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LGBTQ History Month Activities Include Film Screening, Media Symposium
Each October, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center presents a calendar of events, programs and services in celebration of the historical and current lives and contributions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Previously…
Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition
Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…
Call for Code Hackathon 2018: Improving Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency
Over 100 students participated in the 2018 Call for Code Hackathon held at Syracuse University’s Bird Library this fall. Student hackers were given 24 hours to brainstorm and present ideas on how AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data and IoT technologies can…
Falk College Professor Matthew Spitzmueller Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant
Matthew Spitzmueller, assistant professor in the School of Social Work in Falk College, has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) leadership development programs designed to equip leaders across the country—in every sector and…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Commemorates 10th-Year Anniversary
The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law commemorated over 10 years of seeking justice and accountability for racially motivated crimes during the Civil Rights Era with an awards dinner on Sept. 29 at the college. Professors…
Being the Stories We Tell: Syracuse Symposium Organizers Use Fall Events to Probe Individual, Collective Power of Storytelling
Syracuse Symposium—a program of the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)—continues its yearlong look at “Stories” with a spate of October events. The lineup includes the exhibition “Look Now: Facing Breast Cancer”; a lecture by geographer Nicolas…
Progress Report: Enhancing the First-Year Experience
Dozens of students, faculty and staff have been engaged in refining the first-year forums, seminars and courses offered to students this fall. The collaborative group, known as the First-Year Experience Initiative Steering Committee, is also working on a long-term plan…
WellsLink Hosts 15th Annual Transitions Ceremony; Welcomes Shaun R. Harper as Keynote
The Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts the 15th annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 12, starting at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Campus community members are invited to attend the ceremony to honor the WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have…
Discussion Trainers Help Prepare First-Year Experience Facilitators
This week, new first-year and transfer students begin their second week of small-group discussions centered on themes of identity, inclusion, health and community as part of the enhanced First-Year Experience Initiative. For five weeks, students will engage in these important…
Come Play Accessible Sports at OrangeAbility 2018
All members of the Syracuse University community and beyond are invited to the OrangeAbility: Accessible Athletics Expo on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Women’s Building. This student-led initiative is sponsored by the Disability Student Union…