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‘United Shades of America’ Executive Producer Will Headline Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media April 3 at Newhouse
Donny Jackson, executive producer and show runner for CNN’s “United Shades of America with Kamau Bell,” will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, April 3, for the 16th Annual Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media. Assistant professor of communications Charisse…
After Eight Years in Syracuse, a Student’s Postcard Goodbye: ‘You Will Always Be a Home to Me’
Linda Dickerson Hartsock had a simple question for Quinton Fletchall. Hartsock, now executive director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University, worked with Fletchall for a long time during his undergraduate and graduate years in Syracuse. As director of the Connective…
Simulations Guide Veterans Facing Challenges in Higher Education
Syracuse University researchers from The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), the Office of Military Affairs (OVMA) and the School of Education (SOE) collaborate to develop simulated interaction models (SIMs) for veterans transitioning into and currently enrolled in higher education.
On Borrowed Time: Despite Calls for Divestment, Completion of DAPL Signals New Chapter in Standing Rock Conflict
When Norway’s largest private investor recently pulled out of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), the news barely made a blip on the world’s radar. For Phil Arnold, director of the Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center in Syracuse, the message…
Ph.D. Candidate Attends Neurochemistry Flagship School with Top Scholars in Austria
Ph.D. candidate Sheila Shahidzadeh focuses her studies on the complexities and ever-evolving connections in the human brain. Her interests and passion for neuroscience led her to a weeklong school in Austria where she was among other top scholars to dig…
Tom Brokaw to Be Honored by Newhouse School at Mirror Awards Ceremony June 13
Legendary journalist Tom Brokaw will receive the Fred Dressler Leadership Award at the 11th annual Mirror Awards ceremony June 13 in New York City. The awards are sponsored by the Newhouse School. Brokaw has spent his entire distinguished journalism career with…
‘Race and the Media’ Event to be Held at Newhouse School March 29-30
The Newhouse School will host a two-day event focused on race and the media Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30. The symposium will include discussions of the ways our media and our country do—and don’t—explore critical issues of race…
Members of University Community Who Passed in 2016 to Be Honored at March 21 Service
Syracuse University will hold its first Service of Commemoration–honoring, faculty, staff and students who passed away in 2016—on Tuesday, March 21, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The service will include prayer and music by University Organist Anne Laver and…
Red Cross Blood Drive, Wednesday, March 22
The Syracuse University American Red Cross Club and the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, March 22 beginning at 10 a.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center. To set up an appointment to…
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center Uncovers Early Norman Rockwell Illustrations
The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries has made a significant find—two original Norman Rockwell illustrations. They represent the artist’s first commercial commission, created in 1911 during his initial years of study at the Art Students League of…