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Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass Extinction

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

We all know that the dinosaurs died in a mass extinction. But did you know that there were other mass extinctions? There are five most significant mass extinctions, known as the “big five,” where at least three quarters of all…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Announces New Curator

Friday, November 5, 2021, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Art Museum has announced the appointment of Melissa Yuen, Ph.D., as the museum’s new curator. Yuen, a curator and art historian, comes to Syracuse from the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and will join the…

Media Tip Sheets

We’ve always protested against public health mandates

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Lily Datz

Throughout the United States, there are communities and state governments who have come out strongly against mask or vaccine mandates, even while the Delta variant of the coronavirus rages through the unvaccinated. But Syracuse University assistant professor Kyla Garrett Wagner,…

Veterans

Syracuse University Announces Transformative $30 Million Gift to Secure the Future and Long-Term Success of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By News Staff

This week the Syracuse University community came together to dedicate and formally open the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, and to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families…

Campus & Community

Beyond the Badge: DPS Officer Grateful for Opportunity to Support Black Reign Step Team as Advisor

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By Christine Grabowski

As the library operations coordinator for the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Officer George Wazen believes that sincerity, compassion and understanding are the keys to successfully engaging with the students he oversees as part of the library student floor monitoring…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents James Henkel: Object Lessons Exhibition

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Object Lessons, by North Carolina-based artist James Henkel, runs Oct. 25–Dec. 9 at Light Work in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316 Waverly Ave. In his new exhibition, Henkel looks back over 30 years of image-making, following a…

Arts & Culture

Morton Kaish ’49: A Print Retrospective Exhibit at Palitz Gallery in NYC

Monday, November 1, 2021, By News Staff

The Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery at Syracuse University’s Lubin House presents “Morton Kaish: A Print Retrospective,” on view beginning Nov. 8. Organized by Vanja Malloy, director and chief curator of the museum and Morton Kaish ’49, the retrospective presents…

Campus & Community

SU Press Celebrates University Press Week

Monday, November 1, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

The Syracuse University Press is celebrating the 10th annual University Press Week (UP Week) Nov. 8-12. In honor of UP Week, the Libraries will host a display featuring books from Syracuse University Press. SU Press is also offering a 50% off…

Arts & Culture

Join the Lender Center Conversation: ‘Creative Activity as a Human Right’

Sunday, October 31, 2021, By Matt Michael

For James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91, the upcoming “Creative Activity as a Human Right” event is two months in the planning but decades in the making. Rolling, a dual professor of arts education in the College of Visual and Performing…

Veterans

IVMF Awarded New $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Small Businesses

Thursday, October 28, 2021, By News Staff

At a press conference today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has been named as one of only eight Tier 1 grantees, selected as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s…