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November Events Honor Native Heritage Month

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, By Gabrielle Lake

In honor of Native Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs in collaboration with campus departments and student organizations are hosting events throughout November. “We are excited to host a variety of events throughout the month and encourage all campus…

Campus & Community

Professor Emerita Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke Remembered

Monday, November 4, 2019, By News Staff

Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Syracuse University professor emerita of law and an influential leader at Duke University, died Oct. 22. She was 72. A native of South Carolina, Reuben-Cooke was one of the first five African American undergraduate students at Duke University…

Health & Society

Hendricks Chapel Invites Campus Community to Dinner Discussion on Spirituality, Loss and Grief on Nov. 5

Thursday, October 31, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Nearly 30 percent of college students have experienced the loss of a family member or close friend over the past year, according to statistics from Actively Moving Forward, an organization that supports young adults who are grieving. In addition, millions…

Arts & Culture

Tips for Capturing All Your Favorite Holiday Memories

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Holiday times with family and friends can go so quickly. How can you make sure you capture all the special moments? Professional photographer Ross Knight, director of photography in the Division of Marketing and Communications, knows a thing or two…

Arts & Culture

Wordgathering, a Digital Open Access Journal of Work from Disabled Writers, Transitions to Publication at Syracuse University

Friday, October 11, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and Syracuse University Libraries will be assuming publication in December 2019 of the digital open access journal and website, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature. Diane R. Wiener, research professor and associate…

Health & Society

Advancing Scholarly Inquiry into Connections Between Religion, Spirituality and Social Change

Thursday, October 10, 2019, By Michele Barrett

Approximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials—young adults born 1981 and later—profess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is…

Veterans

Farria Named Veterans Writing Award Winner for Forthcoming Book ‘Revolutions of All Colors’

Tuesday, October 8, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Dwaine Farria is the winner of the 2019 Veterans Writing Award for his book “Revolutions of All Colors,” to be published by Syracuse University Press in fall 2020. Syracuse University Press established the award in cooperation with the Institute for…

Campus & Community

Retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis, Author and Geopolitical and National Security Expert, to Give Talk on Effective Leadership

Monday, October 7, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

James Stavridis—U.S. Navy retired four-star admiral, former dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and author of the forthcoming book “Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character”—will speak on “The Secret to…

Campus & Community

Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Returns on Oct. 2 with ‘Queer Spiritualities and Liberation’

Friday, September 27, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

The University’s ongoing Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” returns for Fall 2019 on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The 2019-20 series will open with an in-depth discussion on queer…

Campus & Community

Call for Names: Queer and Trans Solidarity List

Thursday, September 19, 2019, By Shannon Andre

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center is collecting names for this year’s Queer and Trans Solidarity List. Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) community members can add their names until Friday, Sept….