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Arts & Culture

Designing for the United Nations

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Paula Meseroll

It was a coincidence that resulted not only in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) design students, but a first for the college’s School of Design itself. Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design, was…

STEM

iSchool Welcomes New Dean

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies welcomed Rajiv Dewan as its new dean on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Dewan comes to Syracuse University from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester. He succeeds David Seaman, who served as interim dean…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Syracuse Architecture’s Lunar New Year 2020 Celebration

Monday, January 20, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

This coming weekend, a quarter of the world’s population will celebrate the Year of the Rat—the first animal of the Chinese zodiac, representing wisdom and compassion—with feasts, gift-giving and good wishes. Lunar New Year, the longest and among the most…

Arts & Culture

‘Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography’ Examines Complexity and Paradoxes of Black Visual Modernity

Friday, January 17, 2020, By Syracuse University Art Museum

“Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography: Works from the George R. Rinhart Collection” is on display through March 13 at the Syracuse University Art Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building. The exhibition of 145 photographic images includes work by news…

Campus & Community

Ernie Davis Dining Center Celebrates 10 Years, 6.5 million Meals Served

Friday, January 17, 2020, By Jennifer DeMarchi

The staff at Ernie Davis Dining Center have come a long way. Wednesday, Jan. 15 marked 10 years of operation for the campus’s busiest dining center, and many of the staff on duty for the dinner celebration have been there…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Boosting Efforts to Increase Faculty Diversity through Enhanced Central Funding, New Hiring Initiative

Friday, January 17, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

To bolster faculty diversity, Syracuse University is increasing funding aimed at competitive recruitment of faculty from underrepresented minority groups for open positions. The Diversity Opportunity Hires initiative builds on the University’s existing efforts within the signature and cluster hires programs…

Campus & Community

Undergraduates Encouraged to Apply to Present at ACC Meeting of the Minds

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

As a participant of last year’s ACC Meeting of the Minds (M.o.M.) conference, Julia Riley ’20 presented her research on a certain protein, Ubiquilin-2, that has been shown to cause some forms of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, when it…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Names Five Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Unsung Heroes’

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2020 Unsung Hero Award winners. The awards are bestowed annually on people who, in the spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “beloved community,”…

Campus & Community

Parking Fees Revert to Before-tax Deduction

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Recently, Congress repealed section 512(a)(7) of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As a result of the repeal, Syracuse University employee withholdings for parking fees will be withheld before-tax beginning on Jan. 1, 2020, for calendar year 2020. Congress…

Campus & Community

Share Your Feedback: Multicultural Living Learning Community Expansion

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Learning Communities is seeking student feedback for the expansion of the Multicultural Living Learning Community (MLLC). The feedback will provide the Office of Learning Communities with important input as they prepare to expand, which was identified in…