today from2-3 p.m., the station will air…