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Campus & Community

Syracuse University Shares Its Pride at CNY Pride

Thursday, June 27, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

On Saturday, June 22, CNY Pride hosted its annual CNY Pride Festival and Parade in the Syracuse Inner Harbor. As part of the parade, khristian kemp-delisser ’01, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center on campus, helped…

Veterans

75 Years of the GI Bill: Kyle Finleon Shares His Story

Monday, June 17, 2019, By News Staff

Since its signing in 1944, the GI Bill has provided educational benefits to the country’s veterans and offered low-cost home loans, unemployment benefits and health care benefits. At Syracuse University, Chancellor William Tolley welcomed servicemen and women with open doors,…

Campus & Community

Arts and Sciences Appoints New Director of Graduate, Undergraduate Recruitment

Monday, June 3, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), announced that she has promoted Christopher Noble Anderson G’15 to director of graduate and undergraduate recruitment. Previously associate director of undergraduate recruitment, he succeeds Denny Nicholson, who is the…

Media, Law & Policy

Unless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Keith Kobland

A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…

Arts & Culture

Everson Museum Names Finalists in International Competition to Design Museum Café

Friday, May 24, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

The Everson Museum of Art is currently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic, I.M. Pei-designed building. As part of a comprehensive effort to revitalize Pei’s masterpiece, the Everson has partnered with the School of Architecture to host an international…

Campus & Community

Academic Strategic Plan: Promoting Success in Innovation

Monday, May 6, 2019, By News Staff

Entrepreneurial thinking and the rapid pace of innovation are supplanting traditional organizational practices, reshaping the nature of citizenship across the globe, and changing the ways Syracuse University’s graduates interact in the global economy and society at large. For these reasons,…

Arts & Culture

Benjamin Vanmuysen Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2019–20

Thursday, May 2, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture has announced that architectural designer Benjamin Vanmuysen is the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2019–20. Vanmuysen will succeed current fellow Assistant Professor James Leng. The Boghosian Fellowship at the School of Architecture—established in early 2015 in…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Presents ‘Good Kids’

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama concludes its 2018-2019 season with Naomi Iizuka’s “Good Kids.” This production is directed by faculty member Holly Thuma and features New York City-based actor Carey Cox, who portrays the character Dierdre. “Good Kids” runs May 3…

Campus & Community

Sigma Chi Raises Record-Breaking Philanthropy Total with Derby Days

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, By Currie Murch Elliot

The Psi Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi raised a record-breaking $68,000 for charity during its annual Derby Days this year. All of the money will be donated to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and Children’s Miracle Network….

Campus & Community

Once a High School Dropout, Now a High Honor Student in Falk College

Friday, April 26, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

As a public school student in Massachusetts, Chevon Janczuk thought she had her life all figured out. “It turned out my teenage self was wrong,” she says. Janczuk dropped out of high school in her sophomore year, but immediately recognized…