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Health & Society

Syracuse Professor, Alumnus Co-Found Group to Address Rights of People with Disabilities Worldwide

Thursday, December 15, 2016, By News Staff

The Tangata Group, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the proposition that disability rights are human rights, has been created to assist nations in successfully adhering to international disability law and policy, disability inclusive development and participatory human rights…

Arts & Culture

Professor Tej Bhatia Gives Plenary Addresses at Two Conferences

Wednesday, December 7, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Tej K. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian Languages, has given plenary addresses at two distinguished conferences this fall. The first was at the 2016 Indo-French International Conference on Hindi…

Health & Society

3D Temples, Confession Apps and Virtual Shrines

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Nearly every aspect of modern life intersects with digital culture and is being reshaped by rapidly changing technology. A new undergraduate course will investigate the ways religious practice is shaped by technology and how technological practice is shaped by religion….

Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

SOE Alumna Appointed to President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Thursday, November 17, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

President Barack Obama has announced his intention appoint Rebecca S. Salon MS ’75, PhD ’01 (Special Education), to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). Salon is project director for the LEAD Center. Led by National Disability Institute with…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chaplain Helps Connect People with Produce

Sunday, November 13, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Rev. Pedro Castro had a moment of inspiration when he saw produce that was destined for the dumpster—not because the food had gone bad, but because it wasn’t market worthy. Castro, chaplain for the Historically Black Church ministry at Hendricks…

Arts & Culture

Urban Video Project Presents Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Cemetery of Splendor’ as Part of Film Festival

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, By News Staff

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work are presenting a special screening of acclaimed Thai filmmaker and installation artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s most recent feature film, “Cemetery of Splendor,” followed by a Skype Q&A with the filmmaker and reception…

Campus & Community

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrated on Campus and in Community (Video)

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University celebrates its first Indigenous Peoples’ Day to recognize and honor the history, cultures and contributions of indigenous peoples and to raise awareness and generate dialogue across the campus community.  

Campus & Community

Indigenous Peoples’ Day ‘Cuse Cast

Monday, October 10, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Hugh Burnam, a graduate student in the School of Education, anchors this special edition of the ‘Cuse Cast, with the focus on Indigenous Peoples’ Day on campus.

Campus & Community

University Community Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Friday, October 7, 2016, By News Staff

On Monday, Oct. 10, Syracuse University will host a Universitywide celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  The new Indigenous Peoples’ Day initiative is one of 18 short-term recommendations made by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. The new campus initiative…