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Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24
The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…
Singer Ola Onabulé, Hip-Hop Activist Harry Allen to Visit March 22-23
The Humanities Center will get its groove on with back-to-back music speakers March 22-23. On Tuesday, March 22, British-Nigerian singer Ola Onabulé will give a lecture-recital from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. In a…
The Legacy of Nancy Reagan
Catherine Bertini, Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School, shares her reflection on meeting Nancy Reagan. “The first time I met her and her husband was in 1979 when, as a volunteer, I was sent…
Professor Examines Struggle for Racial Justice in Brazil
Kwame Dixon was fascinated by the rich culture and political activism of Afro-Brazilians during his first visit to the city of Salvador da Bahia in 1999. However, it didn’t take long to see the contradictions. Many of the same people…
Nangia Wins ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded its competitive OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award to Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia of the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty…
Dive into Issue of Food Waste with Screening of ‘DIVE!’ Documentary
Greenpeace SU and Students of Sustainability will sponsor a free screening of the food waste documentary “DIVE!” on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The award-winning documentary follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive…
Wunderman’s Seth Solomons ’91 to Deliver Newhouse’s Mower Forum Lecture March 9
Seth Solomons ’91, CEO, North America at Wunderman, will visit the Newhouse School March 9 as a guest of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. He will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter…
Chemists Combine Biology, Nanotechnology to Create Alternate Energy Source
Chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made a transformational advance in an alternate lighting source—one that doesn’t require a battery or a plug.
DiCaprio and ‘The Revenant’: Indigenous Wisdom and Human Survival
Philip Arnold, associate professor of indigenous religions in the College of Arts and Sciences, discusses Leonardo DiCaprio’s recent film “The Revenant” and the message it shares about indigenous peoples and our shared humanity. Arnold is the director of the Skä·noñh—Great…
Hoverboard Restrictions Added to Existing Transportation Policy
In a statement made by the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and the Department of Public Safety, Syracuse University is temporarily prohibiting the use of self-balancing motorized scooters, or hoverboards, after national research continues to identify growing concerns…