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Vivian May, Visionary Humanist
The director of the Humanities Center is bringing national distinction to Syracuse University, thanks to a recent flurry of scholarly activity. Vivian May, the center’s director since 2015, is the author of a new article in Hypatia: A Journal of…
Research Indicates People Aren’t the Only Beneficiaries of Power Plant Carbon Standards
“Our work shows the importance of considering the co-benefits of our nation’s energy policies going forward,” said Syracuse University professor Charles T. Driscoll, co-author of the study.
Winners Announced for Dr. King Celebration Unsung Hero Awards
The Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Committee has selected the winners for this year’s Unsung Hero Award. The group will be honored at the Jan.29 event, which takes place at the Carrier Dome. Each award winner was nominated by a…
Alumnus Establishes Ludwig Stein Memorial Fellowship for Seniors in Painting
College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) painting alumnus Ken Maxwell ’03 has established a fellowship in memory of his former professor at Syracuse University. The Ludwig Stein Memorial Fellowship supports a senior or seniors studying painting in the college’s…
The Spark
BEACH CLOSED. NO SWIMMING. CONTAMINATED WATER. Growing up on Long Island Sound, Kristin Angello ’99 was frequently disappointed by these words. Every summer, sewage and toxic runoff from city streets transformed her summer hangout into a polluted mess. Fortunately, the…
Law Enforcement Officers Take Part in Training on Implicit Bias
Public safety personnel from all over Central New York met for a unique training seminar at Syracuse University to tackle the issues of unconscious bias. The training was led by minister, researcher, master teacher and human developmentalist Bryant T. Marks….
Stanford’s Carla Shatz to Deliver Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture Dec. 8
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by world-renowned neurobiologist Carla Shatz. A professor of biology and neurobiology at Stanford University, Shatz will deliver this year’s Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities titled…
Music Historian’s Work Brings New Life to Restoration Shakespeare Plays
The foreboding words of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” conjure up the general’s kingly aspirations and bloody demise. Their presence throughout the Bard’s tragedy is mostly known to modern audiences through spoken poetic verse. But what would the theatrical…
Hallas Awarded Howard Foundation Fellowship
Associate Professor of English Roger Hallas of the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded $33,000 from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation to complete his book project titled “A Medium Seen Otherwise: Photography and Documentary Film.”…
UVP Features Marie Lorenz’s ‘Tide and Current’
Urban Video Project (UVP) and Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are presenting a collaborative exhibition of new and past works by multimedia artist Marie Lorenz coming out of her summer 2016 sojourn on the Erie Canal in a hand-built rowboat.