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Health & Society

‘ADA Live!’ Program Focuses on National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Thursday, September 26, 2019, By News Staff

“ADA Live!” is a free online program of the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University. “ADA Live!” focuses on the rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). New episodes are…

Campus & Community

Summer Fellowships Help Doctoral Candidates Focus on Finishing Dissertation

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Darci Pauser, a doctoral candidate in the Maxwell School, is examining regional freshwater access from water basins controlled by two powerful Middle Eastern countries. Ashley O’Mara, a Ph.D. candidate in English in the College of Arts and Sciences, is researching…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Hosts First-Ever Procurement Fair, Launches Building Local Initiative

Thursday, May 23, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

On Tuesday, May 21, Syracuse University hosted its first-ever Procurement Fair as part of its new Building Local initiative, a three-pronged effort focused on opportunity, partnerships and business. The fair introduced local business enterprises—including those owned by women, minorities, veterans…

Campus & Community

Wednesday Panel Features Speakers from Lifetime Documentary ‘Surviving R. Kelly’

Wednesday, April 3, 2019, By Gabrielle Lake

The interactive panel discussion “Surviving the Silence: A Conversation on Race and Sexual Assault” will occur on Wednesday, April 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with resource…

STEM

Next Smart Cities Seminar to Focus on Citizen Science

Friday, March 22, 2019, By J.D. Ross

The fourth installment in a two-year series of working seminars and meetings that will explore the broad space of “smart cities” has been scheduled for March 27 and will examine the use of community-based science programs as effective data collection…

Campus & Community

Presentation Focuses on Diversity in Graduate Education Through Admissions Practices

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

Educators Julie Posselt and Casey Miller will make the case for efforts to increase diversity in graduate education, and provide practical strategies for doing so by rethinking typical recruitment and admission processes in a presentation on Friday, March 15, from…

Campus & Community

‘End of Life’ Documentary to Be Screened, Talk with Filmmakers March 3

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By News Staff

In “End of Life,” a documentary film that was nominated for the 2018 European Film Awards, filmmakers Paweł Wojtasik and John Bruce explore the challenges of the act of dying. The documentary will be shown Sunday, March 3, at 2…

Reuters

R. Kelly Indictment the Latest Case Fueled By TV Documentaries

Saturday, February 23, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Reuters story “R. Kelly indictment is latest case fueled by TV documentaries.” In the story, Thompson explains…

Campus & Community

Students Sought for Campus Dining Focus Groups

Sunday, February 3, 2019, By News Staff

Students: Does your meal plan suit your needs? Do you have ideas you want to share? Auxiliary Services is hosting one-hour, informal focus group sessions this week to learn what students think about the current University meal plan structure and…

Arts & Culture

Indigenous Filmmaker, VPA Faculty Member Scores Sundance Debut for Documentary on Native Author N. Scott Momaday

Tuesday, December 4, 2018, By News Staff

A documentary film on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday by Jeffrey Palmer, an assistant professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, will make its debut at the Sundance Film…