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Filmmaker Dorit Naaman G’95 to Explore ‘Identity Politics’ April 8-9
The Spring Symposia series in the Humanities Center continues with a two-day program on identity politics. Israeli filmmaker Dorit Naaman G’95 will show and discuss her film “DIAdocuMEntARY: A Piece in My Puzzle” (2004) on Wednesday, April 8, at 7…
ITS Sentinels: Students Defending University’s Network Digital Assets
In the last two years, Information Technology and Service (ITS) has ramped up the hiring of student employees for its Information Security (InfoSec) team. Called ITS Sentinels, these students work diligently to defend the University against online threats and security…
‘Breaking Digital: NGOs Debate’ April 2 in Washington, D.C.
As nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) proliferate around the world, many in the nonprofit community are examining what model of organization best serves the populations they support—the traditional “brick and mortar” model, the fully digital form or a hybrid of both. What…
OrangeAbility: Let’s All Play Accessible Athletics
Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities are invited to participate in Syracuse University’s fourth annual Accessible Athletics Expo, “OrangeAbility.” This student-led initiative is sponsored by the Disability Student Union, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, the Disability…
Students Get Challenges, Experience in Cyber Defense Contest
It was a rollercoaster kind of weekend for the 150 college students competing in the 2015 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Hosted this year by the School of Information Studies (iSchool), the regional event pits teams from 10 Northeastern colleges…
Cruel April Will Showcase Poetic Voices at Point of Contact Gallery
Central New York’s annual poetry event Cruel April opens to the public on April 2 at the Point of Contact Gallery in downtown Syracuse. The program celebrates National Poetry Month with poetry readings every Thursday of April starting at 6…
Lessons from the Fishbowl
Just before Spring Break, two dozen eighth- and ninth-grade students filed into a biology lab in the Life Sciences Complex, where they were greeted by tanks of petite, striped fish. Their assignment? To study the animals up close. The students…
Celebrating Otto
He’s always there with a smile, a hug or a high five. Otto the Orange has helped the University celebrate its most exciting events. Now, the University community is celebrating the lovable mascot on his 25th birthday. Otto will be…
Sanford Sternlicht Publishes Book on Iconic Playwright August Wilson
Sanford Sternlicht G’62, professor emeritus of English, is the author of “August Wilson’s Twentieth-Century Cycle Plays: A Reader’s Companion” (Texas Tech University Press, 2015). Described as a “short literary guide” to the iconic playwright, the book is written with teachers,…
Students’ Project Reduces Energy Consumption, Pollution on Campus
By investigating uncomfortable temperatures in Maxwell Hall, four students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have helped reduce the building’s overall energy usage, pollution and cost of heating. Their efforts have provided Maxwell’s occupants with a cozier environment…