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Campus Invited to Open Forum for ADA Coordinator Candidate

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University has identified a finalist for the position of Director, ADA/503/504 Coordinator. Interested faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend an open forum where the candidate will be presenting briefly on his vision to promote inclusion for students,…

Arts & Culture

Women’s & Gender Studies Professors Garner National, International Honors

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Amy Manley

Honors continue to roll in for faculty in the Department of Women’s & Gender (WGS) Studies, located in the College of Arts and Sciences. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of WGS, says the latest round of achievements reflect the…

Campus & Community

Set Your Sights on SITETL

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

Maxwell School Associate Professor Anne Mosher took the initiative to participate in the 2014 Summer Institute for Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning (SITETL) after one of her students suggested building a website to share ideas and information about the field…

Campus & Community

Alford to Moderate Civil Rights Panel

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By News Staff

In “Civil Rights Moving Forward,” Keith A. Alford, Falk College Associate Professor of Social Work, will moderate a panel of activists discussing the current focus of their work and strategies on local and national issues.  The purpose of the interactive…

Arts & Culture

P.A.L. Project Receives Prestigious Grant

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Photography and Literacy Project (P.A.L.) of Syracuse University has received a grant of nearly $27,000 from the the Fay Slover Fund at the Boston Foundation, an organization that bestows grants to seed new organizations or programs within existing organizations…

Campus & Community

Humanities Center Celebrates Black Queer Studies March 18-19

Monday, March 16, 2015, By Amy Manley

The Humanities Center will devote a special program to black queer studies on Wednesday and Thursday, March 18-19. Titled “Performing Black Masculinities and Same-Sex Desires,” the program features E. Patrick Johnson and Jeffrey Q. McCune Jr., professors at Northwestern University…

Media, Law & Policy

Bantle Symposium Will Feature Lecture by Authority on Free Banking

Monday, March 16, 2015, By News Staff

Lawrence White, professor of economics at George Mason University, who is best known for his work on free banking, will deliver a lecture at the Maxwell School on Friday, March 20, as part of the Bantle Symposium on Entrepreneurship, Business…

Campus & Community

Libraries Receive Two Major Gifts, Create New Endowment Funds

Monday, March 16, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries have established two new endowment funds that will have a favorable impact on the student experience: the Libraries Student Employee Scholarship Fund and the Donald P. Ely Memorial Fund, in memory of the longtime SU faculty…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture to Host Symposium on Hip-Hop and Architecture

Monday, March 16, 2015, By News Staff

The School of Architecture will host “Towards a Hip-Hop Architecture,” a two-day symposium exploring the relationship between hip-hop culture and the discipline of architecture, on March 19 and 20 at Slocum Hall. Participants will include historians, theorists, practitioners and others…

Veterans

J. Michael Haynie Appointed to Newly Created VA Advisory Committee

Friday, March 13, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor for Veterans and Military Affairs J. Michael Haynie has been appointed to a newly created U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) advisory committee.