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Arts & Culture

Band on the Run: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

When James T. Spencer, director of the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…

STEM

Nangia, Fardad Awarded Promotions, Tenure

Thursday, July 5, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Shikha Nangia and Makan Fardad—faculty members in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS)—have been promoted to associate professors and awarded tenure. Nangia and Fardad are nationally recognized researchers, each having earned the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER…

Arts & Culture

Tropic of Squalor: New Book by Peck Professor Mary Karr Highlights Irreverent Brand of Poetic Faith

Monday, July 2, 2018, By Rob Enslin

“Before I believed in God, I believed in poetry,” confesses Mary Karr, speaking by phone from the Upper East Side, where she is dress shopping for the funeral of her friend and fellow writer Philip Roth. “Even when I was…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces 2018 Summer Workshops

Friday, June 29, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

The community lab at Light Work Gallery announces its 2018 schedule of summer photography workshops: Making Reproductions of Art on July 28 and Large Format Printing Workshop on August 8. Light Work Lab’s educational opportunities for adults, offered in their…

Campus & Community

Keith A. Alford Appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program…

Media, Law & Policy

Teacher-scholar Brian Taylor Shows How Putin’s Mentality Shapes Russian Politics

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The running joke among foreign analysts is that, despite Russia’s dismal FIFA ranking, it may emerge as the real winner of the World Cup. Between now and July 15, millions of fans will flock to various Russian cities, including Moscow,…

Media, Law & Policy

Strasser Professorship Deepens Alumnus’s Philanthropic Legacy at Maxwell

Thursday, June 21, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A new, $3-million philanthropic commitment from alumnus Joseph Strasser ’53 B.A. (History)/’58 M.P.A. will create a permanently endowed and named professorship in public administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, while also building on a legacy of…

Arts & Culture

Museum Studies Graduate Student Selected for Baseball Hall of Fame Summer Internship

Tuesday, June 19, 2018, By Erica Blust

Lily Brandt G’19, a graduate museum studies student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, is one of 19 college students interning at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, this summer as part…

Arts & Culture

Minna Citron Exhibition at Palitz Gallery Includes Works Never Before Exhibited

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Scott McDowell

The Palitz Gallery presents “Accidental, Elemental, Abstraction: Minna Citron” now on view at the Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University’s Lubin House at 11 E. 61st St., New York City. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with…

Campus & Community

Support Duck Race to End Racism

Thursday, June 7, 2018, By News Staff

Double the “good feeling” when you simultaneously help two great causes. Buy Duck Race to End Racism raffle tickets from one of the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ nonprofit community partners until Saturday, June 9, and you’ll help support the programs…