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Campus & Community

Law Enforcement Officers Take Part in Training on Implicit Bias

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Public safety personnel from all over Central New York met for a unique training seminar at Syracuse University to tackle the issues of unconscious bias. The training was led by minister, researcher, master teacher and human developmentalist Bryant T. Marks….

Arts & Culture

Music Historian’s Work Brings New Life to Restoration Shakespeare Plays

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The foreboding words of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” conjure up the general’s kingly aspirations and bloody demise. Their presence throughout the Bard’s tragedy is mostly known to modern audiences through spoken poetic verse. But what would the theatrical…

Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

STEM

Four Questions with Professor of Linguistics Jaklin Kornfilt

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Linguistics Professor Jaklin Kornfilt, a member of the Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) faculty since 1983, specializes in syntactic theory, theoretically informed linguistic typology, and the syntax—morphology interface, with special emphasis on the syntax and morphology of Turkish and of…

Campus & Community

Honor Pearl Washington’s Memory

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By News Staff

Support Student-Athletes’ Academic Dreams When the men’s basketball team hosts Georgetown in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, Dec. 17, fans will celebrate more than a long-time rivalry with the Hoyas. The event will include a tribute to Syracuse legend Dwayne…

Business & Economy

Whitman’s Entrepreneurship Programs Ranked in Top 20 by Princeton Review/Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs were ranked #13 and #17, respectively, by Princeton Review/Entrepreneurship Magazine in its annual rankings, which were based on a survey that included topics such as the percentage of…

Campus & Community

Advice for Safe Holidays from Information Technology Services

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

We’ve all heard about—and many of us have been affected by—numerous big data breaches. From the Department of Homeland Security to the Democratic National Committee to Verizon, Dropbox, the University of California, and many others, more than two billion records…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses November Meeting of University Senate

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud provided a budget overview to the University Senate during his appearance Wednesday afternoon in Maxwell Auditorium. He also discussed the Campus Climate Survey, announced two new appointments and mentioned recent revisions to the University policies impacting free…

Business & Economy

Social Impact Investing: Global Entrepreneurship Week Event Nov. 16 at Bird Library

Monday, November 14, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Social Impact investing is the topic of a featured panel at Global Entrepreneurship Week, Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 10-11 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library. The event features Peter Dunn, president and CEO, Central New York Community…

Arts & Culture

‘Continuum’ at Palitz Gallery Explores 40 Years of Point of Contact

Monday, November 14, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“Continuum” is an exhibition that celebrates 40 Years of Point of Contact Gallery and does so through the lens of its permanent art collection. Many of the pieces included in the exhibition have been created specifically for Point of Contact…