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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…

Imagining Governance: A Q&A with Jack Manno G’03

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Jack Manno G’03, professor of environmental studies at SUNY ESF and a faculty affiliate in Syracuse’s Native American Studies program, believes in the power of change. Nowhere is it more sorely needed, he says, than in environmental policy, in which…

Campus & Community

Save Smart: Join Us for Retirement Planning Sessions with TIAA

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By News Staff

No matter what stage of life you’re in, there are financial decisions around every corner. The University’s retirement plan administrator, TIAA, has nearly 100 years of experience helping people prepare for a financially secure future and we’re excited to share…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…

The Christian Science Monitor

Roy Gutterman, Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, on White House’s Relationship with the Press

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor for the article What Sean Spicer’s first news conference tells us about White House press relations under Trump

Arts & Culture

Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…

New York Times

New York Times Reviews New Book by Professor Keith Bybee

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

How Civility Works, a new book by Keith Bybee, law professor at the Law College and political science professor at the Maxwell School, was reviewed by The New York Times for the article How to be Civil in an Uncivil World

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Recognizes Longtime Faculty Member Maria Russell with Scholarship in Her Name

Friday, January 13, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School, working with a group of alumni and communications industry leaders, has established the Maria P. Russell Graduate Scholarship in Public Relations Leadership in honor of longtime public relations faculty member Maria Russell. The announcement was made Friday…

Media, Law & Policy

Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…

Health & Society

University Forges Teleconsultation Program with Speech Pathologists in India

Tuesday, January 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland

A team effort between speech experts in two different countries is helping people in India and students at Syracuse University.