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College of Law Professor Featured on ‘Frontline’ Episode Exploring Unsolved Murder of 1960s Civil Rights Leader

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Robert Conrad

College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will appear on an episode of “Frontline” entitled “American Reckoning” on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS and YouTube. The episode examines the unsolved 1960s bombing murder of NAACP and civil rights…

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New ‘Student Voices in Print’ Exhibition

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) spring exhibition, “Student Voices in Print,” is now on display on the 6th floor of Bird Library. The new exhibition features the University’s rich history and variety of student voices and student…

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WellsLink Hosts 18th Annual Transitions Ceremony; Welcomes Nic Stone as Keynote

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Shannon Andre

The WellsLink Leadership Program, a nationally recognized academic and leadership excellence program for first-year students of color, invites the campus community to the 18th Annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Feb. 11. The ceremony is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m….

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CLASS Assistant Director Co-Authors International Standards for Tutor Training to Help Students Succeed Even When They Doubt Themselves

Friday, February 4, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Samantha Trumble began her career as a secondary school teacher seeking to help her students overcome their fear of the subject she loved most–mathematics. Trumble never imagined that she would draw on this experience, years later, to conquer her own…

Arts & Culture

Setnor School of Music Announces Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest Winner

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By Erica Blust

Keane Southard, a Ph.D. candidate in composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has been announced as winner of the 2021 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules…

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Applications Now Available for Robert B. Menschel Public Service Award

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By News Staff

The Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service (Shaw Center) is currently seeking applications for the Robert B. Menschel Public Service Award. The award was established to honor Syracuse University trustee and alumnus Robert Menschel ’51, H’91 and…

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Supporting Student Wellness Series: Therapy and Community

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

We may at times face loneliness, stress, feelings of overwhelm and more, throughout each of our unique wellness journeys. Often these feelings are then exacerbated by coursework, life’s responsibilities and the cold winter months. As a supportive resource, the Barnes…

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Women in Leadership Initiative Invites Campus Community to ‘A Conversation With Provost Ritter’

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Women in Leadership Initiative welcomes the campus community to “A Conversation With Provost Ritter,” to be held on Feb. 17. The conversation will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom. Guests will gain insight from Provost…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Student Wins 2021 SOM Foundation’s Wesley Award

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

Xiluva Mbungela ’24 (B.Arch.), a third-year student in the School of Architecture, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Robert L. Wesley Award from the SOM Foundation. Named in honor of the first Black partner at SOM, the award…

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‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…