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Digital Witness Symposium to Explore Impact of Digital Code on Human Rights Media

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Central New York Humanities Corridor will present two installments of its fifth annual Digital Witness Symposium. The first one is on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in room 127 of the Kirner-Johnson Building at Hamilton College (198 College Hill Rd., Clinton,…

Art World Converges in Syracuse for Renaissance Art Symposium Oct. 18

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ continues its semester-long look at “Perspective” with a major symposium on Italian Renaissance Art. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the College of Arts and Sciences will present “New Perspectives on Renaissance Art” from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15…

Campus & Community

In Class: EDU 203, ‘Introduction to Inclusive Schooling’

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Assistant Professor Christine Ashby helps future teachers better understand inclusive education, leading them through a lively discussion and instruction that includes one activity you wouldn’t expect to see in a class about teaching.  

Syracuse Hosts U.S. Hispanic Literary Recovery Conference Oct. 9-11

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University is observing National Hispanic American Heritage Month with a major conference on U.S. Hispanic literary culture.

University Community Engages in Q&A on Fast Forward Syracuse

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

University community members had an opportunity to hear more about Fast Forward Syracuse and engage with Chancellor Kent Syverud and 15 committee members in the first of the initiative’s Town Hall meetings Monday at Hendricks Chapel. Chancellor Syverud set the…

Campus & Community

Dean Bea Gonzalez to Chair 2014 United Way Campaign

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By News Staff

Dean Bea Gonzalez of University College will serve as chair of the 2014 Syracuse University United Way campaign, “Participate with Pride.” The dean will lead a cross-campus committee of more than 15 area chairpersons and a network of volunteers who…

History Department to Host Lecture Honoring Long-time Faculty Member Otey Scruggs

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A lecture in honor of the late Otey Scruggs, a distinguished historian who served on the Maxwell School faculty for more than 35 years, will be held on Monday, Oct. 6.  Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, associate professor of American culture and history,…

African American Studies to Commemorate 50th Year of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Arrow of God’

Wednesday, September 24, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s landmark book “Arrow of God.” The event, which is free and open to…

Imagining America Journal Releases Volume on Career Paths

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Holly Zahn

Public: A Journal of Imagining America has announced that Vol. 2 No. 2, “Hybrid, Evolving, and Integrative Career Paths,” is now available at http://public.imaginingamerica.org. Submissions address alternatives to siloed, static, linear job trajectories that public scholars, designers and artists find…

Victor Rios to Speak on Youth Control Complex Sept. 24

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Punitive…