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Campus & Community

‘Portals Through the Haze,’ a Boghosian Fellow Exhibition, Opens May 3

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

“Portals Through the Haze: Accelerated Modernization and The Three Gorges” will be on exhibition beginning Friday, May 3, in the Marble Room on the first floor of Slocum Hall. The exhibition represents the culmination of a yearlong design research and…

Campus & Community

Remembering Bobbi Harris: Nursing Alumna, Professor Emerita Served at Syracuse for 33 Years

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, By Valerie Pietra

Barbara “Bobbi” Lee Harris ’61, Ph.D. ’90, Syracuse University alumna and professor emerita of nursing, passed away in February 2019. Harris was born in 1939 on Long Island and spent much of her adult life living in Syracuse. She earned…

Campus & Community

Anthropology Professor Hans Buechler Marks 50 Years of Service

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Mary Elizabeth Horsington

Hans Buechler is an anthropologist at heart. He is fascinated by people and their stories—where they come from, what they do in their working lives and how it shapes their world view. When Syracuse University honored the Maxwell School anthropology…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Award Four Honorary Degrees at 2019 Commencement

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

An international diplomat and champion for human rights; a global executive and philanthropist; an expert economist and leader in U.S. monetary policymaking; and a successful family business entrepreneur and social justice philanthropist will be awarded honorary degrees at Syracuse University’s…

Arts & Culture

Cruel April Presents Creative Writing MFA Reading Night

Friday, April 19, 2019, By News Staff

Point of Contact will host Syracuse University M.F.A. in creative writing poets James Abele, Bridget O’ Bernstein, Ross Farrar and Allyson Young on April 25 at 6 p.m, as part of its Cruel April poetry program. The annual series, held…

Media, Law & Policy

Amy Falkner Named Interim Dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced today that Amy Falkner, senior associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of advertising, will become interim dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, effective immediately. Falkner, who has been…

Media Tip Sheets

Experts in French Architecture and History for Notre-Dame Fire

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for insight on the architecture or French history after the fire on the Notre-Dame cathedral, please see comments from two Syracuse University faculty members. Samantha Herrick is an associate professor of history and specializes in the Middle Ages and is the…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Student Team Competing Tonight in ACC InVenture Prize Competition Finals; Event Will Be Streamed Live

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University students Alec Gillinder ’20 and Quinn King ’20 (College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Design) have made it to the final five of the ACC InVenture Prize Competition. The elite finalists, selected from a field of…

Campus & Community

Disability Cultural Center Hosting Open House for Community to Meet New Director Elizabeth Sierra G’06

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Shannon Andre

The Disability Cultural Center invites students, faculty and staff to an open house on Thursday, April 18, between noon and 3 p.m. to meet the new director, Elizabeth R. Sierra. The open house will be in the Disability Cultural Center,…

STEM

Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecturer Benoit-Bird to Discuss ‘Echoes from the Deep’

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By News Staff

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), a program supporting the excellence of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Syracuse University, is hosting Kelly Benoit-Bird, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), as the invited…