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Dympna Callaghan Appointed Interim Director of SU Humanities Center
Shakespearean scholar has ‘deep commitment’ to humanities and liberal arts Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters and a renowned Shakespearean scholar in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed interim director of the…
Imagining America Completes First Round in New Activists Web Series
The latest in the series “The New Activists: Students in the Community” features Afua Boahene, a doctoral student in the School of Education, and her work with the Image Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young women of color in the City of Syracuse to surmount obstacles impeding their academic success.
University to Host 28 Veterans for 2013 EBV Program
Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is hosting a new class of post-9/11 veterans for the seventh annual Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. The program, which is always offered at…
CCJI and NAACP Draft Civil Rights Crime Resolution
On July 16, during its annual national convention in Orlando, the NAACP voted and passed a resolution that the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at Syracuse University played a substantial role in drafting. The resolution calls on President Barack Obama…
Stripling Inaugurated as ALA President
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling was inaugurated as the president of the American Library Association (ALA) at the group’s annual summer conference in Chicago last week. As president of the ALA, Stripling will be the…
Undergraduate Leadership Award Named After Bennett ’10, G’12
The Undergraduate Leadership Award, presented yearly at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) Convocation, has been named in honor of iSchool alumna Katie Bennett ’10, G’12, who passed away in late June. SIDEARM Sports, a company founded and led by Associate…
Light Work Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Works of 40 Artists
Light Work is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition “40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection,” featuring work by artists Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal…
TracyLocke Establishes Scholarship Fund in Communications Design at VPA
TracyLocke, an Omnicom global agency led by president and CEO Beth Ann Kaminkow ’89, has established the TracyLocke Scholarship Fund for Communications Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The fund will provide scholarship and financial support of…
Janklow Arts Leadership Program Increasing in Size, Diversity
Welcoming its second student cohort this summer, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program has acquired a reputation for academic rigor and selectivity and has established an international presence.
McDonald Gives Reaction to Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling
A surprise ruling from the Supreme Court is drawing a wide range of reaction, much of it negative.