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Remembrance Week 2016 to Be Held Oct. 23-29

Thursday, October 20, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2016 will be held on campus Sunday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 29. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the…

Campus & Community

Training Sessions to Focus on Disability Access and Accommodations

Thursday, October 20, 2016, By Carol Boll

Two training sessions on Syracuse University policies and procedures relating to disability access and accommodations have been scheduled for Nov. 1 at the Sheraton Hotel, Regency C, and Nov. 2 in Room 114 Bird Library. The sessions, which are open…

STEM

Mind Readers

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

For decades, medical researchers have understood which areas of the brain are devoted to abilities, memories and emotions. Newhouse School Research Associate Professor Leanne Hirshfield’s research takes things to a whole new level.

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…

Arts & Culture

DK Summer Institute Focuses on Knowledge Production to Create More ‘Just Academy’

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LeConté Dill’s grandparents were part of the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North and West, where, during the 1940s, they put down roots in South Los Angeles. Today, the once-vibrant neighborhood is plagued…

Arts & Culture

Recent CRS Alumnus Wins National M.A. Thesis of the Year Award

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Erica Blust

Joe Hatfield, who graduated from the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies’ (CRS) master of arts (M.A.) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts last May, is the 2016 recipient of the M.A. Thesis of the Year Award…

Media, Law & Policy

Avoiding Conflicts By Improving Cultural Understanding

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

When the Red Cross sent food to drought- and conflict-ravaged Somalia, military personnel distributed the supplies on a first-come, first-served basis. People who didn’t receive food responded by starting a riot. “The military didn’t understand that the local politics of…

Campus & Community

LGBT Resource Center Celebrates 15 Years of Community

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Neema Amadala

On Monday, Sept. 26, the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center celebrated 15 years of offering support, building community and educating members of the University community. Friends, alumni and allies of the center gathered in the Comstock Room at the Sheraton…

Campus & Community

Celebrating Disability Awareness Month

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, By Neema Amadala

Throughout October, the Disability Cultural Center will be cohosting workshops, conversations and activities in partnership with other administrative units, student organizations, and academic programs across campus, as well as with the Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Arts & Culture

Accomplished Poet Paisley Rekdal Speaking Wednesday for Carver Series

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Paisley Rekdal is the next speaker in the Raymond Carver Reading Series, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in Gifford Auditorium. She will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m., and will read from her work at 5:30 p.m. The event—presented by…