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Cherríe Moraga to Serve as Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor Feb. 20-March 3
Cherríe Moraga—a prominent figure in Chicana, feminist, queer and indigenous activism, art and scholarship—is participating in a two-week residency at the University. Moraga is this year’s Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. In this capacity, she will…
Memorial Service for Huston Smith to be Held on Sunday
Syracuse University will host a memorial service Sunday, Feb. 19, for the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith. Smith, former Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, taught at Syracuse from 1973-84 and died Dec. 30 at…
Frederick Carriere on Controversial ‘Comfort Women’ Statues
Korean activists and Japanese officials are at odds over the placement of ‘Comfort Statues’ that were recently erected near Japanese missions in South Korea. The statues, which symbolize the Korean victims of Japanese wartime sex slaves in the 1940s, have…
College of Law Welcomes Spring Cohort of LL.M. Students
The College of Law recently welcomed the spring cohort of the Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in American Law program. The cohort is composed of nine foreign-educated lawyers representing the legal systems of seven nations, including one Open Society Foundation Fellow…
GSO Wins Bid to Hold National Association of Graduate-Professional Students Conference at SU
Members of the Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization (SU GSO) vigorously advocate on matters of critical importance for their peers on a national level through their work in the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS). Their important work—and advocacy skills—paid…
Tonight, for Valentine’s Day: Love and Dreams at Holden Observatory
Holden Observatory, the second-oldest building on the Syracuse University campus, will open its doors at 9:30 p.m. today for a Valentine’s Day tour. If you’re lucky, if the gray clouds of February roll away for a few hours, you might…
School of Education, Newhouse Co-Host NYC Lecture by Expert on Media Literacy Feb. 15
British media educator David Buckingham will speak on critical thinking in the digital media age in The Douglas Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Series at 91 Horatio in New York City Wednesday, February 15. Buckingham, an Emeritus Professor at Loughborough…
Office of Health Promotion Promotes Culture of Consent on Campus
The Office of Health Promotion (OHP) is encouraging students to talk about a “Culture of Consent,” a new conversation series on campus that explores media and interpersonal violence. “’Culture of Consent’ is a program to discuss aspects of our culture…
“A Circumscribed Victory for Opponents of the Executive Order”
Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, comments on the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court refusing to reinstate the administration’s travel ban. “The per curiam ruling by the Ninth…
Coming Back Together Student Co-Chairs Selected
Planning for the Office of Program Development’s Coming Back Together (CBT) 2017 reunion, held every three years and due this September, is well underway. As anyone who has attended will tell you, the preparation involved is significant because it includes…