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Campus & Community

Student Association to Host Weekend Events in Solidarity with Friday’s March on Washington

Thursday, August 27, 2020, By News Staff

The Student Association (SA) will present a series of campus-based events in solidarity with the March on Washington, which will take place on Friday, Aug. 28, in Washington, D.C. “The Student Association, in collaboration with University Union and the Office…

The Hill

David Driesen writes “How private companies could step up to help save our election.” 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020, By Lily Datz

David Driesen, University Professor at the College of Law, co-wrote a commentary for The Hill entitled “How private companies could step up to help save our election.” Driesen, an expert on constitutional law, says that the effects of the pandemic…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Announces the Opening of ‘Rewriting History’ by Fabiola Jean-Louis

Thursday, August 20, 2020, By News Staff

“Rewriting History,” an exhibition by Haitian-born artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, will be on view Sept. 7 through Nov. 20, at Point of Contact Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public by appointment only, with proper social distancing and the…

Arts & Culture

BBI, Syracuse University Libraries Partner with Disability Writer, Scholar and Activist Kenny Fries on Arts Grant

Friday, August 14, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Kenny Fries, a world-renowned poet, memoirist and disability arts leader and a professor in the creative writing master’s of fine arts degree program at Goddard College, will partner with the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse University Libraries and “Wordgathering: A…

STEM

Professor Moves Renowned Cybersecurity Workshop Online

Thursday, July 30, 2020, By Chris Barbera

When his National Science Foundation grant expired, electrical engineering and computer science Professor Kevin Du figured his pioneering security education (SEED) cybersecurity workshop that he had run since 2015 had come to an end. Du had always intended the workshops…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Receives Mellon Foundation Grant for National Work on Housing Insecurity in the US

Monday, July 27, 2020, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage has received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of “Exiled in America,” an original work rooted in an examination of housing insecurity and homelessness in the United States. The project, originated by Los Angeles…

Jurist

Arlene Kanter writes, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.”

Sunday, July 26, 2020, By Lily Datz

Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, authored the Jurist op-ed titled, “Turning Their Back on People with Disabilities in the Name of Religious Freedom.” In the op-ed…

The Hill

Arlene Kanter writes, “Religious freedom is no reason to deny people with disabilities the right to equality in the workplace.”

Sunday, July 26, 2020, By Lily Datz

Arlene Kanter, professor in the College of Law and founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program, authored The Hill op-ed titled, “Religious freedom is no reason to deny people with disabilities the right to equality in the…

syracuse.com

Graduate student Carolyn Garland writes “After Little Sisters v. Pennsylvania, employers have a choice they might not recognize. 

Friday, July 24, 2020, By Lily Datz

Carolyn Garland, a graduate student in philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote commentary for syracuse.com, “After Little Sisters v. Pennsylvania, employers have a choice they might not recognize.” The recent court case resulted in the high court…

Fox News

“Why veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs are critical to the US economy.”

Thursday, July 23, 2020, By Lily Datz

Misty Stutsman Fox, Director of Entrepreneurship & Small Business at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), was interviewed by Fox News for the digital story, “Why veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs are critical to the US economy.” She…