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Syracuse University Holds Inaugural Racial Equity Academic Symposium

Monday, February 15, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University will hold its inaugural Racial Equity Academic Symposium from Feb. 22-27. The symposium will be held virtually and will include a full schedule of events, including student and faculty scholarly research and creative works presentations, performances, events, workshops…

CNBC

“‘Silence of the Lambs’ turns 30: How the horror masterpiece is still gripping Hollywood”

Sunday, February 14, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the CNBC story “‘Silence of the Lambs’ turns 30: How the horror masterpiece…

PBS NewsHour

“Ten years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt.”

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By Lily Datz

Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was interviewed by PBS NewsHour for the segment “Ten years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt.” Khalil, an expert on modern Middle Eastern history, says that while…

Campus & Community

Celebrating the Life of Wynetta Devore

Thursday, February 11, 2021, By News Staff

Professor Emerita of Social Work Wynetta Devore was a teacher and scholar whose life focused on serving God, the Syracuse community where she lived and that she loved, and students she taught during her decadeslong distinguished career. She received an…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Fellows Following Weissman’s Vision for Food Justice

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Matt Michael

Stop hunger in Syracuse. In its simplest form, that was Evan Weissman’s vision and why he pursued the Lender Center Faculty Fellowship. Weissman, an associate professor in Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, wanted to use the fellowship…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Kicks Off Spring 2021 Series, Featuring Four Dynamic Guests, on Feb. 16

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University Lectures continues its 20th season this spring with four dynamic speakers: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, on Tuesday, Feb. 16; Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, on Tuesday, Feb. 23; Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham, agent for…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring. The School of Architecture is also offering…

Media Tip Sheets

Poetry and the Super Bowl: two moments that need the other

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Ellen Mbuqe

This Sunday, Amanda Gorman will be the first poet to read an original work before the Super Bowl. Gorman, the youth poet laureate who recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration last month, will be sharing…

STEM

GEM Program Provides Financing, Connections for Underrepresented Graduate Students in STEM

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) is a partnership between corporations, government laboratories, research institutions and universities that enables underrepresented students to pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields….

Arts & Culture

VPA Graduate Student Finds Her Confidence in Central New York

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Brandon Dyer

Jessica Montgomery is a graduate student pursuing dual degrees in voice performance and pedagogy in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Originally from Pompano Beach, Florida, Montgomery completed her undergraduate degree at Florida State University in 2016. She mentions…