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Alumni Praises SU’s Efforts in Student Support and Diversity
Priscilla Tyree Williams ’86 holds a unique distinction at Syracuse University. She is the first African American woman to have graduated with a civil engineering degree from SU. Today, she oversees the implementation of the capital improvement program for the…
Urban Video Project, Light Work Announce Annual Summer Review
Urban Video Project, a program of Light Work, has announced “UVP Summer Review 2017: Interzones.” Through early September, UVP will feature all of the works exhibited during their 2016-2017 program year, which explore liminal states, haunted places and the space…
LLL Professors Rack up National, University Awards
Professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), based in the College of Arts and Sciences, have received awards for excellence in teaching, research and service. Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Latino-Latin American…
Recent Graduate’s Films Shown at Retrospectives in Cannes and Ithaca
A recent film graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will have a retrospective of seven of her films shown on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend. The films by Ioana Turcan G’17—who created six of…
History Professor Awarded NEH Funding to Research Mussolini’s Rule in Africa
Michael Ebner, associate professor and chair of the Department of History in the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct archival research in Rome on…
Valuing the Humanities
First in four-part series about humanities research at Syracuse Michael Ebner anticipates a busy summer. When not in his office in Eggers Hall, fulfilling his duties as chair of the Department of History, the Syracuse University professor will spend…
Students Receive Prestigious Udall Scholarship
Two Syracuse University students have been selected for the prestigious Udall Scholarship and one has been named a Udall Honorable Mention. Jade Rhoads was named a Udall Scholar in the field of tribal policy. Rhoads is a junior majoring in…
Gift by John ’61 and Diane Riley Creates Five-Year Dual Degree Program in Business Administration and Engineering
A major gift from University Trustee John Riley ’61 and his wife, Diane, will establish a new dual degree program that allows Syracuse University students to earn both an MBA from the Whitman School and a bachelor’s degree from the…
McNair Research Symposium: In Honor of an Astronaut, a Path at Syracuse to Hope and Dreams
Ericka Jones-Craven grew up with a deep presence in the church. Jones-Craven’s father was an Apostolic elder. Her mother served as a missionary. Attending worship services was a regular part of Jones-Craven’s Georgia childhood. That ended, at least for a…
Newhouse School’s Sherri Taylor Honored With Star of Texas Award
In recognition of her contributions to photographic education in Texas for more than 30 years, Sherri Taylor was honored with the Star of Texas Award at the Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) annual convention Feb. 26. Taylor is an…