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Setnor School of Music Students Head to SXSW for All-New Gilbert Week Experience

Monday, March 13, 2023, By Erica Blust

Ten students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music are spending spring break in Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and music festival as part…

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School of Education Announces Annual Atrocity Studies Lecture on ‘Gathering Evidence of Atrocities’

Monday, March 13, 2023, By Martin Walls

The 2023 Atrocity Studies annual lecture—presented by the Syracuse University School of Education—will address how war crimes, crimes against humanity and other atrocities are documented across the globe and the implications of this evidence for international courts and justice. The…

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Onondaga Historical Association Tour Helps Social Work Students Discover a City ‘Shaped By Its Unfair Past’

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Matt Michael

“History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we…

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Prominent Authors and Commentators Michael Eric Dyson, John McWhorter to Speak on ‘Fostering a Diverse and Healthy Democracy’

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Two prominent media commentators and thought leaders who express divergent views regarding free speech surrounding race and the portrayal of racial identity will visit campus Friday, March 31, to take part in a University-hosted lecture. Michael Eric Dyson, of Vanderbilt…

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Syracuse University to Launch a New Degree in Esports Communications and Management

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University will soon begin offering a new, first-of-its-kind degree program focused on esports. The program, Esports Communications and Management, will be offered jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the David B. Falk College of Sport…

Health & Society

Maxwell Alumna Taylor Hamilton G’18 To Spend a Year in East Asia as a Luce Scholar

Thursday, March 9, 2023, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Taylor Hamilton G’18 has been named a 2023-24 Luce Scholar. The Luce Scholars Program is a prestigious, nationally competitive fellowship program launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American…

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Adrian Autry to Take Helm of Men’s Basketball as Jim Boeheim’s Storied Career Comes to an End

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, By News Staff

Nearly 60 years ago, Jim Boeheim ’66, G’73 first arrived on the Syracuse University campus as an undergraduate student and walk-on with the men’s basketball team. Little did he know that six decades later, he’d be one of college basketball’s…

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Kelly Chandler-Olcott Named Dean of the School of Education

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter today announced the appointment of Kelly Chandler-Olcott as dean of the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE). She has served as interim dean since 2021, during which time she has led…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Faculty, Alumni Help Bones East Mark 40th Anniversary With Local Concerts

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By News Staff

Members of the University are helping the Bones East trombone ensemble mark its 40th anniversary with a trio of local concerts, beginning with a Palm Sunday performance at DeWitt Community Church (DCC). The 25-piece group returns to DCC on Sunday,…

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Goal Getter: When Tahirah Abdul-Qadir ’26 Sets a Goal, She Achieves It

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

When Syracuse native and first-year student Tahirah Abdul-Qadir ’26 set a goal to complete the Congressional Award program, she went for the highest achievable level possible: the Congressional Gold Medal. The requirements are rigorous: 400 hours of voluntary public service;…