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Undergrads Team Up to Publish Bacteria Research
Bacteria may be small, but the effect they have on us is anything but minor. Bacteria are often associated with illness and disease, but in reality most do us more good than harm. Although certain bacteria can wreak havoc on…
Disability Day of Mourning to Be Marked Wednesday with a Candlelight Vigil on the Quad
Update (March 1, 2017): Today’s Disability Day of Mourning candlelight vigil will be held at the Disability Cultural Center, 230 Schine Student Center, due to the likelihood of inclement weather. The event will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. American Sign…
Teresa Mangum Discusses Graduate Education in the Humanities
Inspired by calls from the Modern Language Association and the American Historical Association, many humanities departments are asking how they can prepare their graduate students for diverse careers. Visiting Syracuse University to discuss how institutions across the country are addressing…
Democratizing Knowledge Awarded Campus Dialogue Grant
The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Project is organizing a series of campus dialogues, thanks to a grant from an independent national initiative called Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP). Tentatively titled “Creating New Publics: Understanding the Power of Place,” the series is…
History-maker at University College: Single Mom, Odds Set Against Her, Flies Past Barriers
Tani Huddleson finds strength by remembering the hardest point. She was barely 16, a single mother with a newborn child in Mattydale, a gritty working community just north of Syracuse. She had dropped out of high school to care for…
George Saunders’ First Novel, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Bestseller List
For an author, you are truly in an enviable position when fans and book critics alike anxiously await your next creation. So it is for College of Arts and Sciences’ English professor George Saunders. Especially now, with the publication of…
Falk College’s Sport and Human Development Institute Hosts Sport and Social Responsibility Symposium March 3
To illustrate social responsibility as an important community tool that can address critical social issues and human needs locally and globally, Falk College’s Sport and Human Development Institute will host its Inaugural Sport Development Symposium Friday, March 3, at 1…
Campus Workshop to Explore Attitudes and Effects of Implicit Bias
A workshop titled “Recognizing and Understanding Implicit Bias” will be conducted for interested Syracuse University faculty and staff on Monday, March 6, from 1-3 p.m. in the Gray Ceremonial Courtroom at the College of Law. Sponsored by the University’s Office…
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Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience, Executive Director of Neuroscience Studies and Director of Neuroscience Graduate ConcentrationSU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order
Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…