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Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.

December was a good month for the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences, as two of its assistant professors made their authorial debuts. Luis Castañeda, an expert on urban, visual and design…

A group of Syracuse University students recently played the role of Santa for the family of a young boy with cancer. Shannon Mowles ’15 and some of her classmates helped to brighten the holiday season for 6-year old Julian Ross…

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is known for setting the tempo for the times. (Just ask its Maestro Marin Alsop, the first female conductor of a major American orchestra.) So when the BSO recently unveiled plans to hire professional journalists to…

During the run of “Hairspray,” Syracuse Stage is asking patrons to consider bringing non-perishable food items and winter coats/gloves/hats for local families in need. Non-perishable food items will benefit the pantry at Grace Episcopal Church, 819 Madison St. in Syracuse….

Humpback whales have a trick or two when it comes to finding a quick snack at the bottom of the ocean. Susan Parks, assistant professor of biology, has been studying these unique feeding behaviors.

With a seven-month-long project complete, rain and snow falling on a portion of the Carrier Dome roof is now being put to good use. The storm water is being used to help flush toilets in the stadium, rather than the…

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Patrick Jones, director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music since 2011, will conclude his tenure as director at the end of 2014. Jones…

Last week, Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the December meeting of the University Senate. Among the topics he discussed were two resolutions that came before the Senate and concerns about the Fast Forward Syracuse Operational Excellence initiative. The following is a…

Dean Liz Liddy will serve as Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost.